Title: Sr. Java Software EngineerSkills: 7 years of Javadevelopment, Strong OOA/D/P, JSP/Struts/JSTL, XML, Spring 2.0 and Hibernate, Web Service development with Axis 2.0 and/or XFire, SQL2005, Algorithm design, TDD, ORM frameworksDate: 9-30-2009Location: Chicago, ILArea code: 312Tax term: FULLTIMEPay rate: 80000-100000/yrLength: permanentPosition ID: 6119Dice ID: horiztpJob description:Needed: Sr. Java Software Engineer*MUST be a US Citizen or a Green Card Holder no sponsorship**Salary Target: 80-100k/year + benefits*Horizon Technology Partners has an immediate FULL-TIME, PERMANENT opening for a Sr. Java Software Engineer. In this role you will join an existing team developing state of the art Business Intelligence and Internet marketing software for the automotive industry. This client works with the very latest in Web 2.0 technologies that include a mix of Java (JSP/Spring/Hibernate), .NET 2.0 and Ruby on Rails applications.To qualify you must have a solid computer science foundation and a 7+ year focus on building production quality Java based Web applications. Initially you will join a team building out and enhancing the client's flagship product. We are looking for engineers who have an in-depth understanding the foundations of the technologies they use and can make the conceptual leap from one technology to the other with relative ease. Exposure to Ruby on Rails and .NET is a strong plus.A significant portion of your responsibility in this role will consist of making targeted enhancements, performance improvements and other optimizations to a production product based on active customer feedback and so we require that you possess the temperament to enthusiastically participate in a customer focused continuous improvement process cycle. As well, you must be comfortable operating within the constraints of existing product architectures and be willing and able to ramp up on a domain and existing code base and demonstrate care and diligence in designing and implementing enhancements that do not introduce regressions. A demonstrated and disciplined approach to testing and facility with test driven development is required.Required Skills:- Expert knowledge of the Java language including latest language features.- JSP/Struts/JSTL- Spring 2.0 and Hibernate- Web Service development with Axis 2.0 and/or XFire- Database development on SQL2005- Object oriented design skills and the ability to communicate design intent outside code- Algorithm design skills and test driven development- SQL, Databases, Transaction processing concepts and ORM frameworks- XML Document Processing and Web ServicesDesired Skills:- Ruby on Rails- .NET 2.0 To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here