Technical Architect - Java/J2EE - eCommerce

Job Description :

- The Technical Architect will report to the Manager Engineering and will be an individual contributor. No management tasks are included in the responsibilities. Only candidates from the e-commerce domain preferred.

The role will have the following key responsibilities :

- Translation of complex functional and technical requirements into detailed project plans and schedules; implementing and maintaining a coherent, progressive development strategy for our product line

- Responsible for the over-all systems development life cycle.

- Delivery of quality applications on-time and on-budget

- Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments

- Evolution of the software engineering practice within the organization, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology

- Develop the best technical design and approach for new product development

- Drive and manage the bug triage process

- Report on status of product quality to management, customer support and product teams

Desired Skills :

- Very strong Java Development skills

- Strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.

- Strong experience in N-tier J2EE applications

- Experience in scalable applications

- Strong understanding of database design and SQL development.

- Very good knowledge of NoSQL technologies like MongoDB, Solr, Redis, Cassandra or any other NoSQL database

- Knowledge of architecting & building real-time, large scale applications

- Basic knowledge of Queueing framework like Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka

Soft Skills :

- Drive discussions to create/improve product, process and technology

- Provide end to end solution and design details

- Lead development of formalized solution methodologies

- Willing to work in startup like environment

- Personal Characteristics

- Passion and commitment

- Strong intellect

- High integrity

- Self-starter