Software Engineer - Washington, DC
company: Human Capital Consultants LLC
type: Contract
posted on 16-Jul-2009
Software Development Engineer
Washington, DC
Position Summary:
· Self-starter is your middle name; you can take or come up with a high level idea, and run with it
· You can project manage yourself if necessary, and be a mentor to others on your team
· You can survey what’s out there in the open source world, evaluate vendor products, or code it yourself
· A real understanding of databases and what it means to write software that is heavily database backed
· The ability to communicate with technical and non-technical people alike, to show both technical command and functional command of what you are doing
· You’re an owner, once something is assigned to you, it is not just a task, it is a mission, and the end goal is to deliver something great that wows our customers
· You only want to work on something that matters – what we’re doing will matter in a big way
· You are not afraid to crack open an existing code base and bend it to your will
· You like actually designing software, and thinking through how it fits into larger efforts before you dive in
Qualifications:
· Experience with online applications that are highly transactional, scalable and reliable
· Experience in an OO programming language like C++, Java, etc
· Experience with Ruby, PHP, Python, Groovy and other dynamic languages
· You know when it is better to use Java and JSP versus PHP and Perl
· Experience working on software that is backed by Oracle, MySQL or SqlServer
· Experience developing software on a UNIX platform
· You can play the role of Sys Admin or DBA when an expert isn’t around
· You are familiar with open source packages for getting work done, and would be comfortable surveying the landscape for any given assignment before you started coding
Education:
A bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related discipline; or 4+ years demonstrated experience as a software developer in an object-oriented language; or equivalent combination of experience and education
Washington, DC
Position Summary:
· Self-starter is your middle name; you can take or come up with a high level idea, and run with it
· You can project manage yourself if necessary, and be a mentor to others on your team
· You can survey what’s out there in the open source world, evaluate vendor products, or code it yourself
· A real understanding of databases and what it means to write software that is heavily database backed
· The ability to communicate with technical and non-technical people alike, to show both technical command and functional command of what you are doing
· You’re an owner, once something is assigned to you, it is not just a task, it is a mission, and the end goal is to deliver something great that wows our customers
· You only want to work on something that matters – what we’re doing will matter in a big way
· You are not afraid to crack open an existing code base and bend it to your will
· You like actually designing software, and thinking through how it fits into larger efforts before you dive in
Qualifications:
· Experience with online applications that are highly transactional, scalable and reliable
· Experience in an OO programming language like C++, Java, etc
· Experience with Ruby, PHP, Python, Groovy and other dynamic languages
· You know when it is better to use Java and JSP versus PHP and Perl
· Experience working on software that is backed by Oracle, MySQL or SqlServer
· Experience developing software on a UNIX platform
· You can play the role of Sys Admin or DBA when an expert isn’t around
· You are familiar with open source packages for getting work done, and would be comfortable surveying the landscape for any given assignment before you started coding
Education:
A bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related discipline; or 4+ years demonstrated experience as a software developer in an object-oriented language; or equivalent combination of experience and education
Please apply by emailing: idaughtrey at humancapitalllc.com