American Eagle Outfitters Inc. is a leading global specialty retailer with a portfolio of beloved apparel brands. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to develop global e-commerce applications, focusing on backend app development and performance tuning, while also migrating legacy applications to cloud-native solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Designing and developing backend apps using Java/JDK8, Spring Boot and ATG
- Leading full-cycle implementation and performance tuning of e-commerce site development and web applications
- Conducting software testing, validation and enforce coding standards
- Improving existing software and adapt new hardware
- Providing on-call support and resolve issues
- Migrating legacy applications to cloud-native applications
Requirements:
- Must have a bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field plus five (5) years of post-baccalaureate and progressively responsible experience in a related IT position
- Experience must include five (5) years working with: (i) Java/JDK8 to develop e-commerce software applications; (ii) ATG e-Commerce framework; and (iii) all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, and troubleshooting retail applications in an agile environment
- Experience must also include three (3) years: (i) working with Spring/Spring Boot applications; (ii) implementing REST web services for use in high-traffic retail ecommerce platforms; and (iii) Cloud-native application development using Google Cloud Platform, AWS or Pivotal Cloud Foundry