Principal Software Engineer - 31412
Redwood City, CA, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA
Employment Type: Exempt
Job Category: Research & Development
Description
We’re currently looking for a Principal Software Engineer with experience in full-stack web application development to join our team in Redwood City, California.
Job Summary
As our Principal Software Engineer in the Informatica Cloud team, you will be responsible for designing and building the next-generation cloud platform. In the role of Principal Software Engineer, you must be able to work and adapt in a fluid, fast-paced environment. Working as the Principal Software Engineer you must have strong technical, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
Technology You’ll Use:
- J2EE Spring Framework, Persistence Framework, OSGi, Java SDK, web service protocol stack, REST, XML, JSON, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and AJAX, Docker/Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure/GCP
Day-to-day Duties? Here's What You'll Be Doing
You will be based in Redwood City, CA and will:
- Investigate, design, and develop the features individually or with a small team
- Lead feature development and follow through with other team members to ensure high quality and predictable delivery
- Work with the QA team to ensure minimal regressions and comprehensive customer-centric testing
- Participate in internal/cross-team meetings, scoping, decision making, and technical documentation
- Passionately share your knowledge: you enjoy mentoring team members, can communicate effectively, and clearly articulate and support UX decisions to a wide audience
- Assist customers and field engineers with troubleshooting issues and problems.
Key Essentials
- 8 or more years of enterprise software development experience
- Strong experience in J2EE Spring Framework, Persistence Framework, OSGi, Java SDK, web service protocol stack, REST, XML, JSON
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Strong object-oriented programming skills; good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Good understanding of software design patterns and Good coding and testing practices
- Experience in web client technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, and AJAX
- Familiarity with unit testing techniques for Web UI, Ant, JUnit, Eclipse
- Able to work independently with little direct supervision and take initiative and be willing to mentor and develop others
- Experience in Agile development methodologies and release management techniques
- Proven ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, iterative product definition and development environment
- BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
What We’d Like to See
- Experience with data-intensive and multi-threaded service-oriented cloud products with high performance and scalability requirements
- Experience with Cloud application development, deployment, operation, and support
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks and libraries, such as JQuery, React, Angular, Dojo, Backbone, or Ember
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
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