Lead Software Engineer

Workforce Software Development; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading offshore software development firm in Karachi seeks highly qualified individuals for their development team. Candidates should have significant experience in developing large-scale applications with strong Java programming skills, as well as leadership experience in designing systems. The firm focuses on enterprise software solutions for time and attendance management. Competitive environment for skilled developers.

Qualifications

• Several years of overall experience in developing large-scale applications.
• Minimum of 2 years in a leadership role designing and architecting systems.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience directly in Java programming.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement web-based enterprise application software.
• Work on complex software projects for large organizations.
• Ensure functionality and health of time and attendance systems.

Skills

Java programming

Leading software design

SQL

Application servers

Computer science fundamentals

Excellent communication skills

Education

4-year Degree or Advanced in technical field

Tools

Tomcat application server

C++ programming

Job description

4-year Degree or Advanced in technical field

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Last Date

Jul 30, 2008

Company

Workforce Software Development, Pakistan

We are looking for highly qualified individuals for our offshore software development team. Our hiring standards are very high -- we already have one of the most talented and skilled software development teams around. We have a great development environment and our team is hard at work on many exciting projects. We develop a commercial, off-the-shelf enterprise software system and consequently we have one of the most complex and interesting software projects around.Workforce Software develops and implements web-based, enterprise application software for employee time and attendance. Our customers are large organizations who need to manage their workforce with an enterprise class web-based time and attendance system. Our solution is gaining widespread acceptance as the industry-leading solution for organizations wishing to automate their time and attendance processes. Our system has the right functionality and technology and we continue to make large investments in new functionality to maintain our market leading position.Position is located in Karachi, Pakistan doing off-shore development for a US based firm.

Job Specification

Mandatory Skills:

• Several years of overall experience in developing large-scale applications
• Minimum of 2 years in a leadership role designing and architecting systems
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience directly in Java programming
• Familiar with SQL, application servers, servlets, EJB, JSP, and HTML
• Strong fundamentals of computer science, including knowledge of advanced data structures, algorithms, and multi-threading
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Four-year or advanced degree in a technical field

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of Tomcat application server
• Background with C++ programming
• Experience developing lexers, parsers and compilers
• Knowledge of Struts and/or Velocity Apache projects
• Experience in both Windows and Unix environments deploying Java based systems
• Experience in designing for and testing under large data volumes and stress conditions

Information Technology and Services - Karachi, Pakistan