Sr. Backend Microservices Developer

Sr. Backend Microservices Developer - Kroger - Remote

Note to Vendors

San Jose, CA based candidates only

Prescreen consists of video questions and coding challenge

We prefer candidates who live in or near San Jose, as they may be required to come onsite. We may consider other area resources, if the candidate has a strong profile and technical skills, and she/he is willing to travel to San Jose if necessary

Job Description

You will be responsible for design and development of backend components of highly scalable eCommerce web and Merchandizing applications.

7+ years experience developing large scale web applications using GO and Java

Experience with modern libraries and tooling Significant GO and Java programming skills and data structures

Significant Microservices architecture and development skills

Significant experience with the Spring Framework (Persistence, REST, Messaging, Integrations) such as Spring Boot

Significant experience on core features of Spring such as Dependency Injection and Aspect-Oriented Programming, Spring Security etc

Significant knowledge of SQL Database and NoSQL Databases ( Oracle, Postgres, Cassandra )

Significant experience in Messaging architectures & development- Kafka or equivalent

Proven Experience in building RESTful APIs and a deep understanding of REST principles

Proven Experience working with Docker or similar technologies, GIT, CI/CD and writing unit/integration tests

Strong analytical problem solving skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills

Self-starter with strong initiative, quality deliverable and ability to work under pressure

Business-minded approach to time, costs, and deadlines

Demonstrated ability to work well within a team environment

Key Responsibilities

Develop backend eCommerce web and Merchandizing applications in cloud platform technologies

Collaborate with designers & product managers to iterate on the design & implementation of our product

Work with Engineers from the full stack to build and ship features Identify and uphold engineering best practices

Monitor performance, watch for traffic drops related to usability problems & rectify the support issues

Review app and feature code, and plan future API upgrades with the development team

Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies Kroger Technology

BONUS POINTS

Proven Experience Cloud Platforms like Azure or Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Experience in programming using Javascript, Node.js and React ecosystem is a plus point, but not required skill

Familiarity with developing e-commerce application modules such as Catalog setup and Search ( Solr, ElasticSearch etc)

Proven Experience with Continuous integration, Continuous delivery and Continuous deployment

Experience architecting and building high volume, fault-tolerant, highly available, and globally distributed systems in a cloud-native environment

Experience with Agile development methodologies

Familiarity with A/B testing, monitoring, and alerting

Energetic, flexible, collaborative, team player and good interpersonal skills

A passion for keeping up-to-date with the latest cloud trends and technologies