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Principal Software Engineer/Director
Priceline
Norwalk, CT, United States
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Job Description
We need world class developers to join our engineering team in building the next generation web and services platform for Priceline.com.
Engineering services include web-site development, framework development, b2b integration and business intelligence solutions. In addition to building applications that can hold up to the scale & growth of our business, our team of engineers work directly with the business leaders in defining the product roadmap and coming up with innovative solutions to grow the business. We believe in software craftsmanship and that there is real value in developing software so that it can be easily understood, maintained, and extended. At Priceline we are all about team work, accountability, innovation, and a customer-first approach. We work hard, but do so in a collaborative, fun and flexible work environment.
As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to work on mission critical projects with direct impact on the evolution of Priceline's business. You will be able to apply your programming skills towards building low latency and high throughput transactional services. You will work on systems that serve hundreds of millions of searches a day, generate billions of events, and are monitored 24x7 using early warning and analytics systems. We constantly explore new technologies and engineer better solutions for ever demanding business needs.
This position requires a passion for coding and also someone who is willing to take ownership and drive technical implementations. Our teams are small and allow great opportunities to learn new technologies and use these tools to develop innovative applications. The team environment encourages developers to be creative and rapidly build software with the satisfaction of creating something new every day.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Core Java, Spring frameworks, Web services and API development
• Strong SQL composition skills with Oracle and/or MySQL databases
• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery and latest frameworks like Angular, Node.js and backbone. (We are a full stack team)
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies
What makes you ideal for this role?
• We want to speak with you if you want to take your development skills to the next level and you possess both creativity and the desire to create something new every day.
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively work in a hands-on highly collaborative framework.
• Technical agility to make effective, timely decisions.
• A passion to deliver creative exciting enhancements that drive tangible results.
• An understanding that you will share with the other software engineers in rotational application support on-call as needed.
• Ability to mentor other engineers on best practices.
• Passionate about building best in class solutions with an eye for fine details
• Great communication with both technical and non-technical constituents
• Willing to champion engineering initiatives through design, dev and qa and across functional team
• Have previous startup/ecommerce experience a plus!
Required Experience
• A degree in computer science or equivalent work experience, Masters is preferred
• Principal Engineer: 10+ years’ experience or equivalent proficiency with the skills outlined above.