Technical Lead

Location:

• Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Business Context:

Real Decoy is a growing web development company. Our capabilities are twofold: we architect, plan and build a wide range of web sites and web-related projects, and we integrate applications into clients' existing infrastructure. Our clients range from small agencies to large multinational corporations. We excel at what we do, we work to the very highest standards and all of our staff take great pride in their work.

We are 10 years old and have had considerable success. As a result of our continuing growth, we are looking to find people to join our technical staff in our Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver offices.

Your Challenge:

RealDecoy is seeking to add new client-facing Technical Leads to its team. These roles will be fast paced from the moment you start; you will be learning new technologies, new ways of working and you will be collaborating with a variety of clients to ensure that we provide the best possible service to them. Typically, you will be required to:

• Technical risk management on projects.
• Maintain a solid understanding of technical environments for web applications keeping abreast of new technologies and changes that may impact the implementation of client projects.
• Participate in the full life-cycle of professional services projects: attending client meetings, client facing requirement workshops, application design and integration strategy, development, and deployment support.
• Create test harnesses, detailed technical specifications and resolve programming problems.
• Develop application architecture.
• Design the deployment architecture for web-based applications.
• Provide time estimates for various aspects of development.

People and Learning Culture:

We have a very strong People and Learning culture built on the belief that our collective knowledge is our most valuable asset and that our people are key to making best use of this knowledge. As a vital part of our culture, you will:

• Be proactive in becoming part of the team.
• Be a champion of collaborative working.
• Understand how your role is important to the success of the company as a whole and ensure that you have all you need to succeed.
• Ask others so that you can learn from them, share what you know and encourage others to ask you so that they can learn.
• Contribute to the creation of an outstanding organization that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement and high performance through your active participation in discussion and idea generation.

As the Ideal Candidate, you will have:

• A diverse background with experience in various web development technologies such as Java (Servlets, JSP, JSTL), ASP.NET, PHP as well as fundamentals such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX and WEB Serives (SOAP and REST).
• A keenness to learn new platforms and programming languages.
• Experience with source control systems (SVN).
• Experience with data modeling, batch processing, ETL, and data verification.
• Experience with Tomcat, IIS and Apache application servers.
• Experience working with object oriented application design for the web.
• University degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

It would be great if you also had:

• Knowledge of Java frameworks: Springs, Struts, Hibernate, etc
• Experience with other application servers: WebSphere etc
• Knowledge of SOAP and web services implementation
• Experience with ORM tools
• Experience troubleshooting application performance problems & optimizing web systems.
• Experience with MSSQL, MySQL, Access, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or other DB platforms.
• Experience with Drupal, Wordpress and other mid to enterprise level Content Management Systems.
• Knowledge of search engines like Google Search appliance, Endeca and Apache Solr.

Benefits include:

• Health, Dental, and Insurance plans
• ISP allowance
• Personal education and training budget.

Application:

If, after reading the above, you feel inspired and you fully believe that you can make a significant contribution to our future success, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by e-mail to careers@realdecoy.com (No telephone calls please) E-mail Subject heading should be: Technical Lead - Your Name

As part of your application, please attach:

• A full chronological resume (no functional resumes please).
• A cover letter which briefly addresses (refer to the sections above):
  • How you will contribute to our People and learning Culture.
  • Why you may be the Ideal Candidate.

We will confirm receipt of all applications; further than that, we will only contact those people that we select for interview. Thank you for your consideration.

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Insurance plan
• ISP allowance
• Education and Training budget

Notes:

• Applications must be received in electronic format and sent to careers@realdecoy.com.
• Candidate may be required to take a test.
• Some candidates may be required to take a test and some will be asked to provide a code sample in advance of the interview.
• We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
• This position is full time permanent and based in the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada office.

About RealDecoy:

RealDecoy provides development and other technical services in partnership with leading creative firms. A
career at RealDecoy features:

• Stability – Free of the rapid hire/fire approach adopted by the competition
• Challenge – Many projects, many technologies, new challenges every day
• Openness – A management style focused on sharing rather than hiding
• Growth – A career path based on skill and effort

If this sounds like a place where you will grow and thrive, contact us today!

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