United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD) is a leading provider of consumer products and services over the Internet, where the company's brands have attracted a large online audience that includes more than 60 million registered accounts. The company's offerings include floral related products and services (FTD and Interflora) for consumers and retail florists. The company's Content & Media segment services are online nostalgia (Memory Lane) and online loyalty marketing (MyPoints). Its primary Communications segment services are Internet access and email (NetZero and Juno). We are committed to hiring the best, most enthusiastic team of talented individuals in the industry. Our team of talented employees has helped build a successful, rapidly growing organization that prides itself on its world-class marketing capabilities and its development of innovative technologies. If you are interested in becoming part of the United Online revolution, we invite you to consider the following opportunity:

Lead Software Engineer

FTDI is currently recruiting for a Lead Software Engineer to be a technical resource for the development of web based mission critical systems used by internal and external customers. The selected individual will be a strong team player recognized for his knowledge, technical leadership and experience in Java/J2EE technologies and have a strong ability to meet delivery criteria on schedule and with high quality. The selected individual will be a passionate champion of iterative development with a yearning to continuously improve the customer’s experience while reducing the overhead of development.

Individual responsibilities: The key responsibilities of this position include the following: 1) participate in the analysis, design, implementation and support of mission critical, high volume Mercury Network systems. 2) Mentor and provide technical leadership to less experienced developers and 3) support and improve the efficiency of the development process. Other responsibilities may be assigned based upon business need.

Key Requirements:

· 10+ years of software development experience, including all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.

· Expert in Java, J2EE 5/6.

· Expert in JPA/ORM software preferably Hibernate/HQL.

· Experience in MySQL and/or Oracle SQL and PL/SQL development including Stored Procedures, Views, and optimization.

· Demonstrated experience in web development preferably Java Server Faces/IceFaces, XSLT, JSP, JavaScript, and Struts.

· Understanding and comfort working with Unix/Linux environments.

· Demonstrated experience working with JMS queues, preferably ActiveMQ and Oracle AQ.

· Experience in Agile or Iterative development.

· BS computer science or related degree.

Nice to have:

· MS computer science or related degree.

· Experience building and supporting mission critical high volume systems.

· Experience writing applications for JBoss 5.1.0.

· Experience with Eclipse, Ant, CVS, Quality Center, Visio, Jenkins and Selenium.

· Experience writing network protocols with Java NIO (Netty, Mina).

· Experience with SOA technologies and techniques (e.g. Web Services).

· Experience with an Enterprise Service Bus, preferably ServiceMix.

· Experience developing systems that must comply with Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirements.

· Mobile Development experience using iOS, Android and Blackberry platforms.

· Experience building software with Apache Maven.

· Experience in Microsoft .Net environment using C# / Web Services.

· Experience in MS SQL Server (2005) development including Stored Procedures, Views, and optimization.

· Experience in web development preferably ASP.NET using C#, CSS, JavaScript and Ajax.

· Experience in change management and configuration management.

· Direct customer contact.

*Interested and qualified applicants can send resumes to Keith Wright: kwright@ftdi.com

Company Background: FTD Group, Inc., supported by its worldwide FTD brand, is a leading provider of floral services and products to FTD florists and consumers. Through its florist business, FTD Group, Inc. provides products and services to approximately 20,000 quality member florists in the U.S. and Canada and through affiliated or related organizations, connects approximately 30,000 additional florists in 150 countries outside of North America.