Job Details


Requisition Number 09-0030
Post Date 7/27/2009
Title Java Developer
City Seattle
State WA
Description CULTURAL AND EXPERIENTIAL INDICATORS

Technical Acumen:
This person is widely respected for their technical acumen, as well as their astute and discriminating taste in web-based software products.

Passion for consumer-oriented Web 2.0:
This is individual is creative, passionate and deeply
immersed in all aspects of web-based consumer facing technologies and services. This individual is a habitual and opinionated user of collaboration, communication and content creation technologies.

Speed and Pace:
This person has been part of teams which have built and been part of small-team-based software engineering organizations in an unpredictable, extremely fast-paced, exploration/experiment-driven environment.

Collaborative:
Ability to thrive in a collaborative, team-based environment where engagement with other technically strong individuals is required

Architecture:
Architect and design multi-tier consumer social networking site

Communication:
Strong verbal and written communication skills



Requirements Skills/Roles Required for this Position – Web Developer (Sr. - Expert):
Top Must Have
7-10+ years professional programming experience, including the development of front-end and back-end software for web applications
5+ years developing backend solutions with Java
Experience building n-tier Internet solutions with SOA in mind
Demonstrated experience/knowledge building high-volume and consumer facing database-driven web applications.
Experience with the following are required: MVC architectures, XML and RESTful or Web services APIs, XHTML, JavaScript, jQuery and Ajax
Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases and design
Know your way around the command line
Experience working with open source technologies
Competent and knowledgeable technical design skills
Experience developing social network applications
Must have excellent problem solving skills and enjoy a good challenge
Believes in testing their code

Nice to Have/Highly Desired, but not required:
Experience working with social network data portability protocols like Facebook Connect, MySpace Data Availability, OpenSocial, etc.
Experience working in Unix environments (Mac OS X, Linux) while also comfortable verifying your work in Windows clients
Full cycle experience including analysis, design, development, documentation, testing, roll out, etc
Strong individual contribution and good in a team/collaborative environment
Strong experience with relational databases
Like to explore new technologies
Experience with Rails internals, writing plugins
Experience with Amazon Web Services and related technologies is a big plus (EC2, EBS, S3, Capistrano etc.)

A B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science or Engineering is desirable
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