Backend Software Engineer

Senior Software EngineerThe Kroger Digital team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to work within Kroger’s Unified Order Services domain for Pickup, Ship, and Delivery modalities. This team is responsible for designing, building, and supporting full-stack applications that include (but are not limited to) capturing customer’s online orders, managing order life cycle, routing orders to the appropriate internal and 3rd party fulfilment channels, surfacing Inventory levels, and enabling returns/refunds. Our services are highly scalable and utilized by all digital channels (web, mobile, voice). Our mission is to build best-in-class web services to accept a customer eCommerce order from anywhere, anytime, and process them as promised.Required Skills• 7+ years of strong Backend Services Development using Java• Experience using Git and npm in a collaborative environment• Demonstrable knowledge of these concepts:Java - Design, Architecture, Hands on CodingSoftware Design Principles and PatternsTechnical Leadership experience nice to haveBrowsers ( APIs, event loop, render cycle, etc.)Build Tools (Webpack, Rollup, etc.)CI/CD (tools, pipelines, patterns)Automated Testing (unit, functional, contract, mocking, etc.)Application Performance Tuning (Lighthouse, browser dev tools, etc.)Spring, SpringbootNo-SQL databases e.g. CassandraMessaging platforms e.g. KafkaKey ResponsibilitiesLead and participate in the design and implementation of large and/or architecturally significant applicationsWork to continuously improve software delivery processes and practicesBuild partnerships across the application, business and infrastructure teamsDevelop programming specificationsDesign, code and unit test application code using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practicesComplete estimates and work plans independently as appropriate for design, development, implementation and rollout tasksCreate technical system documentation and ensure that this documentation remains current throughout all phases of the SDLCCommunicate with the appropriate teams to ensure that assignments are managed appropriately and that completed assignments are of the highest qualitySupport and maintain applications utilizing required tools and technologiesProvide support for applications, including involvement with the Support Center, NOC, Infrastructure teams, and vendors as appropriateProvide off-hours support (24 x 7) as requiredAssist other personnel on assignments including mentoring or providing on-the-job training to more junior associatesDirect the day-to-day work activities of other team membersIdentify, uphold and apply Web engineering best practicesImplement Web design principles to ensure our Web apps are performant, accessible, and provide the ideal user experience on devices of various sizesCollaborate with designers, product managers, and team to iterate on design and implementation