URBN is hiring a Software Engineer to join the Enterprise Core Services team. We are looking for an engineer with 2-5 years of experience to help build and maintain our Kafka-based event streaming platform and support the migration of legacy enterprise systems into modern, cloud-native services. You will work closely with senior and staff engineers, product managers, and platform engineers to deliver reliable, well-tested integration services, while growing your skills in distributed systems and enterprise integration.
Role Responsibilities- Implement and maintain services that participate in our Kafka-based event streaming architecture, under the guidance of senior team members.
- Build and support enterprise integration services as part of the migration off legacy platforms.
- Use agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar technologies to scope, implement, and troubleshoot well-defined tasks, with your work reviewed against the same standards applied to any pull request.
- Write and maintain automated tests, and participate actively in code review - both giving and receiving feedback.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Platform Engineers, and other Software Engineers on day-to-day feature and integration work.
- Investigate and fix defects surfaced during development, testing, or production support, escalating ambiguous or architectural questions to senior engineers.
- Contribute to documentation for the services and patterns you work on.
- Learn and apply the team's conventions for Kafka topic design, schema evolution, and service migration patterns.
- 2-5 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Working proficiency in Python, with experience building and maintaining services or APIs.
- Exposure to event-driven systems or message queues (Kafka experience a plus, not required) and a willingness to build deeper expertise here.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and modern CI/CD and testing practices.
- Comfortable using or learning agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) as part of the day-to-day workflow.
- Strong fundamentals: clear written communication, careful code review habits, and a bias toward asking questions when scope or requirements are unclear.
- Eagerness to learn distributed systems and enterprise integration patterns from senior team members.
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EEO StatementURBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.
Skills Required
- 2-5 years of professional software engineering experience
- Working proficiency in Python and experience building and maintaining services or APIs
- Exposure to event-driven systems or message queues, or willingness to develop expertise in this area
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern CI/CD and testing practices
- Familiarity with GCP
- Comfort using or learning agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor
- Clear written communication and effective code review habits
- Willingness to ask questions when scope or requirements are unclear
- Eagerness to learn distributed systems and enterprise integration patterns
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Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) is a global consumer-brand portfolio comprising Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, FP Movement, Anthropologie Weddings, Terrain, Menus & Venues, and Nuuly. The company creates unique retail experiences with a focus on creativity and pleasing customers. Its brands cultivate communities and provide inclusive platforms where customers, coworkers, partners, and followers can express themselves through creative expression and community.
