Senior Software Engineer BigMachines

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

- Will be part of a team of highly talented team working on a leading-edge product.
- Involves understanding the J2EE product space and all Java standards.
- Develop new product features and collaborate with server-side and UI developers to build components using Core Java, JSPs/Servlets, JDBC, HTML/XML, Web services, AJAX, Javascript libraries, Spring etc.
- Designing and implementing product features and developing tests in a timely fashion following team processes and standards.
- Involves understanding of basic database architecture and design.
- Produce high quality code
- Perform peer code review and overall site QA
- Bring new and fresh ideas to the table
- Stay updated of new technologies and of changes in technologies that affect front-end web development
- Be an effective communicator and in addition, could mandate being an effective scrum master/ module lead/ project lead as required.

Qualifications:

- A Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related software engineering discipline, or equivalent
- 3 or more years experience developing web applications
- Expert knowledge of Java/J2EE technologies
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to work constructively with developers, QA, Systems and Project managers towards a common goal
- Strong focus on problem solving and analysis with ability to understand problems in context of end-users and technical requirements
- Experience with Unit Testing Automation frameworks, such as Junit, HTTPUnit, etc
- Experience with XML

Desirable:

- Knowledge of Relational Database and SQL queries
- Experience with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum
- Experience with XSL/ Webservices an added plus.

Location:	Deerfield, IL United States