Technical Lead Engineer

Technical Functions

• Research, design, and develop J2EE applications. Analyze software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints
• Consult with technical staff to evaluate both the integration between hardware and software and the operational and performance requirements of overall systems
• Develop and direct software system technical design procedures, programming, technical testing, and documentation
• Work with functional architecture and quality assurance teams to review documentation, address issues and support those roles within the development lifecycle
• Create technical design documentation for software changes and development
• Create technical documents and presents to appropriate audience
• Troubleshoot and resolve software issues
• Consult with customers concerning the technical design and development of software applications and modifications
• Maintain and enhance software applications and makes necessary modifications. This includes configuration management responsibility for software development and customizations
• Ability to analyze, design, and document system implementation, extension, and follow best practices for design and deployment
• Coordinate and monitor all technical aspects of SDLC

Lead/Other Functions

• Contribute to the development activities such as project estimates, scheduling, and deliverables
• Conduct code reviews for system modifications and development
• Coach, mentor, and provide guidance and expertise to direct reports
• Effective technical leader
• Coach and mentor technical leads
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external teams on projects
• Ability to collaborate with or provide oversight to an offshore team to complete project deliverables
• Ability to communicate with the client’s technical staff, other project leads, and the project manager to deliver results
• Ability to communicate with the technical team and functional team
• Serve as the DD for 2 or more clients
• Basic understanding of retail operations and how packaged software works within this industry
• Coordinate the efforts of other developers by assigning and reviewing development work
• Consult and estimates work effort
• Establish/maintain effective team communications to ensure client needs are met
• Keep delivery team apprised of work progress and is proactive in communicating any concerns or opportunities for better project delivery
• May perform other job-related duties as assigned

Other Functions:

• Follow company procedures and security practices
• Present, attend and participate in BTM meetings and training opportunities as required
• May perform other job-related duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• 7-8 years’ experience in J2EE software design and/or development
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Design and Development
• Experience designing, developing, and delivering custom software solutions
• Experience preferred with the following:
• Working with distributed team
• Leading a development team
• Design /development on Spring
• Working with relational databases
• Working with Web Services
• Working with Application Servers - preferably WebLogic, Jetty, Jboss
• Unix Shell Scripting, Windows Scripting
• Scheduling tools - UC4, Cron, Autosys
• RDBS (e.g. Oracle)
• Experience with OS (Windows/Linux)
• Experience with OOO Programming concept
• Intermediate to advance understanding of hardware
• Retail industry and/or Oracle Retail/ MOM knowledge is a plus
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies
• Strong understanding or retail operations
• Ability to learn and leverage new frameworks
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed to accommodate offshore team and client needs
• Ability to clearly communicate design rationales and build consensus around designs
• Ability to develop innovative approaches to complex design problems
• Strong desire for ownership of assigned tasks

Other Requirements:

• Ability to handle and be trusted with confidential and/or sensitive information
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
• Ability to be flexible and to handle multiple projects in an organized, timely manner
• Ability to problem-solve, work under pressure, and to effectively manage stress
• Proactive, team player, innovative thinker
• Personable, professional image with internal team members and external clients
• Ability to travel up to 25%