Java Developer/Spring Boot Developer - Discount Tire

Here at Discount Tire, we celebrate the spirit of our people with extraordinary pride and enthusiasm. As America’s largest independent tire retailer, specializing in tires & wheels, we have over 1,000 store locations and continue to grow every year. Our consistent growth over the last 60 years, the loyalty of our customers and passion of our people makes Discount Tire a great place to work.

Under minimal supervision, the Senior Software Engineer is responsible for performing complex design, programming and testing work related to the implementation, enhancement and support of the integration applications which connect back office applications (Financial, Core Merchandising) with consumer facing applications  (OMNI channel, Web applications, Point of Service Applications).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Gather and assess development requirements and/or specifications from business stakeholders.
• Translate development requirements and specifications into high quality, efficient solutions.
• Provide support, technical explanations and documentation as necessary.
• Identify opportunities to re-engineer/integrate existing processes.
• Maintain awareness of the relevance and importance of activities and how those contribute to achieving quality objectives.
• Complete work in a timely and accurate manner while providing exceptional customer service.
• Act as the technical expert, ensuring quick turnaround in identifying application issues and providing timely solutions.
• Develop detailed plans and accurate estimates for completion of build, system testing and implementation phases of project.
• Transform business function requirements into technical program specs to code, test and debug programs.
• Develop, code, document and execute unit tests, systems, integration and acceptance tests and testing tools for functions of high complexity.
• Perform performance tuning to improve performance over multiple functions.
• Manage operational support, performing work during change windows as well as providing on call support as required by the team.
• Mentor and coach junior developers.
• Review and revise technical designs to meet project requirements.
• Collaborate with other team members, including developers, designers and project managers, to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: 

• 7+ years of experience in related application development.
• Extensive experience with the Spring Boot framework.
• Experience with the design and implementation of REST APIs.
• Utilize the Git VCS to manage and track code changes.
• Ability to write efficient and optimized SQL queries and recognize those that are not.
• Implement and optimize algorithms and data structures to improve application performance.
• Familiarity with AWS EKS and/or Kubernetes is a plus.
• Implement and understand logging, metrics and tracing for application monitoring and optimization.
• Conduct root cause analysis of production errors to identify and resolve issues.
• Understanding of CI/CD best practices and how to create and troubleshoot build pipelines.
• Experience integrating with Cloud/SaaS applications, APIs, SDK of packaged applications and legacy applications.
• Experience with integration Architecture concepts and patterns, including Microservices, Service Oriented Architecture, Batch Integration, RESTful JSON services, Pub / Sub etc. including Event Driven Architecture.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Time management skills; the ability to juggle multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and in a team is vital.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure, meet deadlines and present a professional demeanor is essential.
• Ability to respond to different organizational situations while maintaining a positive and friendly attitude is necessary.
• Maintaining confidentiality, treating others with respect and upholding Company values are key attributes.
• In addition, organizational and problem-solving skills, a can-do attitude, and the ability to adjust to changing requirements are essential.

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree required

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