Senior Tools Engineer

SpringSource, a division of VMware, Inc., (NYSE: VMW) and the leader in Java application infrastructure and management, provides a complete suite of software products that accelerate the entire build, run, manage enterprise Java application lifecycle. SpringSource employs the open source leaders who created and drive innovation for Spring, the de facto standard programming model for enterprise Java applications. SpringSource also employs the Java and Web thought leaders within the Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, Hyperic, Groovy and Grails open source communities. Nearly half of the Global 2000, including many world’s leading retail, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, technology and public sector clients are SpringSource customers. For more information visit: www.springsource.com

Sr. Grails Software Engineer

The SpringSource Engineering team is seeking a motivated, experienced Software Engineer with deep knowledge of Groovy & Grails to work with the Grails engineering team. Candidates must have experience working in product driven software teams and be adaptable to different tasks across the software stack. Experience of both front-end web technologies and backend technologies, such as persistence frameworks, is a must.

In this role, the candidate will:
• Work closely with the Grails framework engineering team to deliver new releases of the framework
• Be actively involved in designing new features for the Grails framework
• Be responsible for developing and maintaining Grails plugins
• Be responsible for improvements to the Groovy & Grails documentation
• Be required to monitor and participate in the relevant open source communities as a company advocate and as a customer advocate to be sure our content is effectively meeting our customer and community needs
• Be required to maintain technical acumen in key technology areas sufficient for interacting with the development team collaboratively on an ongoing basis

Specific technology areas are:
o Groovy
o Grails
o Web Technologies
o Spring technologies

Qualifications:
• Extensive experience developing Groovy & Grails applications
• Experience participating in agile development is a plus
• Proven collaboration skills in highly technical software teams
• Open source community experience is a plus


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