Overview  

• The Senior Application Developer is an experienced backend developer is responsible for providing complex technical development for small to medium size product features and daily support.
• As a member of one of our Agile product teams, the Senior Application Developer will design and develop Ecommerce applications that scale to handle multiple users and transactions.
• Senior Application Developers may also be involved in product and tool selection, architectural runway discussions, configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning/production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the functional design process/story review

• Create technical designs / solutions that are performant and scalable and translate business requirements into well-architected solution. Provide estimates.

• Review and approve the detailed technical design deliverables and/or detailed tasks with developers

• Ensure adherence to agile methodologies in support of the business transformation to a product-led organization 

• Understand development and test environment landscape and all integrations to support Product deliverables

• Participate and create any cutover and back-out plans with all teams

• As the Senior Application Developer on a product team, ensure that you are aware of all activities (outside of your team) to identify dependencies, risks, issues, etc.

• Execute for timely results, focus on delivery with quality and performance in mind

• Proactively monitor and resolve post-implementation issues

• Proactively communicate status and escalate issues to your manager.

• Conduct code reviews to ensure the quality of the codebase, adherence to designs/best practices; and when necessary, provide feedback/suggestions for rework

• Apply analysis and debugging skills to quickly identify the root cause for resolution

• Establish strong team and peer relationships

• Follow the established processes, policies, standards, and procedures to assure compliance with corporate and regulatory policies and standards

• Work closely with a variety of internal and external teams to track and drive resolution of technical issues with product/integrations and escalate as needed

• Participate in weekly development team meetings and product team scrum ceremonies

• Maintain technical and support documentation

• Stay current with what is happening in the retail industry and technology to bring those ideas to the table

• Effectively present and communicate technical solutions to all levels of the organization

• Identify any performance improvements and resolve them prior to implementation

• Implement and maintain third-party integrations and feeds 

• Ensure site stability and operational integrity via participation in team-based on-call rotations and defect triage

Minimum Qualifications  

• 4+ years of software development and design experience

• Proficient with node.js and JavaScript.

• Experience in end-to-end software development lifecycle including design/build/deploy

• Ability to lead multiple product features providing technical direction from design to implementation.

• Expert level understanding of client-server technology, as well as Server-side JavaScript 

• Solid understanding of database concepts including SQL

• Demonstrated ability to technically lead small to medium size projects (technical complexity/team size)

• Advanced knowledge of version control and code management (git, BitBucket)

• Advanced knowledge of work management tools such as Jira, Confluence

• Expertise in Agile methodology and/or pair programming

• Experience using Test Driven Development

• Experience with creating and executing unit, functional, destructive, and performance tests

• Experience with modern debugging and root cause analysis techniques

Preferred Qualifications  

• Experience developing on leading Enterprise Ecommerce Platforms (such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud)

• Experience with JSON, XML, HTML, and CSS

• Experience with RESTful web services

• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Teamcity, etc.)

• Collaborative, inclusive, and flexible team member

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical abilities 

• Organized, detail-oriented, level-headed, and flexible at all times

• Desire to learn and to adapt to changing technology

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

Notes: 

• The backend language that will be used currently will be JavaScript. It is not node but a version of server side JS.
• It’s Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• JS libraries are currently jQuery for the front end but soon we will be introducing React.
• The role is primarily for the server-side work but this developer will sit on a cross functional product team so there may be some front end work as well.