One of Confiz's largest retail clients is on a mission to enhance the selling experience for sales associates across more than 350 stores. The team supports the tools, applications, and data that enable sales associates to work efficiently and deliver an exceptional customer experience.
We are seeking an Engineer 2 - Full Stack to join the team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled full-stack engineer to help develop and enhance modern, scalable event-driven systems. You will work across distributed systems and a network of devices, contributing to the speed, reliability, and accuracy of POS events, financial transactions, store-level applications, and POS systems.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of full-stack development and enjoy working on complex, high-scale systems that directly impact retail operations and the in-store customer 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: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Pacific
Responsibilities - Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain microservices using Java 8+, Spring Boot, Kafka, SQL, and deploying to Kubernetes in the cloud.
- Frontend Development: Build highly responsive and scalable web applications using React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS, enhancing the back of house experience.
- 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.
- On-Call Support: Participate in a scheduled on-call rotation to ensure system reliability and customer satisfaction.
- 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 - Bachelor or equivalent experience
- Technology Understanding & Programming (Must be very Strong)
- In-depth knowledge of Java 8+, Spring Boot, React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, Kafka, and SQL
- Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.
- 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:
- 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.
