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Hotwire.com is a leading discount travel Web site with consistently lower prices on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in 2000 with funding from six major airlines, Hotwire negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help sell their excess inventory. Hotwire is a wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) and is based in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit http://www.hotwire.com/
Day one. Step into the Hotwire offices. You´ll be instantly greeted by a fun, fast-paced atmosphere. Working here, you´ll be surrounded by a bright, motivated group of individuals who share a common goal—to make international and domestic travel-planning easy.
So what makes us Hotwire? Many wonderfully distinct things, including:
•Our open work environment
•People work hard, but get the opportunity to play hard outside the office
•Company-organized outings, including parties, charity events and volunteer days
•Great travel perks
•Vibrant startup atmosphere, yet the stability of being part of Expedia, Inc.
•Opportunities to grow
•An all-inclusive, diverse culture
As you can see, it´s different here. If you´re the type of person who thrives on delivering solutions to develop our industry niche, as well as your future, you´re landing at the right place.
Welcome. Now prepare for career take-off!
Position Overview:
We are looking for a hands-on, results-oriented, and quality-focused individual with strong skills in JavaScript, CSS and Java, and solid experience architecting or developing web applications. As a member of the Software Architecture team, this individual will ensure the long term reliability, scalability and maintainability of the Hotwire site. They will play an active role in framework development, software design reviews, technology assessments, and the development of processes and knowledge to enable the software engineering team to effectively and flexibly scale the Hotwire system.
Responsibilities:
•Create and maintain frameworks, tools and processes that enable and enforce UI coding standards, developer productivity and code maintainability
•Collaborate with application developers, business owners, and operation engineers to ensure the creation of production-quality designs and implementations
•Evangelize the importance of the customer experience as it relates to application development
•Develop and document a technology roadmap through collaboration between application architects, UI design and business teams
•Serve as a final point of escalation for UI-related functional and performance issues
•Manage multiple tasks and changing business requirements in a fast-paced environment
Qualifications:
•Expert-level ability in core JavaScript (object oriented experience preferred)
•Advanced skills in HTML5 and DOM APIs
•Advanced knowledge of 3rd party JavaScript libraries (YUI, JQuery)
•CSS expertise (including CSS3)
•Experience with Java presentation layer frameworks (Struts, Spring MVC)
•Familiarity with templating technologies (such as JSP, Tiles, Freemarker, SiteMesh)
•Prior experience as a software architect a strong plus
Work Experience and Education Guidelines:
•7+ years in web UI development
•BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
•Travel and/or other Internet commerce experience is a plus
Core Competencies:
•Ability to work cross-departmentally with user experience designers, software developers and product owners
•Proactive, great attention to detail, results-oriented problem solver
•Ability to balance long term goals against immediate concerns in the areas of code maintainability, developer productivity and the customer experience
•Strong leadership with ability to motivate and teach engineers
•Strong communication skills and ability to translate highly complex technical issues to non-technical audience
•Excellent communication, mentoring and problem solving skills
Hotwire, an equal opportunity employer, offers an exciting opportunity for qualified career-motivated professionals. We provide competitive compensation, performance bonus and the chance to work with talented people in a winning, successful, and pleasant environment. We offer many premium benefits including matching 401(k), dental, medical, vision, life insurance, vacation & sick time and much more.
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