Java Architect & Team Lead Developer (Point-of Sale Systems) at Genuine Parts Company (Atlanta, GA)

Description

Responsible for leading development of NAPAs next generation Point of Sale. This individual will be a leader on a team that provides a whole-store technology solution serving the entire user community of over 5,700 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In this role, the POS team lead is responsible for understanding POS system functionality and underlying architecture. Initially to support the transition of ownership to APG of a vendor-build Java-based platform (retail.net). And then to maintain and improve that platform. Will work with other Team Leads, Architects and developers to provide a best in class solution for NAPA stores.

Position Performance Measures:

• Quickly understand NAPAs Point of Sale solution in order to build a lift & move transition plan.
• Review application code-base & make enhancements to increase efficiency, stability & scalability.
• Work with internal and vendor architects to develop technical roadmap for NAPA Point of Sale.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working with vendor and internal resources to determine a transition strategy. Then work with those teams to execute strategy.
• Review existing architecture solutions to support the lift and move transition while planning post transition improvements.
• Provides best practice guidance to team and ensure development standards are adhered to.
• Develops strong knowledge of NAPA store solutions.

Experience:

• 10+ yrs. experience developing enterprise level Point of Sale software
• 5+ yrs. experience leading team developing enterprise level software
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong experience in large scale environments with 000s of endpoints and very large transaction intensive database systems
• Experience in retail environments a plus
• Must be self-motivated, persistent, and a consummate team player.

Specific technical experience:

• Java development expertise
• PL/SQL expertise
• Development team leadership expertise
• Linux (required)
• Windows (required)
• Jboss (required)
• C++ (required)

Additional preferred expertise:

• Socket Communication
• RMI
• JAVA Swing
• Oracle
• PostgresSQL
• Jasper
• Canoo

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