Sr. Software Engineer - Java

If you are interested in a startup environment with the financial backing of a large, mulit-national company, plus you have an entrepreneurial spirit then this is where you belong. OpenMarket is a great opportunity for someone who wants to grow with a company and have ownership of the product they are working on. What is important to our culture:  We are looking for smart, fun people who want work-life balance, integrity, and innovation at workplace.

Other reasons to join OpenMarket: the wireless business and alternative payments are booming and OpenMarket is at the heart of both for the mobile space in the US.

ABOUT OPENMARKET
OpenMarket provides a complete on-demand mobile messaging and financial solution for companies looking to reliably sell premium digital content directly to consumers. The OpenMarket Exchange transaction network delivers an innovative and powerful suite of services from a trusted industry expert that enables the largest consumer brands to the smallest enterprises to rapidly and cost effectively launch their product offers and promotions in the mobile channel.





 



WE WANT YOU!

 The OpenMarket business unit is assembling an extraordinary team of professionals with diverse backgrounds and interests. The common thread is a commitment to help change the landscape of digital commerce and make it simple, standard and scalable through both value and innovation. Not only are we passionate about our work, we also have a passion for solving customer problems.



SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

 

This is a software engineering position in a world-class software organization, developing high scale applications.  Those who succeed here are smart, results-oriented team players who delight in shipping high quality software that customers love.  Agile (SCRUM) methodology

 

 MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES Design, build, configure, and test application software built on the OpenMarket platform. Provide direction and education to more junior programmers regarding designs and professional coding knowledge and standards in general. Demonstrate leadership capabilities and eventual capacity to coordinate and lead a team of engineers. Work with management to development software development estimates, identify potential delivery risks and to formulate execution strategies to optimize efforts and minimize risk. Work with Program and Product Managers to understand business goals and issues.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Required 5+ years object oriented and / or component software design (Java, J2EE) 5+ years software development experience with Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Java, and SQL. 5+ years with a heavy focus on software design and development. Solid experience implementing Web-based systems in high volume enterprise-class environments. Experience with XML structure and transformation technologies (such as XSD, XSL, etc) required. Effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability/initiative to define and evolve processes to ensure continuous improvement.  Process-focused but not bureaucratic. Team player. Quality-focused, customer-focused. Action oriented.  Possess a strong bias for action; takes it personally when an issue is unresolved.

 Desired Experience with SOA and enterprise application integration technologies and patterns strongly preferred. Experience with Hibernate and Spring a big plus Experience with JUnit. Web services desired Experience with developing under iterative development processes (Scrum) strongly preferred. Strong understanding of with web security mechanisms (e.g., SSL, Digital Certificates) preferred.

 ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:Contribute to the overall success of the Engineering organization. Everyone is involved with research of new technology. Design, build, configure, test changes to the OpenMarket platform, given appropriate review with owners of that technology.

 EDUCATION/TRAINING REQUIRED

Required Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related discipline.