Principal Engineer-.NET

People are at the core of Fareportal. We are one of the fastest growing travel technology companies in the world; our portfolio of travel brands, including flagship product CheapOair, receive over 100 million visitors annually.    

Fareportal offers a plethora of travel products such as Booking Engines for flight, cars, hotels, vacations, events and activities and mobile websites. We use the latest, cutting edge technologies to produce one of the fastest loading and high converting travel websites.

We are seeking a Principal Engineer; to develop high performing business applications across our international websites. This role will offer a visible impact in a dynamic, fast moving environment; balancing business necessity with technical and operational excellence. Help rapidly produce software products and services in our Agile environment while continuously improving operations performance.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver quality code,implement solution to analyze
• Master & implement unit testing, mocking, code reviewing etc
• Suggest new improvements to advance the business (product, process or architecture/code) all the way through implementation
• Regularly analyze and fix performance, architecture design & build issues
• Active contributor on code reviews

Requirements:

Background 

Bachelor’s  degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

• 4-7 years of experience in ASP.NET, C#; Javascript, Analytic suite including good experience in development and architecture utilizing large scale web based systems
• Experience with Analytic Software/Product like Google Analytic/ Omniture etc is highly desired.
• Experience working with an Online Travel Industry preferred

Technical Skills 

•  In-depth experience with C# and ASP .NET 4.0  or higher, MVC etc
• Working knowledge of JQuery, AJAX, HTML, and CSS
•  WCF, SOA and Unit Testing; SQL Server
• Experience with Analytical Tool/Software
•  Fundamental architecture understanding; including solid principles of class structures and design patterns
•  Understanding of SQL; including database structure and stored procedures
•  Knowledge of best practices for the full software development life cycle of n-tiered asynchronous large scale applications; from coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations perspectives
• Team Foundation Server
• Unit testing frameworks, code coverage and static code analysis

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Ability to think creatively, strategically and act tactically
• Great communication skills
• Ability to work cross functionally with many different teams
• A self-starter that can lead projects

Personal Impact: Our casual company culture boasts innovation, collaboration and harbors a unique entrepreneurial spirit.

The right people will. . . .  .

Understand the unique challenges and tremendous opportunities associated with a rapidly growing fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, with the ability to deal with ambiguity but equally the freedom to explore and innovate.
Manage a continuously evolving sets of priorities when everything (really-everything!) is important.  You can’t get overwhelmed or sidetracked easily.
Be vocal with idea generation; speaking-up fuels discussion, ideation and group-think. 98% ideas may fly by the way side – but your impenetrable spirit allows the other 2% to soar! Your voice defines the value you bring to the organization.
Maturity to work goals at hand, but also able to consider overall strategies of the firm and create opportunities previously unseen.
Understand power of ownership culture; built on principles and values that compel everyone at Fareportal to think and act like an owner of the business.