As a Software Application Engineer, you are essential to our customers' success by designing and implementing Khoros' solutions optimally for their needs. On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible for: understanding customer goals and guiding them to appropriate technical solutions; designing, implementing, and co-developing these solutions; contributing to pre-sales efforts (feasibility, scoping, analysis, estimation); working with colleagues, as needed, throughout the design and delivery lifecycle.

Job Description:

• Understanding customer goals or requirements and guiding them to an appropriate technical solution; scoping, estimating, architecting, then designing and implementing custom features or integrations to Khoros' core products; articulating complex technical concepts in layman's terms
• Overseeing the delivery of projects from a technical standpoint with the goal that the completed implementation adheres to the intended design and properly addresses the business requirements
• Managing and accounting for your own time and activities
• Contributing to operational and process improvements within the department

Requirements:

• Formal training/education, or 3 years professional experience in Java 7 (or newer), Java Enterprise Edition, Sun Certified Java Programmer, or Oracle Certified Professional Java Programmer a plus.
• Graduate or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field
• Strong command of the English language (written, spoken, colloquial); additional languages a plus
• Confidence in your presentation skills – ability to capture attention and deliver key messages in a variety of contexts (small groups to larger audiences)
• Professional experience implementing software root cause analysis procedures; ability to diagnose problems in complex technology environments
• Strong understanding of public key cryptography
• 3+ years of professional experience with Java frameworks and a working knowledge of Model-View-Controller (MVC)
• Professional experience with templating languages (e.g. FreeMarker, Velocity, XSLT)
• Professional experience integrating external web services including REST and SOAP
• Hands-on experience with AWS a plus
• Professional experience with SSO

The Perks at Khoros:

• An incredible work environment – fun, casual, fast-paced environment
• Health, dental, vision, disability, and 401K benefits
• Flexible paid time off
• Fresh, healthy lunches catered four days a week
• Unlimited snacks and drinks