Associate Software Engineer - Tech Project

About Us

RB Global (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value-added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes, including automotive, commercial transportation, construction, government surplus, lifting and material handling, energy, mining and agriculture.

The company’s marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding, and IAA, a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers. RB Global’s portfolio of brands also includes Rouse Services, which provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; Xcira, a leader in live simulcast auction technologies; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport.

RB Global full-time employees are offered medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and RB Global will match 100% for the first 4% contributed. Employees will also receive 15 days of PTO each year.

About The Team

Our Technology teams work collaboratively from different locations across the world on multiple eCommerce sites, mobile applications, and automated online auctions. We encourage and celebrate technical innovation and work with some of the industry’s leading technologies and tools.

Every day your work will make a difference in the way we run our business and the in the way customers interact with us.

Job Description

Within the engineering team, an Associate Software Engineer will be participating in various software development projects, working on design specifications and project schedule, playing an important role in the software development process and being responsible for the completion of the project, including monitoring the project through testing and release.

Responsibilities

Understanding and analyzing our e-commerce business requirements and turning them into engineering designs

Developing software to implement our wide-range of business functionalities on the web, used by IronPlanet internal people as well as end users

Working with third party systems from our industry partners or customers, to integrate them with our web system and facilitate real-time data exchanges

Helping define testing specifications and facilitating the project testing and performance tuning.Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify emerging trends, competitive landscape, and customer needs

Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the IT organization

Foster strong cross-functional collaboration with marketing, operations, finance, and other key departments

Flexible and willing to perform other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

2 years of industry experience in software development

On the forefront of the J2EE technology, with thorough knowledge Java application servers, EJB, Hibernate, and JSTL

Extensive working experience on Oracle database systems, with schema design, data model normalization, and query optimization

Hands-on experience in setting up and maintaining personal development database systems

Very familiar with web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and XML

Demonstrated to be a quick learner, willing to meet the challenge, take on new technology, and deploy it onto our software system whenever necessary

Good communication skills, with quick and precise comprehension of ever-changing e-commerce business processes

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