Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Job opening - Software Developer - Web Services at Webtrends (Portland, OR)

Have you ever used a beautiful web application sitting on top of mountains of data and said to yourself, "I want to make this." Well, here's your chance.  Our team is passionate about delivering best-in-class systems, solving some of the biggest data challenges in the industry for enterprise customers world wide.
 
As the breadth and volume of digital data increases, as new value propositions emerge, and as our global customer base continues to grow, it is critical that our underlying Big Data analytics platform remains robust and nimble.  In this role, you will be part of a team building web services and a framework within it; positioning our platform for continued expansion and growth.
 
Primary Responsibilities



  • Design and develop RESTful web services that enable open access to configure, manage and access our analytics data platform.

  • Contribute toward the on-going de! velopment of our web services patterns and best practices.

  • Expand, extend, re-factor back-end code to support the needs of our web services in a manner that achieves the highest levels of quality and performance and facilitates maximum reuse.

  • Collaborate with other team members to develop APIs and data services that facilitate access between our analytics data platform and web services.

  • Collaborate with the extended product team on product development through all phases of the development life cycle.

  • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement; looking for ways to improve the process of developing and releasing quality software.

  • Design and write production-quality code to meet aggressive iteration goals.

  • Research and remain current on new tools and technologies.


 
Required Skills/Education



  • BS deg! ree in Computer Science or equivalent

  • 3+ years e! xperience developing in C# or other OO languages, with a solid understanding of OO Design

  • 1+ years experience developing high-performance and highly available web services

  • Strong experience with modern internet APIs, protocols, and patterns including: REST, JSON, XML

  • Proven success creating service frameworks and libraries at true enterprise scale

  • Embraces a test-first development approach, leveraging unit test tools such as NUnit

  • Enjoy working in an agile development environment with aggressive release schedules

  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team


 
Desired Skills



  • Service-oriented architectures

  • Inversion of Control

  • Developing globally distributed SaaS solutions

  • Agile practices and methodologies


 
Interaction
This position operates in a team-oriented environment.  As a result, the incumbent must build and maintain strong and effective working relationships internally with product development and client-facing teams.
 
Supervision
This is an individual contributor position reporting to the manager of software development.
 
Working Conditions



  • This position is located in downtown Portland.

  • Travel requirements are minimal.

  • Majority of time is spent working at a computer.

  • Incumbent must pass a background check.



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