Title: Software Development Manager (UI)

Department: Platform

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Reports To: Director

FLSA Status:  Exempt

Company Overview

Come join the brightest, most dedicated, most energetic engineers, marketers, project managers, sales, service, and finance professionals in the Bay Area!

Ariba, an SAP company, is the global leader in business commerce networks, supporting more than $450 billion dollars in yearly trade between over 1 million connected companies.  Ariba is transforming the way the world conducts business and is poised for strong continued growth with its innovation around the commerce graph. Every day, we help companies big and small collaborate with trading partners to manage spend, cut costs, reduce risk, and grow revenue. This collaboration is enabled through the Ariba Network, a cloud-based community where companies find buying, selling, and managing cash to be as easy as using Amazon, eBay, and PayPal; Ariba Exchange, a free online place where business commerce professionals network and share information and best practices, just like friends on Facebook; and the Networked Economy Blog, where we share best practices and thought leadership on procurement and financial management topics with companies across the globe.

Ariba provides professionals the opportunity to solve some of the world’s most challenging large-scale, cloud-based problems. We offer:

•               Interesting, collaborative work with some of the best folks in the Bay Area

•               21 paid PTO days

•               10 holidays + winter break between Christmas and New Year’s Day – allpaid!

•               Mon.-Thurs. free lunch and Friday beer & wine bash

•               Bright, sunny, and spacious offices in central Sunnyvale with free parking, Caltrain shuttle, and transit subsidy

•               Flexible work schedule and telecommuting opportunities

•               Choice of medical plans, 401(k), etc.

We are growing and looking for talented people to help.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Lead a dynamic team of engineers.
• Interface with internal teams, customers, and partners.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and business unit leadership in developing project objectives and timelines.
• Get involved at a hands-on level designing and writing code.

• Define project and release scope.
• Develop project plans and deliverable.
• Work with the team on detailed technical design.
• Drive detailed definition of feature requirements through discussions with product managers and customers.
• Work closely with QA to define test plans and test cases for applications.
• Mentor junior engineers through formal and informal discussions, code reviews, design reviews, technical presentations, or as a consultant on projects.

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, MS a plus.
• 8+ years experience developing production-grade web applications (Java preferred).
• 5+ years of hands on Java and J2EE experience including (3+ years direct programming experience with user interface frameworks (Struts, JSF, Tapestry, Rails, ZK, Wicket, GWT, etc)).
• History of demonstrated technical leadership on large complex projects and is a problem solver as well as technical innovator.
• High-level of expertise with web technologies HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XMLHTTP, Web Servers including Apache, Tomcat.
• Passion for UI development, UI “smarts” and a bias toward building frameworks.
• First-class object-oriented design and programming skills.
• Ability to motivate and demonstrate technical leadership.
• Demonstrated independence, creativity and initiative and the ability to understand the company’s architecture and business goals.
• Ability to form strong cross-functional relationships and lead a cross organizational project team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ariba, Inc. is an EEO/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category.