What: EA's Sims Internet Group is looking to hire a Lead Software Engineer for its team in India. This individual will work closely with the development team in the US to support existing online services and to help in creating new services that will grow EA's online services portfolio.

Primary responsibilities

The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for leading a group of software engineers to successfully develop scalable and reliable web applications. The successful candidate will be:

~ Very organised and execute the projects responsibly and to the schedule agreed by the senior leadership team in India and the US
~ Manage coding standards, testing guidelines to develop software that is maintainable and reliable
~ Support a collaborative environment with open communication among team members in India and the US
~ Willing to learn new web technologies and help train the team to excel in its implementation
~ Must be technically astute to provide guidance to make good judgment to manage the schedule and commitments

Role requirements

~ Minimum of an engineering degree, preferably in computer science or related experience in software engineering required~ ~ Must have 5+ years of experience in Java web application development. Must be proficient in either J2EE and/or Spring, MySQL and/or Oracle with excellent knowledge of DB query tuning and caching methodologies JSP, HTML, AJAX, Javascript, tiles or other UI technologies
~ Must have 1+ years experience with writing unit tests
~ Must have excellent technical communication skills
~ Knowledge of web technologies like RSS, Atom, Facebook platform, OpenSocial is a huge plus
~ Must be familiar with and willing to learn about Linux system
~ Excellent verbal and written communications skills and organisational skills
~ Prior experience of managing a team of 3-6+ engineers as direct reports

Responsibilities

~ Manages a team of software engineers, including task planning and code reviews
~ Ability to form strong cross-functional relationships to provide the ability to lead a sizeable project team, taking the project from start to finish

Location: Hyderabad, India.

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