Senior, Senior Staff, or Principal Software Engineer (MAD-LP-OR&CA)

Hitachi • Pleasanton, CA

303d • $130,560 - $219,287 • Onsite

About The Position

The best fit candidate selected for this position will be offered a job title/level (Senior Software Engineer vs. Senior Staff Software Engineer vs. Principal Software Engineer) that is commensurate with the candidate's transferable education, experience, training, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Software Engineers are responsible for the development and maintenance of software and systems for Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. (HTA) products.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of eight (8) years' experience in software development - Senior Software Engineer
• Minimum of ten (10) years' experience in software development - Senior Staff Software Engineer
• Minimum of twelve (12) years' experience in software development - Principal Software Engineer
• Emphasis in building large, highly scaled, complex N-Tier/SOA web-based business applications with a focus on server-side technologies is a plus
• Must have relevant experience with Core Java and multithreading
• Professional, hands-on experience with designing and developing applications using Java, Web-Services, and various databases in a highly scaled web environment
• Strong experience using Java with a deep understanding of object-oriented analysis and design (including design patterns)
• Three (3) years' experience in C++ is strongly preferred
• Experience with open-source framework/libraries/concepts/tools such as JMS (Sun MQ), Cobertura, Ant, Maven, PostgreSQL, JBoss, and Selenium is required
• Full software development lifecycle experience
• Demonstrated experience and comfortability using Agile as well as iterative methodologies
• Demonstrated experience with Test-driven development, using tools like Junit, Selenium, JMeter, and JProfile to spot performance issues and memory leaks
• Experience with JCR systems (preferably JackRabbit) strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development, documentation, and testing of distributed applications
• Researching and resolving complex software and system problems
• Designing and simplifying user interfaces and documenting them
• Creating architectures and complex designs independently and documenting them
• Integrate and test software to confirm compliance with specifications
• Developing functional specifications
• Finding and fixing complex errors in any software
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and test reviews
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree