Sr Software Engineer — Durham

Company Description:

A great opportunity to work for a rapidly growing company.

Job Description:

GoAhead Solutions is looking for a Senior Engineer for an exciting opportunity that is contract to hire in either Durham, NC or Ann Arbor, MI.

Senior Software Engineer

• Write robust, efficient and maintainable code and mentor junior programmers to do the same
• Analyze requirements and provide reliable estimates
• Work closely with the architect to coordinate and lead software design activities
• Work within a structured development environment that includes version control, automated unit testing, test driven development, continuous build, feature analysis and design reviews, code reviews, and use of a task management system to track status
• Ensure that development processes and standards are being followed and met

Qualifications

• BS or MS in computer Science or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of five years writing commercial software applications in a structured software development environment
• Interest and experience in most aspects of software development and technology
• Strong desire to develop with cutting edge technology
• Strong analytical skills, design skills, technical writing skills, and problem-solving ability
• Highly skilled in Java and web services
• Proficiency in reading/writing SQL and a strong knowledge of Oracle databases required
• Proficiency working with Linux environments required
Desired Qualifications
• Familiarity with data warehousing, star schema, OLAP technology and MDX
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as Cognos or BusinessObjects
• Experience with Ant, JUnit, Cruise Control, Apache, Tomcat, Flex, Cognos or Mondrian
• Agile development experience including test-driven development, continuous build, iterations, stories etc.