Senior Java Developer (Finance)
Kroger's Offers/Loyalty engineering team is looking for a senior software engineer who has experience building software at scale. Ideally someone with ecommerce and loyalty experience. This person will be working on Kroger's Offers engineering team, which is responsible for our loyalty program. Every single coupon from setup, to execution, to redemption/billing goes through the Offers teams. Every time a customer checks out in-store or online, that transaction goes through our team as we calculate and apply the discounts.
Responsible for participating in the design, development, testing, debugging, maintaining, and documenting software components in accordance to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices. Establish estimates and work plans for design, development, implementation, and rollout tasks. Communicate with the appropriate teams to ensure that assignments are delivered with the highest of quality and in accordance to standards. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we've grown into what today is the nation's largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America's grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.
Here, people matter. That's why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you're caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.
Whether you're seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we've got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Kroger family!
What you'll receive from us:
The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:
- A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
- Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
- Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
- Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
- Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
- Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.
- Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or a STEM major
- 3+ years of successful and applicable experience taking a lead role in building complex software ad automation systems that has been successfully delivered to customers
- 3+ years of proven track record of designing and delivering large scale, high-quality systems
- 3+ years of successful and applicable hands-on experience in software or infrastructure development domain and principles, including design patterns and code structure
- Strong knowledge of industry trends and industry competition
- Demonstrated written, oral and presentation/public speaking communication skills
- Proven ability to think and contribute at the strategic level
- Deep knowledge in a minimum of two of the following technical disciplines: infrastructure and network design, application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), cloud, middleware, servers and storage, database management, and operations
- Understanding of network and security architecture
*Java, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Azure *
Desired
- Any experience in Cloud software service including designing for scale, performance and reliability
- Any experience in system architecture
- Demonstrated capability to build, mentor and maintain an inclusive team-based environment
- Experience building solution using elastic architectures (preferably Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform)- Develop a high-quality codebase, lead design discussions, execute development against design, and navigate complex codebase
- Responsible for development implementation of technical design within a defined set of teams. Execute against defined technology roadmap to support project portfolio and business strategy
- Participate in implementing enterprise standards across domains: operations, infrastructure, data, applications, development, security & risk, and business continuance
- Provide technical clarity between ongoing projects and the strategic objectives of the company
- Drive digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base and IT estate
- Implement high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state solution
- Lead the analysis of the technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement
- Mentor team members in software development principles, patterns, processes and, practices
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
