Incisent Technologies 2009-10-30T20:54:31Z Want to help create pioneering software the company ranked the 4th fastest growing privately-held software company in country according to the Inc 500 rankings for 2008? Want to work with a talented and driven team? Want to work on a cool technology that generates significant revenue? If you are a top-notch software engineer who lives and breathes technology, and enjoys finding creative, scalable and well-engineered solutions to technically challenging business problems that are driving fundamental changes in one of the largest sectors of the US economy, then we would like to hear from you. We are still small (60 people), well funded and ambitious, and we are looking for some truly talented engineers to help us continue our phenomenal growth. Our work environment is casual and flexible, with an open mind about adopting the best technologies to solve customer’s business problems. Senior Java Engineer This position will focus on design and implementation of the middle and data tier of a web application that offers exposure to the very latest in Web 2.0 technologies. We work in a best-of-breed environment that includes a mix of Java (JSP/Spring/Hibernate), .Net 2.0 and Ruby on Rails applications. We are looking for a strong Java developer, to join a team building out and enhancing our flagship product which currently serves over 1000 customers. Exposure to Ruby on Rails and .Net is a strong plus. We look for engineers who have an in-depth understanding the foundations of the technologies they use and can make the conceptual leap from one technology to the other with relative ease. Our ideal candidate is a software engineer with a solid computer science foundation, an analytical mind with good communication skills, meticulous software engineering discipline and the ability to demonstrate rigor and strength in object oriented design and analysis. You must have at least 6 years of experience delivering production quality enterprise software, and a minimum of 7 years of overall development experience. A significant portion of your responsibility in this role will consist of making targeted enhancements, performance improvements and other optimizations to a production product based on active customer feedback and so we require that you possess the temperament to enthusiastically participate in a customer focused continuous improvement process cycle. As well, you must be comfortable operating within the constraints of existing product architectures and be willing and able to ramp up on a domain and existing code base and demonstrate care and diligence in designing and implementing enhancements that do not introduce regressions. A demonstrated and disciplined approach to testing and facility with test driven development is required. The ideal team member will be motivated and willing to learn about a new business domain and be willing to explore new technologies and trends; must be comfortable sharing knowledge and suggesting ways to continually improve engineering practices. The following are required: • Expert knowledge of the Java language including latest language features. • JSP/Struts/JSTL • Spring 2.0 and Hibernate • Web Service development with Axis 2.0 and/or XFire • Database development on SQL2005 • Object oriented design skills and the ability to communicate design intent outside code • Algorithm design skills and test driven development • SQL, Databases, Transaction processing concepts and ORM frameworks • XML Document Processing and Web Services Exposure and/or skills in the following are highly desirable. • Ruby on Rails • .Net 2.0 The candidate should have • Minimum of 6 years building production quality web applications. 7 or more total years of software development experience are expected. • An undergraduate degree or higher in Computer Science • Good estimation skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines while working in a fast paced environment • Local candidates only please • Authorization for full-time legal employment in the US (U.S Citizen or Green Card). INCISENT TECHNOLOGIES Founded in 2001, we are entrepreneurial technology company based in downtown Chicago with nearly 1,500 business customers in forty-six states. We create technology that puts sophisticated business intelligence and Internet marketing software into the hands of non-technical front line employees, with proven bottom-line results. Our first vertical is the automotive retail sector. • Our software identifies the critical business metrics that drive performance for an industry—and then gathers, analyzes and deploys the essential data in an intuitive web interface so business users can make profitable decisions in real time. • Some of the innovative INCISENT Technologies products that have enabled 15 out of the top 35 Automotive Dealership Groups achieve market-leading results include: o Predictive Search Tools that combine inventory optimization techniques with marketplace search to efficiently evaluate billions of dollars of pre-owned inventory to make optimal purchasing decisions. o Automated Pricing Tools. Our automated pricing tools give our customers near real-time insight into local pricing trends and to adapt to these trends by propagating price changes to internet marketplaces with just one click. o Integrated Planning Tools. Our planning and execution tools combine data driven analytics techniques with expert domain-specific insight to proactively help our customers identify business opportunities and take advantage of them in a timely manner. o Internet Marketing Tools. Our Internet marketing products streamline both outbound marketing for increased lead generation and inbound marketing for effective processing of these Internet-based leads. • Check out www.incisent.com to find out more about what we do and our automotive vertical marketing site www.driveyournumbers.com to see what our customers are saying about our market leading solutions. Compensation & Benefits We offer competitive salaries, paid vacations and sick days, health insurance, 401-K and performance based cash bonuses and/or the opportunity to earn equity in a fast-growing privately held company. false 5774 To apply please submit your resume to HR@Incisent.com and include the position title Sr Java Engineer- Chicago in the Subject line. 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