Software Engineers are responsible for the development and maintenance of software and systems for Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. (HTA) products.
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
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