[news.eclipse.employment] Looking for Sr. Eclipse Developer - San Jose,

["Roger Smith" <rogersmith1711@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tradescape, a San Jose based startup, is looking for a Sr. Eclipse Developer 
to join our fast growing team. Backed by leading venture investors and 
supported by tier-1 customers, Tradescape is developing award-winning 
critical infrastructure software to enable efficient digital media and 
social media economies.

As an early-stage startup, the company offers exciting opportunities and yet 
fast-paced working environment where initiative and hand-on work are 
required. As Sr. Eclipse Developer you will be driving the design and 
implementation of new features for a sophisticated Eclipse based Rich Client 
Platform. If you fit the following profile, please forward your resume/CV to 
hr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Responsibilities
. Design, implement, document and test Eclipse based UI for complex, 
multi-tier distributed software applications
. Enhance the existing code base with innovative new features and UI 
paradigms
. Write engineering specifications and hold design review meetings
. Work with engineers and architects from both the application and platform 
side
. Estimate engineering effort, create implementation plan, and rollout 
system changes
. Interpret product requirements from marketing and sales, interact with 
customers and provide field support to sales teams and customer care.

Qualifications
Required
. 5+ years industry experience delivering UI for commercial enterprise 
application software products
. Strong understanding of JAVA and the various JAVA class libraries
. Strong object oriented design and programming skills
. Experience with Eclipse, SWT, and RCP
. Experience building an "internationalized" application
. Must be self motivated and be able to deliver with a minimum of guidance.
. BS or higher with computer science major
. Commercial user interface design experience
. Windows and Linux operating systems
. Experience with customization and upgrade technologies
. Worked in structured engineering environments with established engineering 
processes
. Team-player with good communication skills
. Can work independently with critical thinking
. Do-whatever-it-takes commitment

Preferred
. Implementation of "custom widgets" is highly desired
. Experience with customer site visits and requirement gathering is highly 
desired
. Knowledge of GEF and/or EMF
. Experience with UML and object-oriented design methodology, design 
patterns
. Commercial relational database programming experience (e.g. Oracle, DB2, 
Sybase, MySQL)
. Start-up experience.