Senior Software Engineer

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Senior Software Engineer

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Posted Date: Feb- 1-2022

Job ID: 22990

Job Type: Full Time

Job Function: Information Technology

City: Seattle

State: Washington

Store: Seattle HQ

Remote Eligible: Yes

Please visit the Covid-19 Hiring Updates before applying

What's cool about this job

REI is committed to becoming a fully inclusive, antiracist, multicultural organization. To fulfill our brand promise of enabling a life well-lived outside for everyone, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism.

At REI our mission is to inspire, educate and outfit for a lifetime of outdoor adventure and stewardship. Join a growing segment in REI key to fulfilling this mission by helping people find the right gear to rent and the right REI experiences to participate in by building the software that powers our Rentals and Outdoor Programs systems! We are looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to design, develop and implement the next generation of features and functionality for these portions of REI’s website and employee tools.

You will get to work on a variety of projects with varying levels of complexity including: new site enhancements, application development, enterprise integrations, performance optimization, and incident response. You'll collaborate in a dynamic environment with REI’s UX Designers, Solution Architects, other Engineers, and more to create interactive features that deliver exceptional customer experiences. You will have the flexibility to grow your skills and explore new technical challenges on the journey towards making REI’s digital experience world-class.

Bring your passion and expertise

The ideal candidate will be comfortable in ambiguous conditions. They will demonstrate initiative to develop solutions for challenges without an existing playbook. They will be a self-starter, rolling up their sleeves to get the work done. Their high degree of empathy and emotional IQ will allow them to successfully work with teams across the co-op, translating the needs of business teams against specific requirements from a range of internal stakeholders.

• Responsible for solving highly technical and complex problems on multiple projects
• Collaborates closely with technology and product leadership to participate in and drive large scale development efforts
• Strong ability to work in a close-knit, collaborative team environment
• Provides technical guidance to ensure implemented solutions are working effectively and proposed solutions will meet the organization’s future needs.
• Gathers, analyzes, and translates business and non-functional requirements into a solution design.
• Designs, develops to specification and maintains application code in accordance with the current architecture principles, development and project management methodologies and practices. Conducts technical walkthroughs with software engineers to ensure technical feasibility and standards across teams.
• Formulates systems scope and objectives and resolves highly complex technical issues.
• Ability to set effective work goals, establish priorities, and plan well to produce quality work.
• Participates in on-call rotation for 24x7 service requirement in support of business and customer experience

Qualifications:

• 5 - 7+ years in professional software development,
• 5+ years’ experience with Java (8+)
• 3+ years’ experience working with Relational Databases and SQL such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• 5+ years’ experience writing code leveraging Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Framework
• 3+ years’ experience designing and building RESTful APIs
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and experience

REI hires, trains, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We remain deeply committed to making the Co-op a place where everyone can feel safe and be themselves. Join us.

As required by the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, REI provides a range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors. The salary range for this position may be lower or higher in different markets.

$75,000 to $147,500 per year

To review benefits information, including medical, retirement, and time off visit http://foryourbenefit-rei.com .

At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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