Java/J2EE Lead

_Contact_:
Email rsilvers@paypal.com

Primary Job Responsibilities
StubHub is looking for a Senior/Lead engineer to join our Platform development team. The Platform Team is responsible for developing, maintaining and governance of the StubHub Development Infrastructure. This position is for an experienced Java developer with broad experience developing webbased platforms for different types of eCommerce applications, especially in a SOA environment. You must be a team player and enjoy working as a key member of a team of developers. You will be responsible for coding, unit testing, designing, and mentoring other engineers, participating in requirements analysis, writing technical specifications, and working with teams on testing and deployment. This is a hands-on coding and key Technology staff position. You will also be responsible for the selection and implementation of best practices, tools, processes and overall engineering efforts.

• Execute on the Platform Roadmap along with the Architecture Team.
• Provide advanced technical expertise in designing and developing software applications.
• Estimate development tasks as well as set up plans for deliverables based on release deadlines.
• Maintain and support existing software application.
• Identify and resolve complex application issues and bugs.
• Review and/or write code to enhance and/or extend application.
• Provide subject matter expertise and business analysis in addressing complex projects and issues.
• Test new installations and/or software prior to release to minimize failures and impact to business and end users, including developing and executing unit tests
• Interact with business product managers to gather and clarify requirements.
• Interact with Technical Project Managers and Development Managers to provide estimates and status against project plans.
• Interact with QA to coordinate testing activities.

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 7-10 years of relevant web-based/e-commerce Java/J2EE development experience.
• Experience with SOA concepts, frameworks and implementation
• Experience managing queue based messaging environments
• Excellent understanding of application servers, multi-tier architectures, and all layers from presentation to persistence.
• Extremely strong core Java coding skills, including understanding of optimization, performance ramifications of coding decisions, and object-oriented design.
• Understanding of system architecture and design including clustering, scalability, and monitoring.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills.
• Ability to mentor junior developers.
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Software development life cycle knowledge.
• Detail oriented.

• Must be strong in: Java, Spring, J2EE, Apache application libraries and frameworks (Hibernate Spring, CXF, Axis, ActiveMQ).
• Must be competent in: Oracle including PL/SQL stored procedures, SQL, XML, XMLSCHEMA, XSD/DTD, JUnit/TestNG, Linux and/or Unix derivatives, Eclipse, Perforce.
• Nice to have: Tapestry5, AJAX, CSS, Java Script, ColdFusion.