About the Role

As Staff Software Engineer, you will be part of a dynamic, cross-functional team dedicated to enhancing the customer experience. You will collaborate closely with Design, Product Management, and Engineering experts to tackle real-world challenges and deliver innovative solutions that elevate our retail offerings.

STAFF BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Expert in Java and JEE development, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Spring Security

Experience with build management tools such as Gradle or Maven

Knowledge of source control systems such as GIT

Database design and implementation experience in either SQL or NoSQL databases

Experience designing and implementing distributed caching technologies such as Redis

Experience leading requirements refinement, planning, estimation, development, testing, and deployment

Work cross-functionally between multiple product teams

Architect enterprise-grade applications

What You’ll Do

Lead the development of high-quality applications that are robust, observable and measurable. Using extreme programming (XP) practices and a user-centric approach

Navigate  the entire application lifecycle in collaboration with designers, product managers, and other engineers on the product team

Leverage critical thinking, lead lean experimentation and influence decisions backed by data and industry best practices to implement desired business outcomes

Establish and lead product engineering and software standards and continuously elevate existing standards using the new ones in the industry 

Mentor junior team members in pairing sessions, one-on-ones and ad-hoc as the need arises, and create teachable moments

Contribute to cultural transformation by modeling partnership, collaboration, and technical initiatives and giving and receiving feedback regularly both within the team and across the organization

Champion XP practice and knows when to customize it for effectiveness and also engages in conversations around practice, processes and community

Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

6+ years of experience in software development

Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities

Advanced knowledge of application design patterns, event-driven architecture, database schemas, and testing strategies

Experience with large-scale application troubleshooting and performance tuning

Demonstrated experience working with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)

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

Familiarity and experience with XP (Extreme Programming)