Request Technology, LLC ยท 3 days ago
Director, Software Engineering (Java 8, Kafka, AWS)
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
8+ years expRequest Technology, LLC is a prestigious company seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead and manage a team of software developers focused on building event-driven solutions. This role involves optimizing application performance, managing a distributed development team, and recommending architectural changes to improve system efficiency.
Information ServicesInformation TechnologyRecruiting
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Dillon Grooss
Responsibilities
Build and manage a team of skilled software developers
Collaborating with others to deliver complex projects which may involve multiple systems
Manage distributed development team, collaborate, and coordinate with vendors
Developing solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you develop
Lead the efforts to optimize application performance and resilience through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning
Recommending architectural changes and new technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of the company systems and development processes
Qualification
Required
BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required
8-10 years of experience in building large scale, compute and event-driven solutions
Java 8+ years of experience
8+ years of experience developing software using Object Oriented Design, advance patterns, and multi-threading
Experience with distributed message brokers, like Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, etc
Working knowledge of DevOps tools, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm
Experience with cloud technologies and migrations
Experience following Git workflows is required
Preferred
Masters preferred
Experience preferred with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI and IAM etc
Experience with testing frameworks like Junit, Citrus is desirable
Experience working with various types of databases like Relational, NoSQL, Object-based, Graph
Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics is a plus
Company
Request Technology, LLC
With over 39 years of experience, Request Technology, LLC, formerly Quest Enterprises, Inc., is an established entrepreneurial executive search firm that specializes in recruiting Information Technology professionals for organizations throughout the United States.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase