Tools Developer Job Description

Tools Developer Job Description

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Tools developer provides java J2EE and Angular design development of projects involving application development, migrations, and additions to existing applications.

Tools Developer Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Implementation of support fixes and enhancements (both software and data) which requires hands-on SQL and scripting language experience (preferably in Unix/Perl/Python)
Implementing new features and enhancement to the application
Gathering requirements, design and develop Tools required to maintain the application
Working with the Business Team and Support Team, and help to transition the maintenance of the application to the support team
Work with upstream MDS (Market Data Server) team and standardize the communication between MDS and MDD
Support Services Finance Development Team is looking for .NET/C# developer to build and support financial applications
Support existing.NET applications implement new solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies such as the .Net framework, Visual Studio 2013
Application design and development database design and tuning
Must have a strong attention to detail with a focus on financial data
The role requires problem solving skills, and ability to work within tight project schedules

Tools Developer Qualifications

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Licensing or Certifications for Tools Developer

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Education for Tools Developer

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Employers hiring for the tools developer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technical, Education, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, Business, Science

Skills for Tools Developer

Desired skills for tools developer include:

Development and testing techniques
Ruby on Rails
System design
Tools development
Python
C#/.NET framework
Angular
Back-end components and JavaScript
Java
Mission

Desired experience for tools developer includes:

Work actively with the business to gather requirements on new initiatives, plan, prioritise, communicate progress effectively to all stakeholders
Apportion appropriate time for support issues, deal with priority change, and manage expectations accordingly
Be accountable for delivering according to business roadmap
Strong Equities business knowledge pricing of derivatives and exotic products
Work on the full spectrum of software development life cycle including full testing and QA
Analyse requirements, plan and estimate, design and implement solutions

Tools Developer Examples

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Tools Developer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a tools developer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for tools developer
  • Carrying out end to end development implementations by being involved right from requirement gathering to production delivery requiring knowledge of ETL Tools & Programming Experience
  • Knowledge of the Hadoop stack of technologies is a plus (Hadoop, Spark, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, HDFS)
  • Create complex SQL queries to troubleshoot application issues, perform cautious database updates and report extracts
  • Ability to analyze execution plans for already built complex SQL queries from a performance impact perspective & tune them for better performance
  • Experience in running & using basic UNIX commands to perform daily operational support
  • Some experience in business intelligence reporting tools would be an added advantage
  • Able to manage issue logging, investigation, resolution, escalation and follow up
  • Strong communication skills to be able to work collaboratively with the development teams, global stakeholders, internal support operations teams & senior management for key deliveries and production issues
  • Develop internal APIs and web applications for support and localization teams
  • Enhance our website, blog and crowd-sourced translation site
Qualifications for tools developer
  • Interpret and build spreadsheets developed by business users to reduce risk
  • Improve tool design through harmonisation and common functionality and build flexible regression testing framework
  • Improve support activity, challenge the existing process, reduce operational risk and automate as much as possible
  • Automation of build and deployment processes
  • Balance the need to immediately satisfy business requirements with stable strategic solutions
  • Coordinate efforts across joint pricing technology and support teams
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Tools Developer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of tools developer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for tools developer
  • Create fast, highly-functional frontends in JavaScript
  • Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from founders, support team and other engineers
  • Analyze and test system throughput and work with development/operation team to architect the system on cloud service for best supporting large simultaneous users
  • Perform continuous analysis to identify business needs proactively, understand business value of tool requirements in deep
  • Interact with internal stakeholders to develop tools with good quality and timeliness
  • Maintain and continuously improve tools to support Master Data Management (MDM) performance excellence and strategy focuses
  • Drive MDM tool related activities
  • Deliver rapid iterations of software based on user feedback and metrics
  • Serve as additional development and production environment administrator
  • Update and maintain COTs in house developed tools as required by customer
Qualifications for tools developer
  • Experience in significant migrations from target to source technology platforms
  • Fast learner, strong OOAD abilities, excellent analytical skills
  • Expert level knowledge primarily in Oracle and other database vendor software like Sybase, RainStor
  • Strong hands on Oracle PL/SQL (including stored procedures, packages, functions, triggers and data analysis)
  • Strong hands on Unix and Perl scripting
  • Knowledge of supporting tools such as SVN, JIRA
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Tools Developer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a tools developer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for tools developer
  • Provide leadership and mentoring to their assigned development team
  • Lead the design and development of the assigned developer tool
  • Work directly with the key stakeholders and developers using the specific tools
  • Create maintainable, reusable code, leveraging test driven principles to develop high quality developer tools
  • Troubleshoot and resolve software defects and other technical issues
  • Perform peer code reviews to ensure highest code quality within the Tools team
  • Act as a mentor and subject matter expert (SME) within the company and developer community
  • Contribute to all aspects of the product development process from writing functional specifications to designing software architecture and implementing software features working with quality engineering, documentation, and usability teams to develop state-of-the-art software tools
  • Maintain a set of homegrown applications
  • Integrate and customize productivity tools
Qualifications for tools developer
  • Thought leader that identifies opportunities for innovation and engagement for merchants and work with product management team to document, evangelize, implement and capitalize on these opportunities
  • Sybase or SQL Server, SQL
  • Excel, Access, VBA
  • Develop and maintain tools to be used by product development engineers, including all phases of the SDLC
  • Proven experience in Web 2.0 Programming (JavaScipt, Node.js, AJAX, JSON
  • At least 1 year experience in Eclipse Development
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Tools Developer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of tools developer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for tools developer
  • Work with internal customers (Product Development and QE) to gather requirements to deliver creative solutions that meet needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, and with appropriate metrics to substantiate these
  • Work with Infrastructure teams such as DevOps, TechOps, and Networking to drive high levels of customer satisfaction for tools engineering services
  • Design and implement tools tailored to differing customer requirements
  • Interact with customers to understand their requirements and fulfill their requests
  • Develop new plugins or applications
  • Maintain documentation and ensure user resources are fully up to date, with a focus on providing an excellent user experience
  • Analyze project requirements, configure applications to user needs, enhance/extend functionality as needed using scripts, API based add-ons, and develop corresponding test plans, test cases, test scripts, test results, and deployment plans
  • Set up and configure hardware and software including virtual servers for application-specific needs
  • Test and optimize installations for performance
  • Configure appropriate monitoring to assure availability and performance requirements
Qualifications for tools developer
  • COM, DCOM, WCF, AppFabric, MSDTC 
  • Security aspects such as authentication and authorization  Client-side scripting languages 
  • Work as part of a global team on all aspects of the Agile software development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Author technical documentation and release notes
  • Manage multiple deliverables/projects simultaneously
  • Solid software development fundamentals and understanding of industry best practices in enterprise-class software development
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Tools Developer Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a tools developer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for tools developer
  • Thoroughly document the configuration and installation of the systems, test environments, test plans, test cases, test results, and production configurations
  • Provide technical assistance to level 1/2 application support teams as needed
  • Create design documentation (architecture, module specifications, APIs, ) and maintain it utilizing appropriate configuration management and version control practices
  • Understand the application developers needs and build tools to satisfy them
  • Design and implement, perform maintenance and bug fixing
  • Use C++ and Rust to further interface the Developer Tools front-end code to the Firefox platform code
  • As a part of the Manufacturing Engineering Team, work with other Manufacturing Engineers and R&D Engineers to design, develop, implement, and maintain robust manufacturing test and process automation solutions
  • Support existing Manufacturing software application, and architect and design next generation applications
  • Maintain existing scripts
  • Develop new tools and automation to allow Manufacturing Engineering team to operate more efficiently and scale production as the business grows
Qualifications for tools developer
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with clients and senior management at all levels
  • Solid RDBMS foundations in at least one commercial DBMS (SQL, Sybase, Oracle, DB2)
  • Knowledge of modern web application development patterns and practices
  • 5+ years of IT experience, preferably in a development/support role
  • 5+ years of experience of working in a Windows and UNIX/Linux environment
  • Experience with CRM systems like Salesforce.com, Siebel, SalesPage and/or Microsoft Dynamics is a plus

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