At First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), people are at the heart of everything we do. From our customers and partners to our greatest asset - our team members. Operating with empathy and compassion, First Advantage fosters a global inclusive workforce devoted to the diverse voices that make up our talent and products. Our team members empower each other to be their authentic selves and treat all with respect, integrity, and fairness.

Say hello to a rewarding career and come join a leading provider of mission-critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands.

What We Do:

We are on the frontline of recruitment enabling organizations to Hire Smarter. Onboard Faster™ First Advantage is an HR Tech company delivering innovative solutions and insights to enable our clients to manage risk and hire the best talent. Leveraging an advanced global technology platform, First Advantage builds fully scalable, configurable screening programs that meet the unique needs of over 33,000 clients across the world. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA and with an internationally distributed workforce spanning 19 countries with about 5,500 employees, First Advantage performs over 93 million screens in over 200 countries and territories annually.

Who You Are:

You are self-motivated and ready to "roll up your sleeves." While you are an independent contributor, you are also collaborative. You can spearhead a project and see it through from start to completion.

As a team player, you navigate cross-functional teams and work well with team members in other business units and departments toward a common goal.

An Innovator - you see gaps in current processes or workflows as an opportunity to improve and try something new.

A lifelong learner and always seeking out opportunities to learn and upskill, you understand the importance of thorough and secure screenings and are interested in the Human Capital sector and the confluence of people, process, and technology.

What You'll Do

The Full Stack Developer is responsible for adding new functionality to First Advantage's key products and solutions. Working on these high-volume, security intensive applications, is a role which develops quality code at differing levels of the stack. This individual will use their strong communication skills to work cross-functionally with global teams, and has the ability to actively and effectively understand client and team needs.

Responsibilities:

• Develop APIs to interface with external vendors for criminal fulfillment
• Develop internal workflows for processing data related to a criminal search
• Review developed work to provide feedback and ensure alignment to best practices
• Troubleshoot production challenges as they arise
• Help plan technical implementations for requested changes
• Design, modify, and implement C# .NET software to meet functional requirements
• Work support tickets, identify and fix application bugs
• Develop functional databases, applications and servers to support our application on the back-end
• Create SQL and Database Schemas/Queries
• Work in azure to design, manage and support cloud services
• Communicates daily with Agile team on progress made and planned progress for the coming day and reports any impediments that are blocking their progress
• Ensures an innovation culture in the team by continuous improvement of deliveries and participates in evaluating new processes and technologies that can be applied to future feature delivery
• Other responsibilities such as application reporting and special projects as assigned.

What You May Need to be Successful:

• 5+ years of experience in phases of software development including design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation and source management
• Knowledge of Java 8 or later, including Core Java concepts (data types, OOP, streams, I/O, exception handling, threading, and collections)
• Knowledge of SpringBoot/Spring framework, including Spring modules such as Spring JDBC, Spring Data JPA, Spring MVC, etc.
• Experience in implementing and understanding architectural paradigms such as Event-Driven, API, Microservices, and Serverless
• Knowledge of REST principles, HTTP methods, status codes, and best practices, various HTTP client libraries and tools
• Different types of API authentication methods (API Keys, Basic Authentication, Token-Based, etc.)
• Cloud development and Microsoft Azure services (can be learned)
• Experience in working with/understanding of diverse data transmission formats, including JSON (Jackson, GSON libraries) and XML (JaxB, XML DOM libraries)
• Unit testing tools such as JUnit, Mockito
• SQL
• Relational DB concepts, NoSQL databases
• Oracle DB and database client tools such as PL/SQL Developer or Oracle SQL Developer
• Basic understanding of/familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Basic understanding of/familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions is used in DIGS API apps)
• Developer tools: Git, GitHub, Maven, Eclipse
• HTML/CSS
• Testing APIs with Postman or other tools
• Understanding of object-oriented programming and design principles
• Proficient in C# with good understanding of MVC
• Proficient in ASP.NET MVC, HTML5, CSS, Visual Studio, JavaScript, and JQuery.

Why First Advantage is Your Next Big Career Move

First Advantage is going through a technology transformation! We are looking for experts who are excited to work with advanced technologies and provide best-in-class user experiences, drive the development and deployment of scalable solutions, and smoothly guide our agile teams and clients through meaningful changes as we continue to expand our impact.

Additional benefits offered to our eligible people include:

Our Culture Code

• Do the right thing (honesty, consistency, responsibility)
• Show respect for the individual (environment of dignity brings out potential)
• Put the client first (outside-in approach)
• Innovate and create (out-of-the-box thinking)
• Collaborate and appreciate one another (team-oriented)

What Are You Waiting For? Apply Today!

You have learned a little about us today - we want to learn about you! If you think this position and our company are a great fit for your areas of interest and expertise, tell us about you by applying now!

*REMOTE POSITION FOR MEXICAN RESIDENTS ONLY

United States Equal Opportunity Employment:

First Advantage is proud to be a global leader in removing barriers and supporting our community members to ensure the changing demographics of the workforce are reflected in our hiring and employment practices. We value all of our candidates, employees, and clients, and place great emphasis on hiring and supporting qualified individuals in each role. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other area protected by applicable law.