Software Developer- One year contract role

Ricoh's Global Solutions Engineering (GSE) group is expanding its scanning and image processing development team in Kitchener and has an opening for a Software Developer. GSE is part of the Software Development Center Americas, which works with Global teams developing software products used by our customers, ranging from small businesses to global enterprises. The team is also focused on the delivery and implementation for the Americas market. The solutions typically are based on scalable server architectures, and primarily implemented in Java. 

Joining our team, you will gain exposure to a variety of development technologies and be able to work together with developers on the global teams. We have a quiet, productive work environment, with the opportunity to collaborate with other bright software developers, enabling you to grow your skills. We encourage our team members to go beyond their job descriptions and help each other to both exceed our project goals and to grow their technical expertise.

As a Software Developer, you will have primary responsibility for the design, implementation and customization of our scan-based products.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Independently analyze business requirements and evaluate third-party libraries to provide recommendations on technical approach for desired functionality.  Prepare for functional specification and perform detailed technical designs.  Implement applications with consideration of reliability, scalability, and high performance.  Develop test cases and perform Unit Testing.  Perform application maintenance and support of client solutions.  Participate in database design and development.  Good communication and teamwork skills 

Requirements:

Education

University degree or college diploma, preferably in Computer Science or an equivalent field

Experience

Java Experience with networking protocols e.g. HTTP, XML, JSON, SOAP, REST Scan/image processing knowledge C++/C# an asset 2+ years of relevant software development experience