Lead Java Software Engineer

The Lead Java Software Engineer must have a solid background in the fundamentals of computer science with a focus on Java development. They should have experience mentoring junior engineers. Bonus points for bringing some knowledge of large-scale data processing, performance tuning and user interface design. If you have experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure; or have worked with containers and orchestration systems like Docker and Kubernetes; or have dabbled with big data on distributed platforms like Hadoop, bonus points for those too. You will be working with architects, product management, usability, quality, documentation, and the open-source community to enhance and advance all portions of the Pentaho software suite.

What You Will Be Doing
• Develop and test Java software components and classes as part of the Engineering Team using the Scrum development process
• Assist the technical support team in the isolation and resolution of customer issues
• Author developer documentation and participate in the development of end-user documentation
• Mentor and advise junior team members
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical members of the project team
What You Bring To The Team 
• Professional experience in troubleshooting, maintaining, or developing data-driven applications connected to relational databases, XML sources, web services, flat file, and big data driven backend systems.
• 8+ Years experience in Java Object Oriented Software Development
• Experience with multi-threaded / multi-user server-side software development
• Experience analyzing code performance and implementing performance improvement.
• Experience with software development best practices and design patterns
• Experience with web service technologies (REST, JAX-WS, etc.)
• Experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito
• Must be able to quickly understand technical and business requirements and be able to translate into technical implementation
• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
• Reliable, self-motivated, and focused on high quality delivery of work products
• Skilled in navigating the dynamics of working as part of a team

Bonus Points
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
• Experience working with distributed computing platforms, like Hadoop
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and orchestrating them with systems like Kubernetes
•  Experience working with Data Integration / ETL and Big Data concepts
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence concepts including ETL, OLAP, and Reporting