Software Engineer - Merchandising Systems (Remote)

Role Specific Information

Job Description

About the Role

As Software Engineer, you will collaborate closely with design, product, and engineering experts to tackle real-world challenges and deliver innovative solutions that elevate Kohl’s retail offerings. 

What You’ll Do

• Develop high-quality applications using extreme programming (XP) practices and a user-centric approach

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle in collaboration with designers, product managers and other engineers on the product team

• Leverage critical thinking, experimentation, data and industry best practices to achieve desired business outcomes

• Contribute to product engineering and software standards

• Influence the team to reduce the toil received from production, advocate for product reliability and influence the benefits of tech debt reduction with matrices

• Develop self and support the development of others through accountability and continuous learning 

• Adapt to constant change and model that for the rest of the team

• Evaluate a user story for technical context, feasibility, acceptance criteria, testability and estimation

• Additional tasks may be assigned

Addendum

BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER

• Experience in Java and JEE development, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Spring Security

• Knowledge of build management tools such as Gradle or Maven

• Demonstrated understanding of source control systems such as GIT

• Database design and implementation experience in either SQL or NoSQL databases

• Experience working with distributed caching technologies such as Redis

• Knowledge of full SDLC requirements gathering, planning, estimation, development, testing, and deployment 

BIG DATA SOFTWARE ENGINEER

• Experience in SQL, Python, Spark, Kafka and Airflow

• Experience in build management and DevOps using Gitlab, docker, linux scripting

• Data modeling and design experience, including Bigquery, SQL or PL/SQL

• Good understanding of data as a product or data mesh topologies using cloud data lakes like Google Big Query, Amazon Redshift or Snowflake

• Experience designing and implementing data pipelines using Apache Airflow, Spark, Python/Scala

• Knowledge of real-time streaming technologies like Kafkaconnect, and Flume for messaging and streaming pipelines

• Knowledge of handling PCI/PII data adhering to compliance standards like GDPR, PCI DSS, SOX, CCPA

• Experience in the design and integration of GenAI tools and technologies like OpenAI, Gemini and Llama LLMs

UI SOFTWARE ENGINEER

• A passion for stellar user experience and design

• Proficient in NodeJS and ECMAScript standards

• Deep understanding of CSS patterns and HTML

• Understanding of responsive design

• Proficient in React and one other modern UI framework like Angular, Ember, or Vue.js

• Consume reusable component libraries

• Can compose CSS on the fly

SaaS SOFTWARE ENGINEER

• Hybrid Cloud Architecture Experience

• Experience with integration platforms or frameworks

• Experience integrating with large SaaS systems

• Experience migrating on-prem systems to cloud solutions

• Experience developing integration frameworks

• Experience executing integration testing strategies

APP MODERNIZATION SOFTWARE ENGINEER

• Confident in Spring Boot, Kotlin, and Java

• Proven experience in frontend development and frameworks ReactJS, NextJS

• Proven experience in MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes

• Experience in large scale migrations - Kafka and Postgres Connectors

• Experience in Android, React, and .NET

What Skills You Have

Required

• 2+ years of experience in software development

• Knowledge of application design patterns, event-driven architecture, database schemas and testing strategies

• Knowledge and experience with continuous integration, continuous deployment and test-driven development

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in MIS, Computer Science or related field

• Experience with large-scale application troubleshooting and performance tuning

• Exposure to working with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)

• Familiarity and experience with XP (Extreme Programming)

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description from time to time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section

• Ability to comply with dress code requirements

• Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation

• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company

• Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines

• Ability to give direction and to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel

• Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others

• Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes

• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs

• Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.

• Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units

• Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner