Sr Software Engineer
Framingham, MA

Job Description

Description

Position Summary

Senior Software Engineer eCommerce partner with both the business and technical teams to innovate and deliver new features and enhancements for the eCommerce platform. This position focuses on the design, development, and support of on-line, customer facing, eCommerce business solutions.

Senior Software Engineers eCommerce create and/or modify moderately complex solutions that meet the expectations of stakeholders. They have a thorough knowledge of web application systems.

Primary Responsibilities

* Design, develop and support various frontend/backend related components throughout all phases of the software development life cycle
* Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and rollout system changes
* Ensure that technical solutions follow best practices, are reliable, are easily maintainable and are scalable under sustained load
* Create and evolve application documentation as required
* Work with engineers and other cross functional teams like Product Management, Project Management, Release Engineering, Quality Assurance, Operations teams etc. to develop innovative solutions that meet eCommerce market needs
* Identify project risks and work effectively to mitigate them
* Find and help fix stability/scalability issues in a very time critical environment
* Support site rollouts and be available to resolve site issues
* Develop industry and product technical expertise

Qualifications

Required Skills

* 3+ years of full software development lifecycle experience including the ability to perform independent analysis
* 3+ years of experience developing applications in web technologies (We use Node.js, React.js, Java, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, AJAX, JavaScript, Spring, jQuery, JSON and Tomcat and among others)
* Strong problem solving and analytical skills; ability to analyze complex technical problems
* Excellent team player who can drive a collaborative environment
* Strong time management and organization skills
* Excellent verbal and written communications, ability to establish effective working relationships with team members and cross functional teams
* Self-driven, able to work independently or within a team setting
* Results oriented and adaptable

Preferred Skills

* Experience with MongoDB, React.js, Node.js, Java/J2EE
* Experience developing API's
* Exposure to the fundamentals of responsive application design
* Experience working with open source technologies
* Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodology
* Familiarity with Quality Assurance methodologies
* Exposure to continuous integration
* Experience working with 3rd party partners
* Experience working directly with non-IT business partners

Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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