Staff Backend Software Engineer

About the Role

As Staff Software Engineer, you will be part of a dynamic, cross-functional team dedicated to enhancing the customer experience. You will collaborate closely with Design, Product Management, and Engineering experts to tackle real-world challenges and deliver innovative solutions that elevate our retail offerings.

STAFF BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER

• Expert in Java and JEE development, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Spring Security
• Experience with build management tools such as Gradle or Maven
• Knowledge of source control systems such as GIT
• Database design and implementation experience in either SQL or NoSQL databases
• Experience designing and implementing distributed caching technologies such as Redis
• Experience leading requirements refinement, planning, estimation, development, testing, and deployment
• Work cross-functionally between multiple product teams
• Architect enterprise-grade applications

What You'll Do

• Lead the development of high-quality applications that are robust, observable and measurable. Using extreme programming (XP) practices and a user-centric approach
• Navigate the entire application lifecycle in collaboration with designers, product managers, and other engineers on the product team
• Leverage critical thinking, lead lean experimentation and influence decisions backed by data and industry best practices to implement desired business outcomes
• Establish and lead product engineering and software standards and continuously elevate existing standards using the new ones in the industry
• Mentor junior team members in pairing sessions, one-on-ones and ad-hoc as the need arises, and create teachable moments
• Contribute to cultural transformation by modeling partnership, collaboration, and technical initiatives and giving and receiving feedback regularly both within the team and across the organization
• Champion XP practice and knows when to customize it for effectiveness and also engages in conversations around practice, processes and community
• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• 6+ years of experience in software development
• Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities
• Advanced knowledge of application design patterns, event-driven architecture, database schemas, and testing strategies
• Experience with large-scale application troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Demonstrated experience working with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
• 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
• Familiarity and experience with XP (Extreme Programming)

Client-provided location(s): Menomonee Falls, WI

Job ID: kohls-KLHKUSR407623

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-07-31T12:57:13