Associate Software Engineer

Job Description:At Arc, you'll work with a team of smart marketers and gain global marketing insights, as we share our capabilities across 37 offices in 31 countries. And talk about our marquis list of clients! We partner with Kellogg, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Purina, Visa, Whirlpool, and the list goes on... We're also part of Paris-based Publicis Groupe, the world's fourth-largest marketing and communications company.As a member of the Arc Worldwide team, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact on a wide array of marketing practice areas, share ideas with some of the best minds in the business, and meet creative and professional challenges. Are you ready?Our mission is:1. To build the software applications needed by our customers, from the simple to the complex, in a flawless, optimal, profitable, competitive, on-time manner that is in compliance with the best practices set out by our industry, our platform vendors, and ourselves. 2. To delight our internal and external customers with our level of service through a strong sense of ownership over our assignments, proactive and constant communication, and a "whatever-it-takes" attitude.The Associate Software Engineer (ASE) is responsible for guided development of applications, and for participating in those applications through QA, Production Deploy and Application Maintenance phases. Responsibilities include implementation and completion of assigned development tasks, and ensuring quality deliverables throughout the application lifecycle. The SE's other responsibilities include compliance with departmental standards, high standards for quality assurance and customer service, and providing detailed documentation. The ASE position reports directly to a Software Engineering Manager (SEM).Required/Desired Skill or Attributes:----------------------------------------------------1. 0-3 years of Java software programming experience, specializing in web applications2. Basic familiarity with Object-oriented design concepts, and with Design Patterns (particularly relating to J2EE/Java or Microsoft.NET/C#).3. Basic familiarity with relational database design concepts for OLTP systems, with specific experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 or Oracle 9.0i/10g. 4. Introductory knowledge and understanding of J2EE technologies and implementations is a plus.5. Experience with J2EE Application Servers (JBoss, Tomcat, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic) is a plus6. Experience using Struts framework, knowledgeable with application frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate is a plus7. Familiarity with XML and knowledgeable of associated technologies such as schemas, XSLT, transformers and parsers.



Minimum Education Required: BachelorYears of Experience Required: At Least 1 YearExpected Travel Time: None