KPA Columbus , OH 43216
Posted 2 months ago
Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night, having not experienced a workplace accident or injury. The combination of software, consulting, and training helps clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems so they can focus on what's important - their core business.
Help us help keep people safe and businesses working efficiently. Named as one of Built In Colorado's Best Places to Work for five years in a row, KPA is made up of talented individuals working together for the greater good. We're here to help our clients build safe, thriving organizations, and we're looking for people with a common goal to help us do it.
Position Description:
As a member of the Technology team supporting the Able software platform, the Software Developer will play a crucial role in delivering modern, web-based software based in the Microsoft Stack of technologies (Including technologies such as C#, MVC, HTML, JavaScript, SQLServer, REST and JSON). Must be enthusiastic about working in a team environment, quality, and unit testing. The successful candidate has experience creating scalable solutions and delivering high quality software.
In the first 2 weeks, you will:
Have a running development environment confirmed by successfully building the code base for the existing product.
Accept, estimate, develop and test a set of low-priority defects associated with one product.
Have the solutions peer reviewed and passed prior to check-in
In the first 30 days, you will:
Have a minimum of two features ready for delivery following the defined development process and deploy the features to production.
Contribute towards the planning, tasking, execution and delivery as defined by an agile development environment that includes reporting time against tasks, estimation of effort, code reviews and commitment to delivery.
In the first 90 days, you will:
Demonstrate development productivity and quality on par with the other team members through the daily input of status information. All developed code will be highly scalable, high-quality, object-oriented, and comply with KPA standards.
Demonstrate either the ability to design and develop: a) rich user interfaces using standard compliant technologies, b) C# service/business/data layers and other distributed processing components, c) back-end tools to help with builds, deployments, troubleshooting.
In the first 6 months, you will:
Collaborate with team members, project managers, product managers and other senior executives on identifying and documenting the technical tasks.
Contribute to the analysis, solution designs and implementations of major new system components
By the end of the first year you will have:
Demonstrated functional knowledge of KPA's SaaS platform to the point of leading feature development for multiple components of the platform
Provide mentorship and guidance toother team members on technology, design, and best practices.
Qualifications:
Demonstrable experience with C#, MVC, HTML, JavaScript, SQL Server, REST and JSON
Experience in scaling and securing SaaS-based applications
Experience with Web API and .Net Core
Preferred experience with React, Node.JS or similar
Experience with cloud technologies like AWS (or Azure)
Experience in enterprise software using Object Oriented programming, n-tier design, and service-oriented architecture
Experience developing and designing rich user experience (JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, CSS, HTML, XML)
Experience working in a scrum environment with well-defined definition of done
Experience with Git or other source control systems.
Committed to deliver great software solutions, with a deep sense of personal ownership and passion for working with all types of Software Developers and QA Analysts
Experience with build automation tools and continuous integration & continuous delivery (with VSTS/Azure DevOps) a plus
Recommended BS or MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering
Success Criteria:
General
Creative and passionate about cutting edge technologies and continuous personal and team improvement
Desire to serve as coach and mentor to more junior team members, and providing support and partnership to team leaders
Work ethic that corresponds with KPA's core values: Integrity, Helpful, Excellence, Agile, Respectful, Teamwork
Experience building applications in a cloud environment is a plus
Application Design and Architecture
Develop and maintain existing applications, enhancing current features and adding new functionality
Review applications in progress of development to ensure compliance and overall design parameters and corporate development standards
Application Testing
Technical Troubleshooting
Collaboration
Participate in agile events with other technical staff, business owners and subject matter experts
Provide technical guidance and support to team members. Review coding, testing, and documentation of software
Work with team to build scalable, secure, and high-quality code
Experience with quick release cycles
Physical Requirements:
Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Working on a computer, typing, and viewing a screen - all of the time
Stationary sitting or standing - all of the time
Communicating verbally and/or in writing, hearing, and listening - some of the time
Lifting up to 10lbs - some of the time
Don't meet every job requirement? At KPA, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you're excited about the role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a growing company KPA values its employees by supporting them with a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, Paid and Floating Holidays, 401k with Company match and immediate vesting, Company-funded Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs, and Pet Insurance.
About KPA
Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), and Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. KPA solutions help clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPA's software, consulting services, and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on what's important-their core business.
We are passionate about what we do, how we do and why we do it. Our culture is driven by the KPA core values - Integrity, Helpful, Excellence, Agile, Respectful, and Teamwork. Success will be determined by the capabilities, energy and character of the people we bring into our organization and the performance they achieve.
KPA, with headquarters in Colorado and teammates throughout the United Sates, is recognized as one of Colorado's Best Midsize Places to Work by Built In Colorado for 2024.
"To be ranked in Built In's Best Places to Work Awards is a recognition of KPA's dedication to creating a team of outstanding professionals and our efforts to create a positive and safe workplace culture for everyone," said Chris Fanning, KPA President and CEO. "I believe we've developed a high caliber organization comprised of passionate people who are experts in their respective fields and deliver great value to our customers."
KPA is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, religious dress/grooming, color, ethnicity, sex (including sex stereotyping), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, creed, uniform service member status, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, breast-feeding and/or pregnancy-related conditions, age, protected medical condition, leave status, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hr@kpa.io.
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