Backend Developer Level 3

• 100% remote candidates will be considered.

POSITION SUMMARY

• As a Backend Developer, you will have the opportunity to design, build, test, maintain, and have a direct and meaningful impact on the roadmap of the Kroger Technology platform. You will be responsible for design and development of backend components of Android applications.
• Experience with modern libraries and tooling
• Significant 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
• 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 issues
• Review app and feature code, and plan future API upgrades with the development team