KOHLS

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About the Role As Senior 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 Lead the development of high-quality applications that are robust, observable and measurable 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 implement desired business outcomes Facilitate group discussions and team ceremonies and develop a shared context Give and receive feedback that’s empathetic, actionable and specific Practice emergent architecture with sane defaults and build software that is easy to use and easy to modify Establish and lead product engineering and software standards Ideate a new product from a user perspective, starting with one or more problem spaces and ending with a stack-ranked list of feasible solutions to test Research and stay up to date on tech market trends and practices Lead technical initiatives not only on the team but also across the department Additional tasks may be assigned Addendum SENIOR 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 Demonstrate understanding 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 driving requirements refinement, planning, estimation, development, testing, and deployment What Skills You Have Required 4+ years of experience in software development Understanding of application design patterns, event-driven architecture, database, schemas and testing strategies In-depth 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 working with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) Familiarity and experience with XP (Extreme Programming)