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Chicago IL - $150k - $175k
Full Time Posted: Monday, 6 May 2013
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Technical Architect- Java, Architecture, Linux- Internet Startup Principal Technical Architect Position: Platform Technical Architect
Location: The most beautiful city in the world - San Francisco

TOP Internet Startup and Winner of The Best App Ever Award needs a Platform Technical Architect Superstar in San Francisco...and we'll relocate you! :)

As Platform Technical Architect, you will play a central role in the technical direction of our company's core platform, the foundation of all the consumer-facing systems. You†ll work under the guidance of the Director of Engineering to architect and develop critical applications and services. The ideal candidate will be an experienced technology leader, passionate about software engineering and building fantastic products. You should have a strong background in building sophisticated, high-volume websites with Java. Working with other engineers within and outside of your team, you†ll set the standard for development velocity, code quality and technical excellence.

As a small, fast-paced company, we look for self-starters who thrive in a truly dynamic environment. That means wearing many hats, being able to change direction quickly and showing an eagerness to learn new technologies as the need arises. In this role you work with a small, collaborative team of engineers, product managers, and designers†so excellent interpersonal and communication skills are a must. And most importantly, we look for people that can prioritize, multitask, and deliver†because it†s a lot more fun to get things done.

What you'll need:

You'll need an impressive track record of designing and developing large scale, high performance sites while advocating for good long-term platform architecture, plus:

• 8 to 10+ years of hands-on Java software development experience
• Experience in engineering leadership roles, including establishing best practices, creating core architecture for a site and mentoring more junior engineers on the team
• Ability to discover and apply new and established technologies creatively to meet business needs
• Ability to span high-level system architecture to writing very high quality code
• Experience developing SOA and RESTful web services
• Experience with Java EE, Jetty/Tomcat, Spring, Hibernate, Jackson and other open source Java technologies
• A deep knowledge of Linux/Unix; fluency in Shell scripting
• Experience with Agile development practices and TDD
• Evangelist and mentor for software development CI/CD best practices, leveraging tools like Maven, Jenkins and Sonar
• Desire and ability to learn quickly, take professional risks, and operate in fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Superior analytical and problem solving skills
• Comfortable dealing with uncertainty, ambiguity and change
• Preferred: experience working on high-scale content management, information retrieval (Solr/Lucene specifically) and digital asset management systems
• Preferred: Experience with workflows and message queuing systems such as RabbitMQ or Kafka
• Preferred: MongoDB, Memcached, Hadoop ecosystem experience
•Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field, Master's degree preferred.

What you'll get:

• Competitive Salary with possible equity share (RSUs)
• Great People and a winning culture with great benefits: Full medical, full dental, 401(k) and RSUs
• Near all major San Francisco transportation: BART, buses, ferry boats etc.
• Innovative, high growth culture
• Fun, flexible and casual environment with Free fruit, snacks, and drinks

So, if you are a Superstar Platform Technical Architect with Java, Open Source, Linux, RESTful Web Services, and eCommerce company experience and would love to come work for one of the Best Apps Ever in San Francisco, please apply! CK-ChicagoTechArchtSF, CyberCoders

CyberCoders, Inc is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, marital or veteran status.


Chicago IL, United States of America
Executive
$150k - $175k
CyberCoders
Carol Krutcik
JSCK-CHICAGOTECHARCHTSF
5/6/2013 4:28:39 PM

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