Principal Java Engineer

eHarmony.com is building a team to work on the next generation of applications to support their high traffic, public facing experiences. Be part of the excitement of a profitable and pre-IPO company with the stability and benefits to challenge any company. Work in a fast moving and challenging environment that is balanced with a great environment and flexible hours. Design and develop components of a multi-layered architecture leveraging the latest Web 2.0, SOA and Event architectures. Push the envelope of scalability with the next applications.        Develop applications for a high volume consumer website for a high-profile, nationally recognized, very profitable, pre-IPO internet company Develop the next generation of applications using cutting edge Web 2.0, SOA and Event Based technologies. Work with leading platforms including Java EE, Spring, Hibernate, Weblogic, and Oracle. Work closely with product management in defining new product features and specifications Work with Quality Assurance to test functional product features Work with web operations on deployment of new releases and application management   QUALIFICATIONS: 7-8+ years of IT experience with 3+ recent years in the Internet industry. BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience Experience developing high volume consumer websites Fundamental Java skills (Java EE 5, and Java SE 5+) Background with traditional web development (JSP, JSF, Struts) and future Web 2.0 technologies Understand asynchronous, message based systems (JMS) Hibernate or other ORM framework background Understanding of lightweight container technologies such as Spring Familiar with Web-Service based technologies such as SOAP, REST, Spring Remoting Excellent understanding of OOD and OOP Strong technical and design skills Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-effort, dynamic work environment Fast learner of new and emerging technologies Self motivated and ability to drive features to delivery Experienced at leading development life cycle process and best practices, hiring and mentoring in a technical organization Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and listening skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including non-technical Ability to participate in a cross-functional team environment Work in a fast moving and challenging environment that is balanced with a great environment and flexible hours. Work empowered with the ownership to deliver your responsibilities. Be part of the excitement of a profitable and pre-IPO company with the stability and benefits to challenge any company.   About eHarmony: On an average day in America, more than 116 eHarmony members marry as a result of being matched on eHarmony. With over 17 million registered users and 10,000 - 15,000 new users registered daily, the Company's highly-regarded service for singles is the market leader in on-line relationships. eHarmony, the Internet's #1 trusted relationship service and recently named one of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies by Deloitte & Touche and first place recipient of PricewaterhouseCoopers Entretech Entrepreneurship Award in the category of growth companies, is located in the Los Angeles area (Pasadena, CA). eHarmony's investors include Technology Crossover Ventures and Sequoia Capital. If interested, please apply online at http://track.jobviper.com/ViewJob.asp?id=552535-3-653 Company:   eHarmony.com Location:   Pasadena Job Category:   IT/Software Development Career Level:   Experienced (Non-Manager) Company:   eHarmony.com Reference Code:   1129