Role: Software Engineer(23661-1)
Duration: 6-12+ Months Contract
Location St. Louis, MO (5 Days Onsite)
Note: Prefer local resource
Must-Have Skills:
Skill 1 Recent experience in Java, Kotlin, Oracle, Postgres, Data handling, Spring, Spring Boot
Skill 2 Recent experience in Kafka, in-memory caching
Skill 3 Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.)
Good To have Skills
Skill 1 Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes
*Role Description -*
Our Digital and eCommerce division is looking to transform the Digital and eCommerce technology engine. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a leadership role on a product team to design and build new features and components in our evolving platform, helping to embrace modern principles like microservices and event driven architectures.
ABOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY*
The Digital and eCommerce team currently operates several B2B websites and direct digital sales channels via a globally deployed cloud-based platform that are a growth engine for Client's life science business. We provide a comprehensive catalog of all products, enabling our customers to find products and purchase products as well as get detailed scientific information on those products.
*ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS*
* Work as part of an Agile development team, taking ownership for one or more services
* Provides leadership to the Agile Development team, driving technical designs to support business goals
* Ensuring the entire team exemplifies excellence in design, code, test and operation
* A willingness to lead by example embracing change and foster a Growth and Learning culture on the team
* Mentoring team members through code review, design reviews
* Taking a lead role, working with product owners to help refine the backlog, breaking down features and epics into executable stories
* Have a high quality software mindset making sure that the code you write works
* Design and implement robust data pipelines to ingest, process, and store large volumes of data from various sources.
* Stay updated with the latest technologies and trends in data engineering and propose innovative solutions.
*QUALIFICATIONS*
*Education:*
* Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
*Mandatory Skills:*
* 8-10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
* Recent experience in Java, Kotlin, Oracle, Postgres, Data handling, Spring, Spring Boot
* Recent experience in Kafka, in memory caching
* Experience in developing REST services.
* Experience in unit test frameworks.
* Ability to provide solutions based on business requirements.
* Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
* Ability to work with global teams and a flexible work schedule.
* Must have excellent problem-solving skills and be customer-centric.
* Excellent communication skills.
*Preferred Skills:*
* Experience with Microservices, CI/CD, Event Oriented Architectures and Distributed Systems
* Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.)
* Experience leading product oriented engineering development teams is a plus
* Familiarity with web technologies (e,g,, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), data manipulation (e.g., SQL), and version control systems (e.g., GitHub, GitLab)
* Familiarity with DevOps practices/principles, Agile/Scrum methodologies, CI/CD pipelines and the product development lifecycle
* Familiarity with modern web APIs and full stack frameworks.
* Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus
* Experience with Apache Airflow, Apache Flink, Google BigQuery is a plus
* Experience developing eCommerce systems especially B2B eCommerce is a plus.