• Software Engineer - Merchandising Systems

    Kohl's (Menomonee Falls, WI)


    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

     

    Addendum

    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

    BIG DATA SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    + Experience in SQL, Python, Spark, Kafka and Airflow

    + Experience in build management and DevOps using Gitlab, docker, linux scripting

    + Data modeling and design experience, including Bigquery, SQL or PL/SQL

    + Good understanding of data as a product or data mesh topologies using cloud data lakes like Google Big Query, Amazon Redshift or Snowflake

    + Experience designing and implementing data pipelines using Apache Airflow, Spark, Python/Scala

    + Knowledge of real-time streaming technologies like Kafkaconnect, and Flume for messaging and streaming pipelines

    + Knowledge of handling PCI/PII data adhering to compliance standards like GDPR, PCI DSS, SOX, CCPA

    + Experience in the design and integration of GenAI tools and technologies like OpenAI, Gemini and Llama LLMs

    UI SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    + A passion for stellar user experience and design

    + Proficient in NodeJS and ECMAScript standards

    + Deep understanding of CSS patterns and HTML

    + Understanding of responsive design

    + Proficient in React and one other modern UI framework like Angular, Ember, or Vue.js

    + Consume reusable component libraries

    + Can compose CSS on the fly

    SaaS SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    + Hybrid Cloud Architecture Experience

    + Experience with integration platforms or frameworks

    + Experience integrating with large SaaS systems

    + Experience migrating on-prem systems to cloud solutions

    + Experience developing integration frameworks

    + Experience executing integration testing strategies

    APP MODERNIZATION SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    + Confident in Spring Boot, Kotlin, and Java

    + Proven experience in frontend development and frameworks ReactJS, NextJS

    + Proven experience in MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL

    + Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes

    + Experience in large scale migrations - Kafka and Postgres Connectors

    + Experience in Android, React, and .NET

     

    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)