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HOT new job! Java/J2EE/Spring Senior Software Engineer with lead potential

Been a busy summer, trying to enjoy the nice weather when it’s been here. Gearing up for another week off, with a BIG family reunion. Should be a wonderful time to see those we’ve not seen in a long time.

On the recruiting front, July ended up being the busiest recruiting month since the “Great Recession” started in Sept 08. I’ve said it before a few months back, and I’ll repeat it here – the recession in technology, in Boston, appears to now be over. The “recovery” it likely going to be a bumpy road, but all the signs I hear & see from clients & candidates, are pointing in the right direction.

On that front, a GREAT NEW job below:

PLEASE: LOCAL candidates in MA only, no visa transfers, consulting firms, phone calls, or contractors.

=== Senior/Principal Software Engineer with leadership potential. Waltham, MA area

Profitable, mature startup. This is a small team in the software engineering group that specializes in working with middle to back-end technologies.

Developing a new, next-gen product. Great team, growing aggressively in 2009. Multiple Bivium hires.

(from 8/13/09 discussion with hiring manager) The key points your resume should demonstrate:

1. Spring, J2EE, XML and Javascript are all must haves – hands-on coding – not just architecture.

2. Nice to have some JMS (not a must have). Moving to Weblogic and Websphere. That is experience would be a big plus too.

3. The team is 8 people, and 5 of the 8 have less than 4 years experience. Someone who can take on some “technical leadership” or mentoring would get a leg-up on other candidates.

4. Well-rounded engineer – can talk to a customer or colleague as easily as bang out elegant J2EE code

5. Strong top-down SDLC view — not compartmentalized, but someone who can see the

“whole big picture”.

Salary to the 115k area + excellent benefit plan and a very strong engineering team with very low turnover to become part of.

Interested in exploring this opportunity?

Please send a resume to scott@biviumgroup.com – subject line “Senior/Lead Java Spring”

More about me: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdunlop – ranked as Boston’s #1 Software Recruiter

Catch-up on my blog for the latest news: http://scottdunlop.wordpress.com/

Formal job desc: The Principal Software Engineer will join a team developing the next generation of products. You will be responsible for all phases of development including writing functional specifications, designing related user interfaces, performing high-level and detailed technical design, implementing software, writing unit tests, characterizing performance, and integrating subsystems. You will be a versatile member of the team, able to contribute to both client-side and server-side initiatives. Required Qualifications: § 10+ years of software engineering experience with 7+ years designing and developing multi-tier enterprise products using J2EE technologies: Java, JDBC, JMS, Spring, Web Services. § Web application user-interface design and implementation experience using J2EE-based technologies, including AJAX and Javascript. § Experience developing and configuring production-quality software that runs on Weblogic, Websphere, or Oracle Application Server. § Experience developing and deploying on multiple OS including Linux, Windows, and Solaris. § High aptitude for learning and mentoring others. § Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills. § BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering

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2 comments August 13, 2009

I’m quoted in CNN/Money article on “Where the Tech Jobs are” -

I’m back from vacation!

Read the full article here – http://bit.ly/ZNAgu – but, we’ve started to see the first few signs of the market turnaround here in Boston. I’ve had more jobs open in the past 3 weeks, that the prior 3 months combined.

Add comment July 21, 2009

Venture Capital Index (Confidence!) rises for 2nd straight quarter

According to this CNET article – http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10282905-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 , for the 2nd straight quarter, VCs are becoming increasingly optimistic about the nascent recovery in the economy. This survey is specific to West Coast/San Fran VCs, but the polling is from June — very recent and useful data.

This reflects not only what we are hearing, but what we are seeing in the past 3-4 weeks here in the Boston, MA software engineering job market — that firms that put the brakes on hiring in the Fall, and/or budgeting for lean operations, are starting to thaw out their recruiting budgets and make strategic hires. It’s a great sign for all of us, when the VCs show optimism, as the money, brainpower, and infrastructure that entrepreneurs bring to bear on a situation are usually the catalysts that bring us out of such an economic tsunami.

Although the national economic picture is still awful, as is the Boston job market, the software/IT industry has better weathered this storm, and is showing signs of being the first-mover to the recovery phase. With the Nasdaq leading all major indices this year (around +10%) and recent M&A activity (EMC for Data Domain), I remain confident we’re on the recovery path. That said – I’ve got nearly a dozen unfilled, and “HOT” jobs that need to be filled — the requirements are very specific, but if you’re waiting for “better days” to make a move — beat the rush and snag one of these outstanding jobs — drop Boston’s #1 Software engineer recruiter a line – scott@biviumgroup.com

1 comment July 9, 2009

Mass adds 5000 jobs in May, unemployment up to 8.2%

Definitely a positive sign to read that Mass officially added job s in the month of May – led by the tech sector - http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2009/06/19/bay_state_gains_jobs_in_may/

Although we are still very much in “bear mode” overall, I am confident, barring any unexpected developments, that we are at an inflection point and that the market will steadily improve as the year moves into the 4th quarter – with a fairly robust recovery of the Boston/Massachusetts software engineering job market in Q1 of 2010. We are starting to see companies that needed to hire over the 6-9 months gain confidence in “pulling the lever” on hiring.

Good candidates should take this opportunity to dust off the resume, and start proactively looking for the ‘right place’ now. Once every else is in “me too” mode, the noise will fall back the other way.

1 comment June 20, 2009

Calling all Ph.Ds in Computer Science – C/C++/Java – supercomputing/massively parallel systems

PLEASE – local candidates only, no contractors, consulting firms or visa transfers.

Due to the extremely high bar, and specific requirements of our client, only those candidates best fitting the

position description will be contacted.

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Concord, MA area – parallel systems, super computing, distributed systems, massively parallel computing backgrounds are all “on target” for this client.

Ph.Ds in Computer Science – junior to Principal level salaries to 140k + bonus.

Our client, a widly profitable, software product company is looking to add a few brilliant Computer Scientists, with

robust commerical experience (or strong academics/internships).

A Ph.D. in Computer Science (or very closely related area) is a must have. This environment is filled with some of the best of the best – MIT, Stanford, Tsinghua, IIT, Carnegie-Mellon etc etc

Strong distributed, complex apps work in C/C++ and/or Java is required

This client’s gruelling interview style and process ensures that anyone offered a job, will be in the company

of other genius-level colleagues. A true environment where the best & brightest are successful. We’re talking about 2% turnover in engineering in the past 8 years.

You’d better love the whiteboard, and not be afraid to prove your skills!

IF you’re up to the challenge, send a resume to scott@biviumgroup.com “Ph.D Software Engineer”

HOT NEW JOB!