The Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking for a talented and energetic Contract Software Engineer  4 to help implement a Homelands Histories Service. The Homeland Histories Service will be the basis for impacting every user of Familysearch.org. The aim of this service will be to house the data for stories and information about all countries and most towns throughout the world. This will be a RESTful web-service built on Cassandra (NOSQL) that will support millions of requests. The position will require significant creativity and discipline to address the large set of requirements and will be integral in defining, developing, deploying and maintaining this service. The candidate will be part of a talented cross-functional team focusing on providing significant value to the end user.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: 

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent professional experience Work Experience: 
• 6+ years of progressive relevant professional experience Demonstrated Skills & Abilities:
• Experience with Cassandra or NoSQL Solutions
• Experience with SOLR
• Experience with complex, large-scale systems is preferred including; strong experience in the technical discipline the role supports
• Have a knowledge of the following technologies: RESTful web services, Spring, SQL and Database design, system architectural patterns.
• Ability to recommend architecture that will meet the product uptime, scalability, functional requirements.
• Exceptional troubleshooter with the ability to "solve problems in a timely manner" under pressure
• Experience with all phases of the product cycle, including design, implementation, QA, release, and support.
• Independently develop complicated business logic modules spanning multiple classes
• Show a track record of commercial product and system delivery.
• Experience in engineering/programming, analytical/diagnostic/troubleshooting, web technology, and programming methodology.
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contribute to the design, and implementation, and measures required to protect solutions from security compromise
• Contribute to and perform analysis of functional requirements
• Participate in the formulation of technical recommendations
• Create technical designs mapped to functional requirements
• Provide estimates for development tasks
• Design, develop, and test code for software development projects
• Manage the full life-cycle of platform services from design and development to deployment to production.
• Meet production level requirements for performance, scalability and uptime of the platform services.
• Provide overall technical leadership to the team from the database layer to the user interface.
• Participate in code reviews
• Develop technical documentation
• Participate in the Problem Management process and fix defects
• Mentor less senior developers
• Be an effective team member, helping produce the best out of each of your team members through example, motivation, and communication.
• Work effectively within a large organization to deliver high quality services.
• Comply with policies, standards, and regulatory requirements and ensure all others are doing the same