Vice President Grails Groovy Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Java Developer who has experience with Java, Javascript, Spring and some Groovy.   The candidate will have to be EAD, GC or US Citizen.

Top Three Skills:

Spring

Groovy

Javascript 

Responsibilities:

Lead the team by example with software engineering expertise
Lead development initiatives to enhance the core technology and improve customer experiences.
Facilitate making key technology decisions with other engineering leaders.
Propose technical approaches to implementing solutions within the scope of customer requirements.
Work with other engineering leaders to ensure that designs meet both tactical and strategic technology needs.
Work with IT operations teams in troubleshooting customer issues and resolution
Work with product managers/owners and engineering leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, and document technical designs.
Help engineering leaders drive change in the organization: process improvements, best practices, and leveraging metrics to ensure effectiveness.
Coach and mentor other engineers.
Qualifications:
10+ years experience building great software
2+ years in a lead position.
Experience working collaboratively using Agile/Scrum methodology
Solid knowledge of software development methodologies and best practices.
B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field.
Proficiency in Java.
Proficiency in JavaScript and HTML.
Experience consuming web service end points (e.g. REST, SOAP).
Solid experience in developing highly scalable and reliable web applications, including integration with internal and external systems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, and unit testing
Groovy/Grails experience is a plus
NoSQL technology (e.g. MongoDB, Riak) a plus
An understanding of Telematics, Mapping Applications, or Mobile Resource Management is a plus. 
Experience serving as a scrum master on an agile team
Experience with JQuery, Ember JS, Sencha Ext JS, or AngularJS.
Experience with Spring, Hibernate, Groovy/Grails 

Work Environment:

 Small local team, others virtual. Collaborative, multi-functional, casual dress 

Interview Information:

 1 hr phone with Dir followed by 2 hr on-site with team 

Who is the Internal/External Customer:

internal- this position will be in what they call the admin team which develops and supports internal tools. 

Impact to the Internal/External Customer:

moving to the new platform and future enhancement projects to scale are critical to the growth of the product and company 

Business Challenge:

Initially focus will be on moving away from a legacy platform in LAMP to Net Suite (ERP Like) the work of this team will focus on integration and plugin from platform and other business critical systems along with other applications surrounding 

EVP:

This product/service is "like" twitter but for vehicles- it enables customers to use data to better understand where vehicles are, what they are doing, when things get delivered but more importantly use data to make their customers more efficient.

Second, they are using latest and greatest technologies and will continue to do so.
Third, early in. 

Non-Technical Skills:

MUST have clear communication and positive personality with a focus on team work and partnering/mentoring other devs 

Why is position open?:

 Most of their DEV members are from their VC company and to become independent long term they need to create a team of their own 

Technical Environment:

Groovy, grails, Angular JS, No SQL 

6+ months contract to hire.

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