Senior Java Software Engineer
The Weather Channelover 11 years ago
Madison, WI, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Develop maintainable, fast, scalable Java and Scala services from product requirements and designs.
- Design, debug, document, test, and evaluate full-cycle software solutions.
- Evolve existing architecture and deliver robust near-term and long-term technical solutions.
- Solve complex problems involving GIS, weather data, scientific algorithms, and massive real-time datasets.
- Perform primarily backend development with occasional frontend work.
- Analyze systems, requirements, operating feasibility, and proposed solutions, recommending alternatives when needed.
- Provide work estimates, document solutions, and coordinate projects, milestones, and goals with business and project teams.
- Provide technical leadership and teach or support other team members as required.
- Improve operational processes and stay current with development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment.
- Develop weather-data products for insurance companies and other enterprise customers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Five years of related experience in full-cycle software development with demonstrated achievements and progressive responsibilities.
- Advanced proficiency in software design, debugging, documentation, and testing at a subject matter expert level.
- Mastery of server-side concurrent programming on the JVM.
- Experience with GIS or weather datasets and systems.
- Familiarity with HTTP-based data exchange and large-scale, high-use applications in Windows and Unix environments.
- Proficiency in performance testing and tuning services and applications, SQL, and preferably Cassandra.
- Functional proficiency with AWS, Spring, Unix, JSON, REST, AJAX, and Maven.
- Ability to lead and teach others, coordinate projects, communicate effectively, and resolve moderately complex business problems.
- Comprehensive knowledge of software development processes, lifecycle development, and Agile methodology.
Benefits
- Career development opportunities and exposure to innovative technologies and cutting-edge projects.
- Opportunity to work on a small, skilled, collaborative, self-managed team in a creative, results-based environment.
- Work on weather-data products that help insurance companies protect property and save lives.