LEAD JAVA/J2EE SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Backend): Successfactors

LEAD JAVA/J2EE SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Backend)

San Mateo, California

About SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors is the global leader in Business Execution Software. Our integrated suite of on-demand applications is relied upon by thousands of customers worldwide to align their businesses to their strategies, arm their organizations for success and incite their employees to greatness—every day. SuccessFactors’ impactful, proven offering focuses on optimizing the two key components of execution excellence: Business Alignment (making sure that people are working on the right things every day) and People Performance (making sure everyone is performing at their full potential). Combined and working in concert, Business Alignment and People Performance solutions from SuccessFactors help companies execute faster and smarter, with greater precision and better business results than ever before.

SuccessFactors is one of the fastest growing public software companies. SuccessFactors has been helping organizations in both strong and uncertain times to bridge the strategy and execution gap, cultivate and retain top talent and optimize workforces, to drive business performance and results. A recognized market leader, SuccessFactors integrated suite of on demand applications has 5.4+ million users, 2,850+ customers of every size in over 185+ countries realizing tangible results.

SuccessFactors has a unique culture. We are highly innovative and our products are defining new frontiers of software-as-a-service. We have extraordinary leadership and an aggressive sales driven culture. Founded in 2001 with offices around the world, the company employs more than 600 people, all passionately focused on revolutionizing the future of work.

LEAD JAVA/J2EE SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Backend)

We are looking for bright engineers from varied backgrounds including UI, Server Architecture, and Infrastructure Architecture!! The Lead Software Engineer’s responsibilities will include designing, developing, testing, and documenting software, tools, and applications for the Employee Central Product Line.

The Employee Central product is a critical component of SF product offering, providing the HRIS (Human Resource Information System) aspect to a HCM(Human Capital Management) core product. The Employee Central product is built on a cutting edge Web 2.0 UI framework and separates itself from traditional HRIS applications with its ease of use and configurability. It also provides a collaboration platform for all employees and as such adds value and support to the Business Execution features of the SF product lineup. The Lead Software Engineer (Backend) will be responsible for building applications spanning different paradigms, use cases and technologies to enable the successful implementation of this new category of HRIS applications.

Responsibilities.

· Support the total design effort and participate in multiple projects, solve complex problems, and provide mentoring and support to more junior engineers.

· Evaluate and analyze software products and provide sales support.

· Define, develop, and manage the whole process of a integrating analytic components into products and engaging individuals across various departments or organizations to resolve problems

· Work jointly with clients to ensure business requirements are clearly communicated

· Prioritize multiple requirements, and communicate to senior management the present status and future direction of the collaborative HRIS/HCM product strategy.

Experience:

· 5+ years of experience with enterprise programming in Java/J2EE, Analytics, Enterprise Applications, Web Service, OOD, Oracle

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any type) or a related field

· Excellent hands-on design, implementation and communication skills

· Expert knowledge of a SOA platform

· Expert knowledge using Web Services, WSDL, SOAP - XML

· 8 + years of experience in software development, engineering, or related field

· In-depth knowledge of Unix, Windows, JVM, web and application servers

· Expert knowledge of J2EE (EJB, Servlets, JSP, XML, JDBC, JMS)

· Strong knowledge of Design Patterns

· Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript

· Experience with performance tuning, caching, clustering and related concepts is preferred

· Experience with JSF, Seam and/or Hibernate would be a bonus

Skills:

· Ability to work independently as well as with a team

· Ability to understand and master new technologies quickly

· Strong focus on quality and generating results

· Self-disciplined with strong attention to detail

· Proven ability to quickly understand and solve unique and undocumented programming problems

· Exceptional time management and organization

· Excellent written and oral communications

· Energetic and self-starting

· Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

· Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

You can apply directly through this link to our Career’s page:

https://performancemanager4.successfactors.com/career?company=sf&career_job_req_id=4642&career_ns=job_listing

Please visit us at www.SuccessFactors.com to learn more about us,

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SuccessFactors is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace.

PRINCIPALS ONLY PLEASE. We do not accept 3rd party resumes; no agencies submittals accepted.