Principal Software Engineer - Nations Info Corp.

Nations Info Corp. is looking for a Principal Software Engineer who will be a key member of our development team working on our core products. This position will report directly to the VP of Engineering. The qualified candidate will work in a fun and fast-paced environment where time to market is key. The Principal Software Engineer will help lead the design of the next generation of platforms that enable business to create scalable and efficient solutions. The Principal Engineer will help drive architecture and software design solutions for fast and resilient payments.

Job Responsibilities

• Build distributed enterprise platforms

• Prototype new solutions for complex software problems and implement them for on premise and cloud deployments and use cases

• Work with wider engineering team on the design, deployment and continuous improvement of core products

• Lead the technical interactions and communications  with external partners while leading the projects

• Be a technical subject matter expert, provide technical leadership and share your expertise with a growing team of engineers

• Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by implementing and driving best practices for coding, testing, and deployment

• Work within existing development team and master existing code base

• Capable of designing and documenting complex features, with minimal supervision

• Ability to take substantial features from concept to production as a sole developer

• Identify existing components that can be improved and ability to carry out improvement

• Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance and directions

• Work closely with DevOps/IT to ensure efficient and stable builds

• Develop software solutions with infrastructure optimization, efficiency with consideration of both cloud and on premise options. 

• Ability to work independently and within a team

• Identify, document and communicate technical issues and risks across teams

• Lead the mitigation of production issues when they arise

Skills & Qualifications

• 13+ years of hands-on Software Development experience on large scale distributed systems, with the last 7+ years in Java, and 5+ years experience working as a tech lead

• Experience in building transactional systems (preferably in payments / banking / e-commerce domains) , backed by an RDBMS (PostgreSQL, Oracle or MS SQL Server)

• Strong relational database knowledge & experience working directly with SQL and persistence technologies such as Hibernate

• Solid knowledge of web technologies and Java application servers, in a high availability cluster configuration

• Working knowledge or experience using Node.js and caching technologies (ehcache, memcache, redis) is a plus

• Strong working knowledge & experience with ElasticSearch 

• Experience in Azure cloud using containers such as Kubernetes & Docker is preferred.

• Solid understanding and experience with multiple version control systems (git, etc)

• Self-motivated, well-organized and detail oriented

• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical discipline is preferred

Application Procedures

This position will be located in Westlake Village, California. Nations Info Corp is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a competitive total compensation package and a causal, results-driven work environment. When applying please submit cover letter and resume.

Employment Details

• Location: Westlake Village, CA

• Status: Full time

• Benefits include company sponsored 401K, with company match

• Additional benefits include: Health, Vision and Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability

• Vacation, Sick and Holiday Benefits

• Salary: $150,000 - $175,000/yr, based on experience

About Nations Info Corp

Founded in 2005, Nations Info Corp is a leading online provider of real estate and financial information and services to home buyers, investors and real estate professionals. Our powerful technology aggregates and synthesizes massive amounts of real estate data including distressed properties, which is otherwise difficult to find and interpret, into formats which are easy to access, use and ultimately empowering for home buyers. Our goal is to present information that will help consumers make informed home buying or financial decisions. Through our industry-leading platforms such as RealtyStore.com and RealtyTrac.com, we provide customers with exclusive access to millions of properties that are otherwise hard to find, while helping investors unlock real estate investment opportunities easily and quickly.

We are continually looking to the future by innovating and bringing new data driven, consumer products to the marketplace in different verticals. To accomplish these goals, we've grown an extraordinarily talented team and have established office locations in Westlake Village, CA and Santa Barbara, CA. Our efforts are grounded in a culture of collaboration, ownership and decisiveness, where every team member is empowered with tools, resources and support to produce high quality and high impact work, to take the initiative and strive for continuous improvement, and to drive projects into success. If you value the opportunity to collaborate with creative problem solvers in an inclusive, transparent and intellectually stimulating environment, this could be the place for you to do your best work yet.

Learn more about us here - https://nationsinfocorp.com