Principal Web Services Software Engineer- Waltham, MA

Constant Contact, Inc. helps small businesses, associations, and nonprofits connect with their customers, clients, and members. Launched in 1998, Constant Contact® champions the needs of small organizations and provides them with an easy and affordable way to build successful, lasting customer relationships. Constant Contact's leading email marketing and survey products—supported by our expert personal coaching and service—help all types of small businesses and organizations create professional-looking email newsletters and insightful online surveys, and begin a dialogue with their customers. Today, more than 300,000 customers worldwide trust Constant Contact to help them connect with their audience.

Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., with an additional office in Loveland, Colo., Constant Contact was named Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council "Company of the Year" in 2008 and is ranked as the 14th fastest growing company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for New England list.

We are searching for a Principal Software Engineer to help drive the development of our web services architecture and platform. The ideal candidate for this position will have demonstrated experience and knowledge around designing, implementing and supporting a high-volume web services infrastructure. Please see http://developer.constantcontact.com for more information on our current web services offering.

Actions and Results

  • Hands-on involvement in the architecture, design, development, integration and deployment of Web applications and web services
  • Team participation in all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle.
  • Mentoring developers
  • Assist customer support and respond to production issues as necessary
  • Assist in the creation and development of cross-application architectures
  • Work with Product Management, other software development teams, QA and Operations in support of full product lifecycle.

Skills and Experience

  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
  • A minimum of 8+ years experience developing web-based applications
  • Experience and understanding of SOA, Web Services, REST and SOAP
  • Current experience developing software systems using JAVA and J2EE technologies, especially Servlets, JSP's and open source libraries
  • Strong software design skills
  • Experience with Agile development process is helpful
  • Direct experience working with relational databases  (Oracle, DB2)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • The ability to work independently and to be self-motivated
  • Commitment to deadlines and willingness to meet the needs of 24x7 environment
  • Experience with the design and implementation for scaling large systems is highly desirable.
You will make a difference - your work will be seen by tens of thousands of dedicated Constant Contact customers, from all over the world, using the application at all hours of the day and night. This position is for an individual committed to bringing the highest quality of service to our customers. This is a great opportunity to join a growing company leading the industry in the development of email communications for the small to medium business market.

 

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Constant Contact offers a competitive compensation package that includes base salary and stock options. Our benefit package is comprehensive and includes Medical Insurance; Dental Insurance; Vision Insurance; 401(K); 529 College Savings Plan; Flexible Spending Accounts; Paid Vacation/Holidays; Short Term Disability; Long Term Disability; Tuition Reimbursement; Adoption Assistance; and, an exciting Stock Option Plan!

If you desire to make a difference, are committed to bringing the highest quality of service to our customers and are looking for a "once in a lifetime" opportunity, send us your resume and salary requirements for consideration.

We are not accepting employment agency referrals for this position.