Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Palo Alto, CA

Senior Software Engineer: Backend development, Java, Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto based well-funded consumer-facing startup company building a state-of-the-art communication platform, is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Software Engineers with extensive backend cross-platform development experience in Java to join their exceptional team of engineers and researchers. The primary responsibilities will be server-side system design and development.

The company is becoming a leader of the hottest emerging space in mobile video.
It is founded by seasoned entrepreneurs in the technology and Internet space and backed by the top Silicon Valley investors.
The compensation is a generous mix of base salary, stock options, and full benefits package.

Responsibilities:

Drive continuous development of new features and improvements of the scalability and efficiency
Improve all aspects on large distributed platform supporting multi-media communication technologies with the focus on video- communications
Design and develop services to monitor and log the performance of the product

Requirements:
- Strong desire to work in a dynamic startup environment
- Expert knowledge of  Java
- Exceptional problem-solving capabilities
- Strong experience in designing, developing, and deploying high performance backend servers for commercial systems in Java
- Solid database implementation and optimization experience, preferably MySQL
- Good communication skills
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Pluses:

- Good experience with PHP
- Experience with either Ruby or Python
- Experience with social networking Web APIs
- Java experience
- Experience with billing systems for online services and mobile services
- Experience with P2P systems
- Experience with Scrum or Agile development methods

To apply:

Please send your resume in WORD format to lilia AT eltisolutions DOT com
Place the text “Senior Software Engineer: Backend Development, Java” in the subject line.
Please provide the date you are available to start work.