Daily Candy - Development Lead
New York, NY
DailyCandy, the popular style and trends web site, is seeking an
experienced Development Lead!
Development Lead
We're looking for a well-rounded Development Lead who enjoys
working on diverse and challenging projects. The ideal candidate
should possess strong leadership skills and excel at collaborating
and communicating with non-technical colleagues.
Our technology team runs a number of systems, from mobile
applications to MapReduce logfile processing, all built on
open-source components. We provide a fun, relaxed environment, an
ideal place for developers to hone their skills and learn some new
ones.
Experience:
• 7+ years experience
• Java web application development (Spring,
Hibernate)
• Bachelors in Computer Science
• Experience with Scrum, XP or other agile
methodologies
• Linux, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL
Responsibilities:
• Manage team of 4+ Java, Web and QA
engineers
• Establish and improve software engineering
best practices
• Work closely with product team to design,
develop products
• Architecture integrating custom
applications, 3rd party components and hosted web services
Knowledge:
• Analytics
• Data Warehousing
• Monitoring (e.g. zenoss)
• Email delivery systems
• Content Management Systems, forms and
workflow
• HTML front-end development practices,
JavaScript
• Ad operation systems, e.g. DART for
Publishers
• Python
Must be eligible to work in the US.