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Position: Senior Software Engineer POSITION SUMMARY The engineer will have several responsibilities as part of a larger software development team. The engineer will work with the architect and a team of up to 7 other developers and QA through analysis, design, and implementation of new features and upgrading / correction of existing features. The engineer will work with product management to identify technical solutions to business needs as well as implement best practices. Additional responsibilities include maintaining key components of Coremetrics' industry-leading hosted service for web analytics and supporting client services and operations. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES • Analyze problems and determine optimal solutions in a timely manner. • Develop UI and server side components of the Coremetrics system. • Scope potential solutions and provide accurate estimates. • Collaborate with Product Management to define release content. • Work with QA to ensure that bug fixes and features built out are correctly built. • Constantly communicate progress and ensure timely completion of tasks. • Work closely with the Operations team to design and build systems that can be developed, tested, deployed, and managed in a hosted service environment.

SKILLS • Strong debugging skills w.r.t. function, performance and scalability with multithreaded apps and remote / distributed mid-tier / database systems. • Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and software design. • Strong hands-on knowledge of SQL and native processing with databases e.g. Oracle / JDBC is a must. • Excellent written (functional spec, online documentation, etc) & verbal communication skills, someone with attention to detail and ability to work effectively with offshore teams. • Good time management skills – we require someone who can work fast in a challenging environment. • Must have good work ethics and be self motivated to be a part of an exciting team in building out world class products. EXPERIENCE • BS or MS in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent. • Must have domain experience with Search Engine Marketing / PPC; candidates with this skill will be given preference. o Candidates with proven experience / in-depth knowledge of Search Apps – Marin Software, Kenshoo Search, Clickable, Omniture Search Center, Efficient Frontier, Acquisio, Search Ignite, Search Force, etc will be given a priority. • Experience in working with Java / J2EE technologies [JMX / JMS / Tibco Queues / JDBC / Connection Pools / EJBs / Web Services]. • Front-end UI hands-on development experience in working with UI technologies such as HTML / Object Oriented Javascript / CSS / Flash / Flex / AJAX, UI frameworks, Cross Browser Development, Usability, etc.