Junior Back End Application Developer - Military veterans preferred

2025-05-11
Sherwin Williams
Other

/yr

  full-time   part-time   employee   contract


Cleveland
Ohio
44115
United States

JOB DESCRIPTION

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Junior Back End Application Developer role provides support in designing, building, and maintaining the server-side aspect of digital platforms, such as event-driven services, web applications, and APIs. The role involves helping to solve technical problems to ensure that back-end systems run smoothly and can integrate effectively with other components of a digital platform


RESPONSIBILITIES

WHAT THE ROLE WILL DO:

  • Assist with the documentation of the current back-end architecture and identify areas of potential performance improvement
  • Assist in the creation and maintenance of code that is reliable, reusable, scalable, and secure and perform routine updates, as needed
  • Establish a foundational understanding of system integrations, application functionality, and scalability to support collaboration with front-end developers
  • Participate in the organization and documentation of collected data to support team in understanding the business and technical requirements and priorities for back-end systems
  • Assist the team in tracking statuses of tasks as it relates to performance and health of services, databases, and other components of back-end systems
  • Learn to troubleshoot and debug complex application and database systems issues by working closely with experienced engineers and observing their problem-solving techniques
  • Explore industry trends and emerging technologies relevant to back-end application development, learning from experienced team members and using available resources
  • Support in planning, designing, and executing unit tests or other quality assurance measures to ensure quality under the guidance of experienced team members
  • Assist in preparing training materials, gathering user feedback, and providing logistical support during training sessions on maintaining web applications and APIs
  • Assist other team members with collecting and organizing information on the design and implementation of application software for eventual documentation

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.

This position has a hybrid work schedule with three days in the office and the option for working remotely two days.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.


QUALIFICATIONS

WHAT THE INCUMBENT WILL NEED:

  • Education
    • Required
      • Relevant Bootcamp graduation or Certification

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences

  • 0-2 years of years of experience in software development, specifically in application development engineering
  • Development experience with Java
  • Experience building APIs.
  • Basic knowledge of software development tools such as GitHub, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ Idea
  • Basic understanding of cloud computing.
  • Ability to support and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Passion for exploring & learning new technologies.

Technical Skills

  • 1+ years of experience working with Java 17+?
  • 1+ years of experience building APIs.
  • Experience working with cloud platform like Azure, AWS or GCP.
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Methodology?
  • Version Control Tools
  • Web Services & APIs?
  • Systems Integration?

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences

  • Development experience with Java Sprint boot.
  • Experience working with ReactJS.
  • Experience building integration & deployment pipeline (CI/CD)
  • Frontend JavaScript (any framework) based development experience
  • Cloud Experience
  • Git & Github experience.

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.? All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.