About the Role As Software Engineer, you will collaborate closely with design, product, and engineering experts to tackle real-world challenges and deliver innovative solutions that elevate Kohl’s retail offerings. What You’ll Do + Develop high-quality applications using extreme programming (XP) practices and a user-centric approach + Participate in the entire application lifecycle in collaboration with designers, product managers and other engineers on the product team + Leverage critical thinking, experimentation, data and industry best practices to achieve desired business outcomes + Contribute to product engineering and software standards + Influence the team to reduce the toil received from production, advocate for product reliability and influence the benefits of tech debt reduction with matrices + Develop self and support the development of others through accountability and continuous learning + Adapt to constant change and model that for the rest of the team + Evaluate a user story for technical context, feasibility, acceptance criteria, testability and estimation + Additional tasks may be assigned BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER + Experience in Java and JEE development, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Spring Security + Knowledge of build management tools such as Gradle or Maven + Demonstrated understanding of source control systems such as GIT + Database design and implementation experience in either SQL or NoSQL databases + Experience working with distributed caching technologies such as Redis + Knowledge of full SDLC requirements gathering, planning, estimation, development, testing, and deployment What Skills You Have Required + 2+ years of experience in software development + Knowledge of application design patterns, event-driven architecture, database schemas and testing strategies + Knowledge and experience with continuous integration, continuous deployment and test-driven development Preferred + Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in MIS, Computer Science or related field + Experience with large-scale application troubleshooting and performance tuning + Exposure to working with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) + Familiarity and experience with XP (Extreme Programming)