Founded in 1997, Advance America is America's leading payday advance provider with more than 2,600 centers nationwide. Our professional staff members provide one-on-one assistance with your payday advance and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

As guidance for daily business, all Advance America employees follow the Company Creed:

Respect Your Customers
Treat them with dignity and courtesy at all times.
Respect Your Associates
Treat them as you would like to be treated.
Respect Yourself
Work hard and use good, ethical judgment in everything you do.
Respect the Law
It is there to protect us and our Customers.

As founding members of the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA), Advance America is committed to responsible industry practices and customer satisfaction. CFSA was formed in 1999 to promote laws and regulations that balance the interests of the payday advance industry with those of consumers, as well as support and encourage responsible industry practices.

Since we hold our customers in the highest regard, we fully comply with CFSA Best Practices. These best practices include providing full disclosure to customers, complying with all state and federal laws, advertising truthfully, encouraging and promoting consumer responsibility and championing other specifications to help regulate the industry. With over 2,600 centers nationwide, we've helped millions of customers get cash fast when they need it most.

Consider Advance America for meeting your personal and professional goals!

As the nation's largest payday cash advance company, Advance America continually seeks professionals who care about helping others. The company is an equal opportunity employer and employs a diverse, professional full and part-time workforce that share values such as teamwork, integrity, and respect.

Advance America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a founding member of the Community Financial Services Association (CFSA), an industry trade group. As a leader in the industry, we hold ourselves to the highest standards and serve as an example of the professional benchmark that financial services companies can achieve.






Support and develop eAdvantage corporate/enterprise web application.

  From business requirements and detailed technical designs, development software solutions on proprietary point of sale (PoS) system

  Routinely develop quality driven and secure software as well as provide unit tests and release notes in transferring to the quality services test team

  Participate in cross functional requirements and design sessions that drive requirements traceability and accurate estimates for the overall development effort

  Participate in peer code reviews and adhere to SDLC principles, standards and practices
 

  Write software that provides new or modifies existing business functionality by incorporating all aspects of the J2EE architecture

  Write PL/SQL procedures and functions against Oracle database for data support and security to web applications

  Refactor web pages to comply with defined conventions to improve usability and overall  presentation efficiency

  Will develop test procedures at a unit level to ensure compliance with Advance America standards and development practices

  Provide 2^nd and 3^rd level production support to respond to issues/problems with the eAdvantage software

  Perform ongoing maintenance to codebase and associated management tools

  Provide support for users in the field as needed






 
 



Qualifications

 CORE SKILLS:
 

Design Patterns including Core J2EE patterns

Experience designing and implementing frameworks such as Struts, MVC Architecture

App Server knowledge, e.g. Weblogic

Senior level understanding of OO programming, UML, Use Case analysis tools
  
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Server Side: Java, J2EE, EJB 2.X, INDI, JBBC, JTA/JTS, SQL

Web: JSP, Servlets, Javascript, XML, XSLT 

Open Source: JUnit, Log4J, ANT and Ibatis 

Tools: CVS, SVN, NetBeans, TOAD, Bamboo, Fisheye, Crucible, Maven
 
Secondary Skills

• Server Side: JMS, Middleware Oriented Messaging (MOM)


• Web: JSF, JSR-168, Spring


• Tools: Eclipse, RAD/WSAD

EQUIVALENT EDUCATION LEVEL REQUIRED:    

• Preferred B.S. in Computer Science or related


• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills

 EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
At least 5 years in Java development

As guidance for daily business, all Advance America employees embrace these values:

Respect Your Customers: Treat them with dignity and courtesy at all times.

Respect Your Associates: Treat them as you would like to be treated.

Respect Yourself: Work hard & use good, ethical judgment in everything you do.

Respect the Law: It is there to protect us and our Customers.


Equal Opportunity Employer

Advance America does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, veteran status, citizenship or any legally protected category in connection with any phase of the employment process, including, but not limited to, selection, hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, training and benefits. It is also the practice and policy of Advance America to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.