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Software Engineer III – Full Stack (JAVA #17 and REACT)

Work Model; Hybrid, Framingham, MA

Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

Our digital solutions team is more than a traditional IT organization. We are a team of passionate, collaborative, agile, inventive, customer-centric, results-oriented problem solvers. We are intellectually curious, love advancements in technology and seek to adapt technologies to drive Staples forward. We anticipate the needs of our customers and business partners and deliver reliable, customer-centric technology services.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partner with both the business and technical teams to innovate and deliver new features and enhancements.
• Create or modify complex programs and modules from a detailed design where performance, efficiency, reliability is critical to the entire system and are scalable under sustained load.
• Work with engineers and other cross-functional teams like Product Management, Project Management, Release Engineering, Quality Assurance, Operations teams, etc. to develop innovative solutions that meet Customer needs.
• Develop and document design models and implements systems according to specific strategies, standards, guidelines, and policies.
• Solve unique, tactical problems involving complex technical issues across multiple disciplines.
• Ensure that technical solutions follow best practices, are reliable and easily maintainable.

What you bring to the table:

• Excellent team player who can drive a collaborative environment.
• Self-motivated, high-energy with the ability to execute on business objectives.
• Excellent verbal and written communications with the ability to establish effective working relationships with team members and cross-functional teams.
• Experience working on the design, development, testing, customer-centric business solutions components throughout all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Excellent analytical abilities and a strong intellectual curiosity.
• Proficient understanding of any code versioning tools (Git, Subversion, SourceTree) 
• Experience working with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with cloud architecture and technologies.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with message queueing systems like RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka.
• Working knowledge of project management tools such as JIRA and documentation tools like Confluence.

What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:

•  6+ years of professional software development experience in building production applications in Java.
• Proficient in developing web applications using HTML (4/5), CSS, JavaScript, React js, Node.js, JSON, JAVA #17/J2EE.
• 5+ years of experience designing microservices using Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JWT, or Oauth 2.0.
• 5+ years of experience in both relational and NoSQL database – MySQL, Couchbase 
• Experience with batch job frameworks such as Spring Batch.
• 5+ years of experience with Splunk or Dynatrace for log analysis and monitoring
• 5+ years of experience writing unit test(jUnit) cases during application development.
• 3+ years of experience with Jenkins for build and deployment job and an understanding of CI/CD.
• Experience in building low latency and highly scalable distributed systems.
• JVM tuning and performance optimization techniques.

What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience working in retail domain and developing e-commerce solutions.
• Experience working with Netflix OSS a plus.

We Offer:

• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
• Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule
• Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!

At Staples, “inclusion” is an action word. It represents what we do to ensure that all employees feel valued and supported to contribute to their fullest potential. When we operate inclusively, diversity naturally follows. This is why we work hard to foster an inclusive culture, as we seek employees with unique and varied perspectives and areas of expertise. The result is a better workplace and innovative thinking that helps us exceed our customers’ expectations -- through the power of the people behind our iconic brand.

Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.