As an industry leader and Software-as-a-Service provider our mission at 8x8, Inc. (NYSE:EGHT) is to transform the future of business communications. The 8x8 Open Communications Platform (TM) uniquely brings together Voice, Video, Collaboration, Contact Center, and enterprise-class API solutions, helping businesses across the globe transform their customer and employee experience, and empowering workforces worldwide to work smarter.

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8x8 is seeking a talented Sr.Platform Engineer to join our growing technology team. This is an exciting opportunity to become a member of the 8x8 core Voice team. 

8x8, Inc. is a leader in the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) field, providing our customers with a state-of-the-art cloud communications platform, integrating a variety of services such as phone, fax, web collaboration, meeting, messaging, and video.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Understand, interpret and clarify functional requirements as well as technical requirements for product features.

Work with Product Management and other teams to define software specifications

Collaborate and contribute to architecture and design decisions driving product direction

All code is tested thoroughly and quality is always at a high standard

Mentor other jr team members

Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Implement and maintain modern micro-services as part of the overall system

Work closely with onsite teams in different time zones.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Ten years of Java and comfortable in at least one other programming language and paradigms

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or another highly technical subject where programming was a key requirement

Knowledge of Java concurrency/multithreading and asynchronous API’s

Experience developing networking software including working with socket level programming and UDP/TCP.

Strong experience with and comfortable working in a CI/CD pipeline

Strong experience writing unit tests and automated testing of API’s ie testing is not just a QA function and we don’t throw code over the wall

Motivated self-starter, as a staff engineer you’re comfortable leading and directing other engineers and you’re comfortable saying no. You don’t need prompting

Experienced at estimation in an agile environment and delivering on time

Proven hands-on Software Development experience

Very familiar with OO design and common design patterns along with architecture

Comfortable with Java internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction Management, Performance, Annotation Processing)

Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases

Experience with REST API design and tools

Full lifecycle development experience, knowledge of modern development practices and processes

Additional Skills:

Experience with secure coding practices and regular penetration testing when building WWW facing applications

Strong understanding of SIP call flow and can analyze complicated call signaling in VoIP.

Experience with streaming media protocols (SIP, SDP, H.323)

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