Sr. Software Engineer - Edmunds.com

Edmunds.com is hiring for a Sr. Software Engineer.  The Sr. Software 
Engineer is responsible for maintaining and improving the Edmunds.com 
suite of software products; develop core service and application 
enhancements to improve execution, usability and manageability of 
Edmunds' consumer web site.


Sr. Software Engineer (w/ RESTful, JSON, YUI, ETC)
Job Location 	
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Employment Type 	Full time
Career Type 	IT-Software Engineering & Programming
Experience Required 	2-5 Years




Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

*Design and develop new applications and functionality using the latest 
J2EE, Open Source, and Web 2.0 technologies
*Work closely with Project Management, Software Development, QA and 
Production to coordinate product releases
*Provide application-level troubleshooting and problem resolution, 
engaging technical peers and customers as needed

Requirements:

*Must have a minimum of 5 years experience developing and supporting 
enterprise grade software applications involving JAVA, O/R Mapping 
products such as Hibernate, Spring, Struts / Tiles, and database components.
*3+ years experience with application-level troubleshooting and problem 
resolution, engaging technical peers and the business customer as required
*Experience with concepts and implementation details for building 
distributed, large-scale, enterprise caliber software; including 
application and network security, clustering, load-balancing and 
failover, database access and query optimization, EJB Session Beans and 
related design patterns, Portal, BPEL and Web Services
*Experience with designing and implementing RESTful web services, you 
should know the difference between JSON and XML and know how WS-service 
is different than a REST service and why.
*Ability to diagnose runtime performance and other errors using thread 
dumps and other black arts.
*You should know what the difference between a parallel garbage 
collector and a concurrent mark-sweep collector and how it affects 
application performance characteristics.
*Knowledge of Domain Drive Design and basic design patterns.
*Familiarity with OSGi
*Familiarity with JavaScript and emerging JavaScript frameworks such as 
YUI and Dojo.
*You should know your way around a UNIX system and not be afraid of 
writing ant scripts or custom targets.
*Comfortable in a fast-paced technology environment and the ability to 
multi-task attention across several projects or issues
*Proven track record of successfully learning applications architecture 
and integration


About Edmunds

Edmunds Inc. publishes four Web sites that empower, engage and educate 
automotive consumers, enthusiasts and insiders. Edmunds.com, the premier 
online resource for automotive consumer information, launched in 1995 as 
the first automotive information Web site. Its most popular feature, the 
Edmunds.com True Market Value, is relied upon by millions of people 
seeking current transaction prices for new and used vehicles. 
Edmunds.com was named "Best Car Research Site" by Forbes ASAP, has been 
selected by consumers as the "Most Useful Web Site" according to every 
J.D. Power and Associates New Autoshopper.com Study(SM), was ranked 
first in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites by The Wall Street Journal 
and was rated "#1" in Keynote's study of third-party automotive Web 
sites. Inside Line launched in 2005 and is the most-read automotive 
enthusiast Web site. CarSpace launched in 2006 and is an automotive 
social networking Web site. AutoObserver.com launched in 2007 and 
provides insightful automotive industry commentary and analysis. Edmunds 
Inc. is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and maintains a 
satellite office in suburban Detroit.