• Staff Backend Software Engineer

    Kohl's (Menomonee Falls, WI)


    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)