Senior Java Script Developer -- Austin, TX (Onsite)

Job Title: Senior Java Script Developer Location: Austin, TX 78738 (Onsite) Duration: 9 months contract Level: 7 Interview: 1st Round Video Interview, 2nd Round F2F interview Job Description Summary Duration of assignment? Is there an anticipated opportunity for conversion or extension?

• 9 months, no opportunity anticipated for conversion/extension, but this can be reevaluated down the line.

What is the name of your group? How does that fit into the overall Client organization?

• We are Ethoca’s Analytics team. Ethoca was acquired by Client in 2019.

What program will this person be supporting? Will this person be a part of a Guild? If so, which one and how will they be contributing?

• The person will be supporting the “Ethoca” program. I believe we are in the “Infrastructure Design Engineering” guild.

What is your team’s main responsibility?

• Our team provides reports and analytic support for Ethoca.
• Our reports are consumed internally, as well as to Ethoca’s merchant and issuer customers.

How would you describe the culture of your team?

• Tight team, people come in frequently and just had a baby shower for a member of the group. SO tight as workers and as people - we know one another and trust each other.
• We have 6 people under HM, least tenured is about 3 years .
• We’re a service group and build out reports with other parts of the org, we have conversations on translating business requirements in a way that’s absorbable.
• Need ot alleviate some of the technical sides form the persons going on MAT leave, so they need to hit the ground running.

Would you please describe your management style?

• HM has 2 managers beneath him, these CWs will likely work with those two individuals.
• We do work together to support, but the expectation to complete your work.
• The people in the group are awesome and we can depend on one another.
• One manager is a tad more blunt and straightforward about what needs to be achieved.
• Outstanding technical expertise on PowerBI.
• Other manager is more technical towards Java and excellent laid back style.
• They can walk through what’s needed, can be hands on, but trusts the people to bring forth success.

What will a typical work day look like for this contractor?

• Typical work day. We meet physically together in the Austin office 1-2 times a week on average.
• The CW’s will likely have a slightly less level of interaction due to lack of business knowledge; however, the exposure will be present and the expectation is they’ll be able to communicate with other areas sufficiently.
• We have daily meetings for support, it’s collaborative but we have expectations.

What will the work schedule be?

• Monday through Friday. Starting / ending hours are flexible but should largely overlap with the rest of the team.

Will this position require OT?

• NO

Will there be any travel involved?

• NO

Are there any specific accreditations, scores or licenses that would be of interest to you?

• NO

Glider Test

• HM confirmed this is N/A for either role as this is building out data visualizations.

What will be your interview process? [Phone, Teams, Zoom, On Site]

• Teams video chats would be nice. We would break up the screening interviews into 2-3 slots.
• I would like to interview individually. Our team could also interview as one group or in 2 groups. An on-site interview would be a next step.

What kind of accesses will this person need?

• Network + a key/parking at our WeWork office in Austin.

What are your on-site expectations, are you willing to consider fully remote candidates?

• We would like the candidate to be local … much easier to train, and our window is short with the new hire only being with us for 9 months, so we want to get them trained especially quickly.

What are your top 3 required technical skills?

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What are a couple of desired/nice to have technical skills?

• Understand browser rendering behavior and performance.

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