(Belmont, CA)
Cengage Learning’s Aplia team is continuing to revolutionize education through its e-learning platform and content. We currently have several exciting opportunities for talented and highly motivated software engineers with strong design skills and expertise in J2EE and database-backed web applications. In this position, you will be a key member of a team responsible for the development of features, functionality, and architecture of Aplia's web application used by over half a million students and instructors every year.
The successful candidate must…
- Have a passion for Agile programming methodologies, especially test driven development, code refactoring, pair programming, and scrum.
- Design for high performance, heavy traffic, and high availability. You must know when, why, and how to design a cache, optimize a query, and eliminate a bottleneck.
- Appreciate user-centered design, and use this approach when negotiating requirements and specifications. Then ultimately devise the simple “right” solution.
- Educate others on your designs and best practices through documentation, code reviews, and brown bags.
- Deliver projects on-time under sometimes tight schedules.
- Serve “on call” in escalation paths for customer support and operations.
· BS in Computer Science or Engineering.
· 4+ years software development experience, primarily with database and web applications..
· Expertise in Java and other object-oriented languages
· Ability to write efficient SQL and stored procedures, and good general database design skills.
· Proficiency with J2EE architectures and frameworks, including Servlets/JSP, Spring, Ibatis, or others such as JDO, JPA, Hibernate.
· Experience with web services design (Soap and REST) in Java, both as a client and a server.
· Some Experience with web application UI design (HTML, Javascript, JSP, and Javascript/Ajax frameworks, especially YUI).
· Excellent troubleshooting skills and a creative attitude when tackling novel and sometimes mysterious problems - a knack for finding the simple, “right” answer.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills with an appreciation for documentation.
· Ability to learn new technologies and introduce new ideas to the team.
Preferred qualifications:
· MS in Computer Science or Engineering
· Experience with agile software development (Scrum, etc.)
· Experience with federated single-sign on environments and architecture
· Strong knowledge of XML and related technologies (e.g. XSLT, JDom)
· SQL Server and T/SQL knowledge. Relocation support available for exceptional candidates. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US - visa sponsorship is not possible. No third party recruiter support is sought for this role.
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