Architect, Software Engineering
Hoffman Estates, IL

Job Description

Job Description Req/Job ID: 978166BR

Employing Entity: Transform SR Holding Management LLC

Employment Category: Regular, Full-time

Job Function: Information Technology

Store ID: 58491: Sears Holdings Management Corp

The Software Engineer, Architect creates and designs new software, applying theoretical principles of computing and mathematics in order to analyze, test and assess software systems. In addition, the Architect evaluates user needs while designing and testing new software to meet those needs.

In order to successfully design new software this may involve analyzing and developing flow charts, models, diagrams and algorithms in addition to coding or modifying software. This position researches and develops new technologies and processes/algorithms, and introduces them to the enterprise as needed to improve revenue and customer satisfaction.

Job Requirements PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Analyzes and identifies technical areas for improvement within existing applications
* Creates designs for feature areas that take into consideration the entire product life cycle, so that the feature areas are efficiently maintained
* Leads analysis, design and development of software in a cross-functional technical team
* Influences development and maturation of the product and technology vision and strategy for TransformCo
* Effectively articulates the key design principles for the feature areas to the immediate team and upper management
* Leads and mentors other developers in coding complex technical solutions
* Keeps abreast of new technology patterns and trends.
* Leads the evolution of standards and technology (tools, conventions and design patterns)
* Influences the discovery and decision-making process when changes to standards and technology are required (tools, conventions and design patterns).
* Independently develops and implements software for ecommerce applications and related technology, with minimal oversight
* Leads code reviews to ensure functional performance specifications are met and engineering standards are followed.
* Creates self-documenting designs and/or clearly communicates intent via comments in code, on specifications, in as-built documentation and during code reviews.
* Writes unit and integration tests for each deliverable, effectively and comprehensively exercising the code; prevents the introduction of subsequent bugs, and corrects existing bugs or design issues when discovered



REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE

* Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a similar role
* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related technical or scientific field, or equivalent experience
* Familiarity with continuous integration and build tools
* Participation through completion of multiple releases of a complex software project
* Analysis, design, coding and implementation of large-scale applications.
* Solid knowledge of algorithms, data structures and complexity theory
* Ability to effectively write requirements that are clear and readily understood
* Ability to mentor and recruit junior developers & enforce good development practices like encapsulation, composition, continuous integration & test driven development.

MUST HAVE TECHNICAL SKILLS

* Java/J2EE
* JDK 1.8 and above
* Tomcat; Wildfly 8; JBOSS 7
* Maven
* RESTful APIs
* GIT or SVN
* Experience with Eclipse or comparable IDE
* Cloud experience: AWS
* NoSQL experience: Cassandra; MongoDB
* SQL experience: MySQL (basic query techniques, stored procedures, functions, views, and triggers)
* Messaging experience: Apache Kafka; MQ

NICE TO HAVE TECHNICAL SKILLS

* Linux CentOS7
* Linux Shell Scripting or Python
* Spring Framework/Spring Hibernate
* Apache Zookeeper
* Apache Solr

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