Job Description Overview: 
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand spend management solutions. Our mission is to transform the way companies of all sizes, across all industries, and geographies operate by delivering software, service, and network solutions that enable them to holistically source, contract, procure, pay, manage, and analyze their spend and supplier relationships. Delivered on demand, our enterprise-class offerings empower companies to achieve greater control of their spend and drive continuous improvements in financial and supply chain performance. More than 1,000 companies, including more than half of the companies on the Fortune 500, use Ariba solutions to manage their spend from sourcing and orders through invoicing and payment.

Come join and help shape the future for SaaS (OnDemand) software solutions at Ariba! The Ariba Platform Application Framework team is looking for a gifted, energetic, and seasoned Principal Software Engineer to join them in delivering on this vision. 

We are an innovative team focused on architecting the core frameworks used by hundreds of developers across Ariba to develop applications that can be delivered seamless in either a SaaS environment or installed behind the firewall in a single-tenant environment. We are proud of the fact that millions of users use our applications on a regular basis.

Duties and Responsibilities: 
The Ariba application development framework is centered on a unique metadata driven model for defining business logic, workflow, rules, UI and external data integrations. This framework is complemented with the flexibility of a rich component model that can be seamlessly integrated with the metadata driven framework. All of this is SaaS ready, allowing our customers to further configure the business logic/UI from their browsers to meet their specific needs. 
Your job will be to play a critical role in the development of Ariba’s Application Framework.
Work with us to meet the disparate challenges posed by our diverse developer and end-user community. Evangelize and work closely with application teams across the entire Ariba Spend Management Suite on delivering the next generation of SaaS application development frameworks.

Day-to-day your job will be to work with a close, tight-knit team of talented and experienced developers to prototype, build, iterate on and ship great code.

Basic Minimum Qualifications:
• 7+ years experience developing production-grade web applications (Java preferred) 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Experience designing and building scalable and robust solutions in large web application deployments 
• Knowledge of metadata systems and object-relational mapping layers such as Hibernate or TopLink 
• BS or MS in CS or equivalent 

Preferred Qualifications:
• First-class object-oriented design and programming skills 
• Passion for understanding real-world requirements and creating software that exceeds expectations 
• An excellent problem-solver and an awesome team-player 
• High-energy and fun 
• Quick-witted and curious 

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