Senior Software Engineer

Company Description

GridPoint is an established leader in smart energy solutions, providing Fortune 1000 enterprises, government agencies and utilities with the tools to implement and maintain sustainable energy management practices that improve operational efficiency and maximize energy savings. Founded in 2003, GridPoint is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with an office in Roanoke, Virginia.

Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer shall perform with a high degree of independence and expertise to implement solutions for a variety of complex software products/features... both wholly new efforts and also enhancements/maintenance to established assets.

The Senior Software Engineer's responsibilities shall be to:
• participate in specification development and provide critical review of software specifications prepared by others
• develop and document responsive software design solutions based on software requirements specifications which also conform to established system level architecture/design specifications
• develop software assets based on software requirements and design specifications, system architecture/design specifications... working either singly or in combination with other software engineers and test engineers
• ensure high quality software products through deliberative design, implementation, unit/integration testing, and active support to verification/validation testers
• perform Production support work as assigned (issue investigation and findings reporting, rapid issue resolution for critical issues)

In order to perform these responsibilities effectively, the Senior Software Engineer shall use tools, standard models, industry best practices, and creative design approaches to represent systems and/or to develop system prototypes, assets, or supporting assets.

Our current technology and tool mix includes: Java7, Scala, Akka, AngularJS, JPA, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Cassandra, git, Jira, Bamboo.

Qualifications

• B.S. Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)... M.S. Computer Science highly preferred
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in progressively more senior software engineering roles
• Minimum 8 years of experience with Unix internals; Java or .NET; XML/JSON; Oracle, Postgres or SQL Server; application frameworks (e.g. J2EE, JBOSS, Spring, Hibernate, OSGI)
• Minimum 5 years of experience with web services applications... RESTful designs preferred
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience with database programming in Java or .NET with Oracle, Postgres, or other RDBMS
• Experience with one or more of the following is desired: scala, service oriented architectures, continuous integration, automated configuration management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

GridPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.

Note: no unsolicited 3rd party resumes accepted