Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Resort Technology Partners - DIRECTOR OF .NET SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

CITY GOT YOU DOWN? BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO FORGO YOUR CAREER FOR A LIFESTYLE CHANGE?

Come join RTP in Vail, Colorado! We are a hard working, professional, mountain-loving group of people--looking for someone to lead our .NET Software Development team.

Founded in 1998, Resort Technology Partners (RTP) is a privately-owned company that specializes in delivering industry-leading software, web development, and third-party ticket / product distribution solutions for the resort, recreation, and hospitality industries.

This position is located in our Avon, CO office.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
RTP is a market-leader providing software solutions to the resort and recreation market. Our enterprise application suite, RTP|ONE, is an n-tier application built using the .NET Framework in C#. It is a highly scalable solution leveraging SQL Server technology for data access and reporting (Microsoft Reporting Services) serving many of today’s leading resort and recreation management companies.


POSITION DESCRIPTION
RTP is looking for a .NET architect and Development Director to lead the evolution of RTP’s flagship enterprise software product suite. This position will provide broad functional and technical expertise in designing and developing software applications primarily for the RTP|ONE product suite. This position will also provide application architecture direction; user interface/user experience leadership; setting coding standards and reviewing solutions against standards and ensuring best practice object oriented design is utilized. This is a hands-on development manager position with coding responsibility. In addition, this position will manage the C# development team (6-7 Sr. C# developers) responsible for designing, building and supporting RTP|ONE applications and solutions. This position will report to the VP of Software Development.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for design, development and delivery of all RTP|ONE product development initiatives working closely with product management and quality assurance teams.
• Review business and product requirements and analyze feasibility, approach and estimate development effort.
• Provide user experience/user interface leadership and guidance across all development efforts. Own user experience standards and consistent implementation across the product line.
• Prototyping solutions and taking on development projects as appropriate.
• Identify and drive improvements in the software development process that facilitates quality, customer experience, schedule, and cost improvements.
• Reviewing and signing off on all functional and technical designs.
• Provide day to day supervision and direction on RTP|ONE product development efforts.
• Act as primary point of escalation to support team for RTP|ONE product issues.
• Responsible for setting C# development standards and tools.
• Conducting code reviews and ensuring architecture and coding standards are met across C# aspects of all RTP products.
• Efficiently manage and develop your direct reports: Hold regular status review, staff, and 1 on 1 meetings. Conduct performance reviews, work prioritization, and supervision of C# developers focused on RTP|ONE.
• Stay up to date on latest technology trends.
• Interface as appropriate with customers, sales and marketing, delivery and support and all areas of development to represent RTP’s software products, derive application requirements, gain input on designs, and drive the best solutions possible into RTP’s software products.
• Travel may be required for this position.


DESIRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS
• Previous development experience in a software company leading a team of developers and delivering a software product to market is required.
• Deep functional and technical product knowledge in enterprise integrated point of sale applications.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering product development projects to specification, on time.
• Delivery of at least one commercially successful software products.
• Strong leadership presence, ability to motivate and drive staff to get results with a positive and proactive leadership style. Can-do attitude.
• Comfortable in dynamic small company, start-up like environment.
• Experienced in structured product development practices, able to develop and enforce discipline in process.
• 7+ years experience as .NET C# developer.
• 2+ years managing a development team.
• 7+ years of deep technical experience in Microsoft .NET technologies.
• 5+ years UI design experience.
• Experience producing technical design documentation.
• Must have college degree in computer science or equivalent.
• We have a strong team-based environment. Must be a team player, work well in a changing environment, adapt quickly to customer needs, and have the ability to think creatively and problem-solve.


RTP Offers Its Employees…
• Competitive compensation.
• 401k, Health/Dental/Life insurance, etc.
• Casual work environment in a growing company.
• Role-specific training and continuing education.
• Opportunity to work with driven, winning, committed professionals and world-class customers.


RTP’s Avon office is…
• minutes away from Vail and Beaver Creek mountains
• located on the Eagle River (fly-fishing, kayaking, rafting)
• next to the Eagle-Summit County bike path (a paved bike path from Edwards to Breckenridge)
• within 30 minutes of 7 golf courses
• steps from the on-premise workout room, heated pool, and hot tub

RTP, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Location: Avon, CO
Compensation: DOQ

Location: Avon, CO
Compensation: DOQ