One of Confiz's largest retail clients is on mission to enhance the selling experience for their salespeople across more than 350 stores. The POS+ team is dedicated to building and maintaining next generation Point of Sale (POS) system to provide seamless customer experiences, improved transaction security, and cutting-edge technology. The new system integrates a React-based frontend web application with Java RESTful microservices backend hosted on AWS for scalable and resilient operations.
We are seeking an experienced Engineer to join our POS+ team. This role is an excellent opportunity for a skilled full-stack engineer to develop the systems to shape the future of our modern Point-of-Sale system at scale. You will work across a distributed system and a network of devices, contributing to large-scale frontend web application with distributed microservices development that enhances the in-store experience.
This is a hybrid role based in Seattle, WA.
Onsite presence of 4 days per week is expected Monday through Thursday, Remote Fridays
Work Schedule: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Pacific
Responsibilities - Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain RESTful microservices using Java 8+ and Spring Boot, deploying to Kubernetes in the cloud.
- Frontend Development: Build highly responsive and scalable web applications using React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS, enhancing the point-of-sale user experience.
- AWS Multi-Region Deployment: Architect and implement solutions leveraging AWS multi-region capabilities to ensure high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.
- System Thinking: Consider how your code behaves in production, focusing on maintainability, testability, and supportability.
- Design and Prototyping: Lead the design and prototyping of solutions, setting the path and standards for the team.
- Telemetry and Monitoring: Implement monitoring solutions to proactively detect and address potential issues before they impact customers.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
- Delivery and Quality: Consistently deliver valuable features and address design or architectural deficiencies.
Qualifications - In-depth knowledge of Java 8+, Spring Boot, React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS.
- Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.
- Experience with API development, API Gateway & load balancer configurations, and microservice patterns.
- Experience with AWS services (e.g., RDS, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB).
- Strong understanding of AWS multi-region architectures, including setting up services across multiple AWS regions for high availability and disaster recovery.
Preferred to have
- Experience with global load balancing, data replication strategies, and failover mechanisms in a multi-region setup.
- Familiarity with AWS services like Route 53, CloudFront, Global Accelerator, and how they facilitate multi-region deployments.
- Knowledge of data consistency models and synchronization across regions, including eventual consistency and conflict resolution strategies.
- Experience with Kafka, and NoSQL databases.
Design Skills:
- Ability to apply appropriate design patterns and principles (e.g., SOLID, CQRS, eventual consistency).
- Preferred experience in designing for performance, scalability, and distributed architecture.
- Proficient in modeling problem domains and anticipating future changes.
Development Practices:
- Advocate for automation in testing, deployment, and security scanning.
- Experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of test-driven development (TDD) and comfortable with the TDD cycle.
Infrastructure Knowledge:
- Ability to automate and build Infrastructure as code with Terraform scripts.
- Proficient with multiple operating systems and scripting techniques.
- Expertise in one or more databases and understanding of various data storage paradigms.
Security Awareness:
- Commitment to writing secure code by default.
- Experience with security tools and practices, including deep security probes and server hardening.
Soft Skills:
- Strong leadership in group discussions, design sessions, and presentations.
- Proven ability to mentor and develop team members.
- Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to drive value with product owners.
- Innovative mindset with the ability to evaluate and introduce new tools and methodologies.
