Senior Software Architect & Tech Leader

uParts is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by Federal or State law.

uParts is an innovative software company seeking courageous and experienced outside account executives to represent our products and services to the repair shops and auto part suppliers.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years business-to-business outside sales experience – preferably in the automotive industry. He/she will be a resourceful, articulate, and charismatic sales/marketing specialist with the ability to source, qualify, and establish new business relationships with collision repair shops through cold calling and/or in-person visits.

• Excellent networking and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented
• Ability to work independently
• Strong work ethic, teamwork, interpersonal skills, and business professionalism
• High degree of resourcefulness conducting online/offline research to identify, qualify and sign up new customers
• Valid California Drivers License and reliable transportation (Mandatory)
• College education preferred

• Locating and evaluating prospects
• Making initial contacts
• Setting up appointments for product introduction and performing demonstrations
• Installing software
• Maintaining a close relationship with each account to ensure maximum utilization of our products and services

Play a pivotal role in designing and implementing the next generation of uParts as it continues to grow and evolve. Be part of an exciting, dynamic environment, engineering software solutions for all aspects of the company.

• Work directly with the CTO and Product Teams to design and implement new features and functionalities to the existing product
• Be responsible for larger projects, building out new applications and platforms as the company grows and expands
• Perform development work both independently as well as in small development teams
• Execute the technical design, development, testing and deployment of new features and functionality

• 2+ years of proven software development, on shipped products and/or launched web applications
• Experience with Object Oriented design principles and programming methodologies is a must
• 2+ of PHP and at least 1 year of .NET/J2EE/Ruby/Python/C++ experience
• 2+ years of MySQL experience
• Passion for usability and user-focused design
• Experience with LAMP-stack administration a plus
• Experience with GIT or a distributed source control management system a plus
• Experience with any Object Oriented framework (Qcodo, Rails, Zend Framework, Struts, Hibernate, etc.) a big plus
• Experience with the Qcodo Development Framework an even bigger plus
• Must be a local candidate or must be willing to relocate to the Los Angeles / Orange County Area (relocation reimbursements may be considered, but only for exceptionally qualified applicants)

Compensation is based on a competitive market-rate salary with generous bonuses, stock options, and full benefits (PTO, medical, dental, etc.).

Play a pivotal role in architecting, designing and implementing the next generation of uParts as it continues to grow and evolve. Be part of an exciting, dynamic environment, engineering software solutions for all aspects of the company.

• Work directly with the CTO and Product Teams to design and implement new features and functionalities to the existing product
• Be responsible for larger projects, building out new applications and platforms as the company grows and expands
• Perform development work both independently as well as in small development teams, overseeing and managing a group of junior developers
• Execute the full software development lifecycle, leading and performing all the processes involved with it

• 6+ years of proven software development, on shipped products and/or launched web applications
• Solid understanding of Object Oriented design principles and programming methodologies is an absolute must
• 4+ years architecting web-based applications
• 2+ years of leading and managing teams of software developers
• 4+ years of PHP and 2+ years of .NET/J2EE/Ruby/Python experience, or 5+ years .NET/J2EE/Ruby/Python experience with exposure to PHP
• 3+ years of MySQL experience
• Passion for usability and user-focused design
• Experience with .NET-based Windows Application Development a plus
• Experience with LAMP-stack administration a plus
• Experience with GIT or a distributed source control management system a plus
• Experience with any Object Oriented framework (Qcodo, Rails, Zend Framework, Struts, Hibernate, etc.) a big plus
• Experience with the Qcodo Development Framework an even bigger plus
• Must be a local candidate or must be willing to relocate to the Los Angeles / Orange County Area (relocation reimbursements may be…