Java Architect for Chennai location - Job opening

Job Description:

Role:Lead and Architect
1. Involvement in the full software development life cycle with stringent needs on (i) time to
market, & (ii) quality of product - functional and non-functional aspect.
2. Ownership of complex software architectures, operational metrics, and running the day to day
business operations.
3. Designing and defining the interaction between the different components and teams.
4. Work closely with peers and product managers to develop great technical design and approach
for new product development.
5. Definition of, and compliance with, a world-class build/release and configuration management
process.

Roles & responsibilities are as below:
1. Identify the technologies that would be used for the project.
2. Recommend the development methodology and framework for the project.
3. Provide the overall design and structure to the application.
4. Ensure that the product is adequately defined & documented.
5. Establish design/coding guidelines and best practices, and drive usage of design patterns.
6. Enforce compliance with coding guidelines using code reviews etc.
7. Build solution which is easily configurable, deploy-able and secure in SaaS environment.
8. Responsible for planning product iterations & releasing iterations on schedule.

Job Requirement
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
Current/relevant certifications preferred.
- Knowledge of IBM’s WebSphere Smarter Commerce platform (preferred) or ATG,
Magento, Hybris.
- 9 or more years of Java and JEE development experience.
- Experience driving Web technology architecture and infrastructure design activities.
- Experience reviewing and supervising Web design components.
- Experience driving and supervising Web technology build, test and deployment activities.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Proficient in written and spoken English.