Monday, February 25, 2008

Director Of Application Development Brooklyn, NY


If not you, would you know someone??? I will pay a finders' fee if you
refer someone who is hired.


Salary to $140k base + bonus.

Director of Application Development
Brooklyn, NY

Description:
Director of Application Development


Job Description
We are looking for a seasoned Director-level manager to lead our
application development department. The ideal candidate will help us
identify new technologies and practices in the industry and bring them
to bear against the many challenges of a fast-growing hi-tech company
building products ranging from rich-media handheld applications to Web
2.0 tools to large-scale data systems.


Responsibilities:
- Building productive teams through strong recruitment, mentoring
and careers management.
- Leading a department of software developers and architects,
establishing development practices.
- Engaging and challenging requirements while designing solutions
based on deep technical knowledge of web, client and database
architectures.
- Setting high level design objectives; reviewing and critiquing
software designs proposed by architects.

Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent
- Several years of experience leading a department of 10+ persons,
managing practices, careers and recruitment.
- 5+ years of previous experience as a Software Architect
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, delivering and
supporting complex customer-facing web-based applications.
- Expertise in several programming languages such as Java, C++ or
C# as well as OO design
- Strong SQL and data modeling skills, as well as real-world
experience with commercial RDMBS.
- Ability to quickly establish credibility with skilled developers
and architects
- Taste for simplicity and elegance in technical design

Required Skills:
Bonus points:
- Experience with Oracle. SQL and PL/SQL wizardry
- Experience with server-side Java technologies and major
application servers
- Experience building desktop or PDA applications
- Taste for scripting languages such as Python or Ruby


Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE SOUGHT. Please include the job code with the position.

NO RELOCATION. NO 3RD PARTIES. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES.

Sign up to receive a daily digest of positions around the United States
or search open jobs we are recruiting for at www.jeffaltman.com. While
there, subscribe to Head Hunt Your Next Job, Jeff Altman, The Big Game
Hunter's free job search ezine, Natural Selection, his ezine for
employers, use Job Search Universe, the job lead search engine that
searches thousands of job boards and career pages worldwide, and learn
about my VIP personal search agent services.

______________________________________________________________________
This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email

______________________________________________________________________