[KITlist-Tech] Principal Data Grid Consultant (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)

Please direct your responses to: jobs@griddynamics.com

About the Company
Grid Dynamics designs and builds massively scalable mission-critical systems. We help customers such as Cisco, PayPal, eBay, Macy’s, KLA-Tencor, GE, Agilent and Microsoft create systems and products that handle exceptional peak loads, scale on demand and always stay up.
Using the latest advances in grid and cloud computing we turn monolithic software into scalable services and static server farms into virtualized compute clouds. The results: better performance, higher availability, faster time-to-market and much lower costs.
Our team consists of 280 exceptionally passionate software engineers and scientists who love tackling difficult problems. Over the past five years we have a developed a track record for innovation and quality with nearly every one of our customers.
In 2009, Grid Dynamics was named as one of the top cloud computing players by Cloud Computing Journal and was nominated as one of Microsoft’s “Start-up to Watch”. In 2010, Grid Dynamics was selected as one of the eight Harvard Business School (HBS) Alumni Association of Northern California’s “HBS Promising Start-ups”. For more information on us, please visit our website: www.griddynamics.com

To support our growth we are hiring and have multiple job openings.

Job Opening #2: Principal Data Grid Consultant

Responsibilities
- Provide architectural consulting and training around leading data grid platforms such as Oracle Coherence, Gemstone or GigaSpaces
- Architect, design, develop and implement high-throughput, low-latency applications for Fortune 1000 clients
- Work with executives to understand and set goals for a specific project
- Identify core engineering challenge(s) and formulate problem statement
- Advise and sometimes lead the definition of scope and requirements
- Create, evaluate and select options for technology design
- As a principle architect of a large project, oversees all aspects of implementation of projects carried out by remote engineering teams
- Work with engineering managers to estimate implementation effort and staffing
- Create technical proposals and white papers for discussion with decision makers
- Develop personal relationships with engineering teams and customers
- Establish and maintain relationship network among industry peers. Attend and contribute to technical conferences and associations.
- Coach and mentor junior engineers
- Assist with technical sales support
Requirements
- BA or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field from a leading university
- Exceptional problem solving skills and intellectual curiosity
- Hands-on experience in at least one of the following products: Oracle Coherence, Gemstone or GigaSpaces
- Deep understanding of several modern distributed system architectures, platforms and frameworks in the area of JEE, SOA, messaging, HPC, complex event processing and cloud computing
- 5-10 years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Track record of creating successful products or solutions (used by customers)
- Ability to write high quality code
- Ability to proactively identify engineering issues and coordinate resolution
- Able to supervise work of others and delegate tasks
- Strong Java skills
- Background in financial applications, ecommerce, or infrastructures for high-traffic web commercial sites is a big plus
- Good interpersonal communication skills
- Passion for innovation and creative problem solving
- Home location in the Bay Area preferred. Other locations will be considered. Relocation possible.
- Ability to travel within USA and Europe for extended on-site assignments
What We Offer
- Work all over US and Europe with established leaders in their industry
- High-energy atmosphere of a start-up, coupled with a generous compensation package that includes full benefits, a competitive salary and a profit-sharing bonus plan
- Work on bleeding-edge projects within grid computing and distributed computing with a highly motivated and dedicated team

If interested, please send your cover letter and résumé to jobs@griddynamics.com
Please mention Job Reference = KIT_DATAGRID
**No Third Party/Recruiters, no phone calls please**

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