Back End Developer

Job OpportunitySubmission deadline for interview selection is 05/12 @3PM CT. Looking for local candidates currently. The resource would be able to work remote, but the team does meet on campus from time to time. Looking for a candidate with flexibility.Looking to fill all roles ASAP. Backfill for REQ #28870-1 ***1 SUB SLOTS IN BEELINE*** - Initial 6 months contract to start - Very likely to be longer-termed/ongoingTell us about your department: The Customer Domain (aka Customer Engagement Services) is responsible for enterprise and digital capabilities, features, services and platforms that enable core operational use of customer account data, loyalty and cardmember services, customer account-based offers, customer notifications, customer identity & access management, and fraud risk mitigation.Project Description: The Customer Transactional Communications team exists to send accurate and timely notifications to end customers based on their interactions with Best Buy across different channels via email, sms, push and other mechanisms.Position Summary/Job Description: In this role, they will be a critical member of the team building the foundation for Best Buy's next generation web platform. They will support and extend running applications & assist in the design and development of new applications. They will be expected to evaluate and refactor in a rapid manner for every part of our infrastructure. Overall knowledge of designing an application to run on a scalable platform is expected. You will be working in an agile environment which means test-driven development and pair programming. We are evolving towards a dev/ops model, with our development teams engaged in monitoring, optimizing and supporting our production environments. We have many projects running in parallel including Cloud technologies, Infrastructure automation, and SOA REST based web applications.Responsibilities:Developing Java/Spring web applicationsAggressive refactoringObject Oriented Programming and Service Oriented Architecture designSkills:3-6 years of relevant application software development experienceTest-Driven DevelopmentStrong Spring knowledgeDeveloping Spring/Java/Groovy/Maven applicationsExperience in developing/consuming REST Services – Absolute MustObject-oriented programming and experience with working knowledge of Design PatternsExperience with emergent design and paired programmingStrong unit-testing skills (Junit/Spock in particular)Experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architecturesAble to participate in the planning process: take high level design discussions and create user stories, then further break those stories into tasks.How much time will the resource spend pair programming? 0 to 1hrSkills Overview: What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job?1. Java / Groovy2. Spring / Spring Boot3. GCP Cloud4. Distributed Computing5. SQLYears of experience: 3-6yrsWhat are some preferred/nice to have skills the manager is looking for?1. Jenkins pipelining - Continuous Integration/Delivery2. Apache Beam3. Kafka4. Infrastructure as code5. Data Modeling6. Spock7. Cassandra database8. Microservice architecture9. React10. REST ArchitectureInterview Process Overview:Introduce about the area and our need.Brief introduction from candidate.Ask questions to the candidate.Address any questions from the candidate.Wrap-up.