Description
Position Description:
- Highly experienced software systems/application architect able to lead a team in a deadline intensive environment to design and implement web services, dynamic applications, and publishing tools.
- Applications and services must be flexible, extensible, robust, and highly scaleable. Applicant should have a deep understanding of modern web application architecture, web serving architecture, and both relational and non-relational databases.
- Applicant should have a strong understanding of object-oriented design and full life cycle software development processes including requirements analysis, technical design, scoping, and estimating. Strong overall communication and documentation skills are required. Applicant should be able to lead and participate in both technical and non-technical discussions. Applicant should be highly motivated, able to self-manage, and able to work well in a team environment.
Qualifications:
- Experience leading technical design and implementation efforts - Expert Java - Expert SQL - NoSQL DBs (ie. CouchDB/MongoDB) - Python - JavaScript - Unix
- - General web expertise including XML/JSP/AJAX/CSS/HTML
- Nice to have: - Experience with high-profile media websites - Jersey - Scala
- Interpersonal/Team Skills: Technical leadership. Excellent communication skills. Work closely with both small and large teams.
- Experience: 10+ years Education: Bachelor's degree in a technology/science field. Highly prefer: Computer Science or Engineering degree.