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Quite simply, a company is its people. At SoftServe, we're dedicated to giving our people a wealth of opportunities to reach their full potential, and we proved it - according to Hewitt Associates and the HR Center SoftServe is recognized as a "Best Employer in Ukraine - 2010 and 2011".

We're Global Premium IT Service Company with a strong vision into the future of a growing global market.

Working with us gives you:

• Challenging and interesting projects;
• Your personal Сareer Advisor & Individual career map;
• Certification Center & Language School;
• Competitive salary & Bonus system;
• Friendly team & Flexible work hours;
• Comfortable workstation;
• Social package & Birthday presents;
• Corporate events;
• Corporate Doctor;
• Discount Program;
• Gyms & Relax zones;
• Fully equipped kitchens.

We search for Application Architect with strong knowledge and working experience in:

Education:

• Master degree in Computer Science or similar

Experience:

• 5-7 years of experience in developing complex solutions based on Java technologies:
• J2EE/JSP/Servlets
• JBoss/Tomcat/WebLogic
• Spring/Hibernate/Struts
• Apache Commons
• GWT(Yahoo UI/Dojo/Prototype are plus)
• Restlet/Axis2/CXF
• Swing
• Solid experience of applying Java power tools covering the following areas:
• IDE (Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ)
• Code Quality (CheckStyle, FindBugs, JDepend, PMD, Emma)
• Build (Ant, Maven 2, Ivy)
• Test Automation (JUnit, easyMock, jMock, Selenium)
• Continuous Integration (CruiseControl, Continuum, Hudson)
• Issue Tracking (JIRA, Trac, Bugzilla, TestTrack)
• Version Control (Subversion, Perforce)
• Proven success in technical leadership and coaching
• Proven success as team player in previous position(s)
• Proven communicator/presenter

Specialized knowledge:

• Expert knowledge of Java based technologies, frameworks and 3rd party products in different segments (UI frameworks, ESB, BPM, Data Storage, Security, Middleware, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of industry recognized architectural patterns and styles (N-Tier, SOA, Layered Architecture, MVC, Client-Server, Message Bus, etc)
• Proficient knowledge of design patterns, design approaches and concepts (Inversion of Control, Separation of Concerns, Design by Contract, etc)
• Proficient knowledge of software quality metrics (Loose coupling, cyclomatic complexity, code coverage, efferent/afferent cohesion)
• Proficient knowledge of coding best practices in Java
• Proficient knowledge of unit testing best practices in Java
• Proficient knowledge of configuration management practices
• Understanding of Relational Database Management Systems and database design approaches
• Understanding of software development company functioning
• Understanding of offshore software development specifics
• Understanding of CMMI model and RUP processes
• Proficient knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, XP) and software development life cycles

Skills & Abilities:

• English upper intermediate level or higher
• Excellent estimation skills
• Excellent coaching and supervisory skills
• Proficient organizational and time-management skills
• Proficient presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to talk in technical language and switch to the language of business managers
• Ability to recognize software patterns and solutions associated with those patterns
• Team player
• Detail orientation
• Result orientation
• Highly responsible

Skills & Abilities:

• English upper intermediate level or higher
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent estimation skills
• Excellent coaching and supervisory skills
• Ability to talk in technical language and switch to the language of business managers
• Ability to recognize software patterns and solutions associated with those patterns
• Team player
• Detail orientation
• Result orientation

Professional Certification:

• Java certification (Desirable)

Match your knowledge, talent and skills with what we offer and feel free to send your resume