Senior Java Software Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior IT Software Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and developing complex multi-system applications and drives collaboration with others to ensure effective project completion while working collaboratively to develop and implement unit and system testing processes.

Essential Functions

• Leads complex multi-system application development projects and drives collaboration with other teams/departments
• Provides technical input to solution development plans/concept documents and collaborates and adds value in design reviews
• Develops and supports integrations between multiple systems and/or applications
• Maintains, improves, and extends existing multi-system software and works collaboratively with Analysts/users to design software systems and develop/implement unit and system testing processes
• Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies and determines feasibility of team or functional goals/objectives
• Understands business impacts of issues as they relate to IT owned solutions, provides reliable solutions to wide range of difficult problems including evaluation of new technologies to improve existing functions, and consistently looks at opportunity in all change
• Serves as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers (Software Engineer 1 & 2)
• Demonstrates broad understanding of Garmin's business model including Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales & Marketing
• Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
• Participates in project definition activities including feature analysis and system tradeoffs

• Designs and develops web-enabled client-side and server-side applications as part of a structured Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process
• Develops and consumes web services utilizing a services-oriented architecture

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated experience in successful implementation of technology solutions
• Must demonstrate proficiency and possess the experience necessary to design, enhances and develops complex multi-system applications
• Must demonstrate an ability to learn and understand secure coding practices
• Demonstrated proficiency in writing software in Java
• Experience with version control systems such as Subversion or GIT
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to drive projects to effective/timely completion
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must possess experience utilizing build and integration managers such as Maven or Hudson
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience developing and supporting distributed systems using Kafka and/or RabbitMQ.
• Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Experience with MySQL database design, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging patterns, and scalable backend systems.
• Experience with software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, and CI/CD.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a team environmentExperience deploying and operating applications in Kubernetes-based environments
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks such as Vue.js, Angular, or React
• Experience building Web APIs and backend services using Node.js
• Experience with observability and monitoring solutions such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or Prometheus
• Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD), event sourcing, and event-driven architectures
• Previous experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership initiatives

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits