Senior Product Software Engineer (java/j2ee) Job in Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.

Under moderate supervision, designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements moderately complex operating systems components, software tools, and utilities required for the operation, maintenance, and control of computer systems. Makes moderately complex modifications to existing software to fit specialized needs and configurations, and maintains program libraries and technical documentation. Assists in planning, scheduling and implementation. Initiates corrective action to stay on schedule.

Job Description for Java/J2ee Sr Product Software Engineer.

Basic Function

The Product Solutions Delivery Team Lead is responsible for providing technical oversight for software development projects related to the delivery of global online platform and services based solutions. This position is responsible for managing all aspects of diverse, moderately complex to complex IT projects, including execution, timing, functionality and quality. They utilize expertise and leadership skills to direct staff and to resolve issues to ensure project goals and requirements are met.

This position undertakes complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge and makes well-thought-out decisions on complex or ambiguous application development issues. The position will assist in working with product managers to understand and capture customer requirements, with business and technical staff to communicate technical architectures and solutions, and with software development staff (designers, testers, programmers, analysts, system administrators, etc. both in- and out- of house) to ensure successful delivery of those solutions.

A successful candidate acts as a source of direction, training and guidance for less experienced staff, in collaboration with the project manager, and has demonstrably strong technical skills, proven experience with technologies in use.

Role and Responsibilities:

In addition to design and coding, you are expected to communicate regularly with other groups made up of employees in office and adopt company culture

• Demonstrably strong technical and project management skills, proven experience with technologies in use, and experience working with offshore developers.
• Analyze business and user requirements, develop product solutions to meet those requirements, and integrate the solutions into the local business unit technical landscape
• Extend corporate and strategic architectures into line-of-business solutions.
• Communicate technical solutions to business and technical staff.
• Interact with business and technical partners to guide the software development process. Serve as an interface to the Digital Experience Groups platform and asset development teams.
• Supervise, assign, and schedule staff and consultants for development projects. Manage closure of requirements, issues and defects. Direct daily developer activities.
• Contribute to the evolution of the global tools, frameworks and methods of work
• Adhere to existing software development policies and procedures, and develop new procedures and participate in software process improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement new technologies for software development. Stay abreast of current trends and technologies, and introduce them into the Global Platform Organization development process.

Other Duties

• Will regularly be required to interview and onboard (off-shore) developers
• May occasionally interview and hire staff.
• Position may require working some evening, weekend and holiday hours.
• May perform other duties as assigned by management.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree (B.E/ B Tech. Computer Science) from a four-year college or university, or equivalent, Masters a plus.

Must have skills

A minimum of 7 to 10 years of software development experience.

Experience with agile software development methodologies (e.g. Scrum or Kanban or Scrum of Scrums)

Experience with technical leadership of software development teams.

Strong hands on Experience with Java /J2EE based development and tools (Eclipse/Maven).

Experience with JavaScript and front-end development including Angular JS, node-js, HTML5 and CSS3

Excellent technical skills in software architecture, design and development.

Experience in content retrieval, search (Solr), or publishing systems

Highly motivated self-starter and good team player

Able to work independently and responsibly on assigned projects

Strong English language written and oral communication skills

Ability to absorb and analyze new technologies and practices.

Ability to effectively manage software development projects and deliver applications on time, on quality and on budget.

Strong research and documentation skills.

Ability to handle aggressive project schedules, inconsistent business requirements, ownership and commitment, and strict release deadlines.

Preferred

Experience working with Semantic web

Experience with daily offshore development interaction. Eastern European offshore experience a plus.

Experience working with Cloud environments ( AWS) a definite plus

Travel Requrements

Position requires some international travel, on a regular basis, comprising no more than 10% of total days worked.

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