JAVA SOFTWARE ENGINEER



Peapod is an e-commerce grocery shopping/delivery service. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Ahold and a partner with Ahold USA supermarket companies. As our business continues to grow, we presently are seeking a Java Software Engineer for our Corporate Office in Skokie, IL.

Peapod is a fast-paced environment that heavily embraces open source technologies in our business solutions. You'll be working as part of a small, efficient team that has a passion for the products and services we deliver. This position would be within the e-commerce team focused on the building and supporting applications/features across the various consumer web sites and applications that Peapod develops and supports.

Responsibilities include:

* Work with Web Product Manager to understand business and functional requirements for new features and enhancements, adjusting as needed based on technical feasibility.
* Work with Web Product Manager to provide level-of-effort estimates based on project scope and technical complexity and create technical specifications for new features or enhancements, as needed.
* Work with Web Product Manager to coordinate software launch with overall launch plan, as needed.
* Work with DBA to design new schemas and data access logic.
* Work with Business Systems Development Team to design interfaces between the web and other systems.
* Work with Content Developers to implement site creative prior to unit test phase.
* Support Content Developers by providing technical assistance, as needed.
* Support Customer Support and Web Center management in the investigation and identification of system issues and, when identified, design and implement a fix.
* Work with other IT groups in the installation and testing of new hardware and software, as needed.
* Initiate code reviews with manager.
* Adhere to design and software development standards. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of software development disciplines and best practices.
* Code and develop unit test plans, unit test new features and enhancements and ensure all code has been unit tested prior to QA code freeze, including interfaces with other systems.
* Review QA system and regression test plans, supporting the QA process by fixing identified deficiencies promptly and communicating regularly with the QA staff.
* Keep manager and Web Center management apprised of progress.
* Prioritize daily activities to accomplish assignments.
* Suggest technical approach to solve business issues when appropriate and, when not appropriate, raise issues to the next level.


Qualifications:

* BS/BA in Computer Science or related IT degree
* 2-3 years software development experience.
* Solid experience and fluency in Unix or Linux
* Solid knowledge of HTML, JSP, CSS and JavaScript/AJAX in creating interactive web applications
* Experience with a MVC framework (Struts, Spring).
* Able to configure/manage own Linux development environment (HTTP Server, Application Server)
* Solid experience with open source technologies and tools (Tomcat, Apache, Eclipse, Ant, Hibernate, Spring, MySQL, Subversion)
* Solid knowledge of SQL and database design
* Must be able to work a project front (presentation) to back (services, DAO) proficiently.
* Experience working on high availability, transactional applications
* Attention to details and quality
* Strong written verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to business users
* The ability and willingness to proactively interact creatively and achieve results in a dynamic environment
* Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
* Must have a passion for technology
* Must be able to work as part of a team and follow standards and best practices that have been established
* Self-motivated, result oriented, and able to successfully manage multiple priorities effectively and efficiently


Peapod offers a competitive starting salary, with excellent full-time benefits including health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K with match, holidays, vacation/sick days, employee stock purchase plan, flexible spending account, direct deposit, credit union and short/long term disability.

If you are interested in the above opportunity, please e-mail your resume to: nkazar@peapod.com along with your salary expectations.


Peapod is an Equal Opportunity Employer.