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Short Term Contractor Position: Full Stack Developer, API Specialist
PURPOSE
This role is for an experienced full stack developer who will be responsible to build and evolve our innovative product once launched. As a member of the team, you will collaborate with other data engineers, data scientists, analysts, and product owners to design to develop personalized meal planning solution. This role is analytical and creative and will be responsible for taking the experience from concept to launch.
Location/Duration:Work location(s) – Primarily based out of downtown Chicago (AON)Onsite (KraftHeinz location)Duration of assignment – 5/21/2018 to 8/24/2018Typical anticipated hours per week/schedule - 40PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
List the activities the role requires on a regular basis. Identify the major end result the position is expected to achieve for each of these activities.Consulting with internal stakeholders to understand technical needs, analyzing solution options and making a recommendation based upon your knowledge and experienceDeveloping enterprise and consumer grade solutionsGaining technical knowledge of software and open source technology stacksPartnering with designers and user experience specialists to create consumer-first user experiencesBridging the gap between elegant front-end design and existing enterprise backend architecturesWork with highly talented data architects, platform architect to design, build, and implement the full API stack - using REST architecture within a microservices frameworkDriving the evolution of the API and overall SOA platform within larger architecture, product design and planning processesKnowledgeable about OAuth security protocols, performance tuning, paging, and throttling of APIsPartner with engineers and product managers to clarify and focus platform integration requirements and act as key knowledge owner on how to integrate products into the new platformAssisting in building an automated testing frameworks for API layer, Data Validation and backendKNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE/COMPETENCIES: 
What skills and knowledge are required for this job? What type of and how much prior experience is required to do this job?
Experience and Knowledge:At least 4 years of experience in API and SOA testing frameworks / tools – like REST Client or PostmanExperience with building and maintaining test automation frameworksUnderstanding of how to build scalable distributed systemsExperience building user authorization APIs, performance tuning, paging, and throttling of APIsPrevious professional experience working with Python, RabbitMQ, Django/ Flask, Rest Framework, Oauth, NLTK/SciKit and other Python packagesYou have created and deployed microservicesAbility to use containers like dockers or kubernettesExperience working with agile methodology & dev ops geared towards cloudStrong knowledge of full stack development and Object Oriented developmentPublished apps, websites or other examples of solutions builtYou have worked with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud (Preferred)You have front-end development experience: HTML5, JavaScript/ JQuery, CSSExperience with Angular, node.js and templating engines like Handlebars, Ninja, or equivalentYou have worked with, and are proficient with Python ORMs; MVC pattern and frameworks; Rest API architecture, Postgres SQL and/or NoSQL databases like Cassandra (Preferred) or MongoiOS development experience helpful but not requiredStrong communication skillsStrong data engineering background with prior experience in large-scale distributed data processing platforms such as Kafka, Spark, KinesisA desire to learn and share your knowledgeMinimum of Bachelor degree preferably in MIS or equivalent IT field experience required.Familiarity with IOT integrations (ex: Alexa skill development process) (nice to have.