Lead Java Developer at Macy's (Atlanta, GA)

Job Overview:

Macys.com is looking for a Technical lead who is comfortable coding 80% of his / her day while also overseeing the daily work of the development team. This includes providing the ongoing direction and design of the application suite. This person is a leader, who also loves to code. The ideal candidate will have had experience in the high paced energy of startups as well as experience in the structured world of larger companies. Additional responsibilities include mentoring the team, driving Agile methodology, help tracking the current tasks of the team members, and escalating issues as needed. A development tech lead will need to have strong background in Java Web Services, Micro-services, REST APIs, Spring framework and Messaging techniques. Having worked with some Big Data and NoSQL is a plus. Public Cloud work is a strong plus related to Micro-services. Other skills needed for this position are Nodes JS, Backbone, JQuery and Handlebar templates. Code quality using practices like TDD, DevOps a strong plus.

The successful applicant will work closely with Business Analysts, other Technical Leads, Software Engineers, Operations, and Support Engineers in a highly collaborative environment to provide quality software and solutions, while providing the necessary leadership to deliver releases on time and on budget.

Essential Functions:

• Work in a full Lean/Agile collaborative environment - including interactive discussions, iterative development, estimations and design sessions.
• Own end to end testing strategy for large, complex projects which involve multiple teams and systems.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and PMs to estimate and plan work, provide status updates to stakeholders and executives.
• Work with senior developers, software architects and business partners to resolve development roadblocks.
• Work with distributed teams across various time zones.
• Own the relationships with key supporting teams.
• Report critical issues to management effectively, timely, and with clarity.
• Hands-on system design and development as needed.
• Hands-on mentoring of the team.
• Consistently demonstrates regular, dependable attendance & punctuality

Qualifications:

Education/Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Engineering and 5 years of experience or Masters Degree in Computer Science/Engineering and 3 years of experience
• 5+ years of full life cycle hands-on experience designing and developing large scale web applications on high traffic Internet site(s)
• 5+ years Spring Dependency Injection and other core Spring features
• 5+ years of performance testing, tuning and analysis experience, in the web development industry ideally in the retail space.
• 3+ Years of hands on experience using APM tools like (DynaTrace, Splunk, Librato)
• Strong experience with LoadRunner/JMeter/any other load generation tools
• Experience with UML modeling and effective communication for design reviews.

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