SrSoftwareJavaEngineer

Our direct client is one of the largest food and drug retailers with 2,300+ stores. Includes some of the most prominent brands in food retailing, with a growing base of loyal shoppers. They are currently in urgent need of a Sr Software Java Engineer. This is a 6 to 12 Months Contract role located in Pleasanton CA. The position is remote for now till Covid. Post-Covid, it will be onsite at Pleasanton, CA The Digital Marketing Technology & Engineering Department has an opening for a Senior Software Java Engineer within the Retail Media Network team. This position is located in Pleasanton, California or Dallas, Texas. Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Provide expertise and design solutions for consumer-facing web applications as well as system integration with internal systems and with external vendors. Provide technical leadership in design, development, and testing of business solutions. Prepare and present potential technical solutions and advise the business on approach and tradeoffs. Work with scrum masters, product owners, UI developers, back-end developers QA engineers, and subject matter experts to understand the complex technological system in order to produce integrated end-to-end solution options. Communicate solution approaches to enterprise architects, project teams, leadership, and other stakeholders. Keep up-to-date on cutting-edge technologies like Cloud, APIs, Machine Learning, IoT, Mobile, Social and Big Data etc. Works with Solution Architects and Engineers to identify and mitigate architectural risks and issues across programs and projects. Ensures that the solution architecture and design align with the Target Architecture for the project. Ensuring adherence to architecture standards and processes. Ensuring that the solution meets the functional and non-functional requirements approved by the business. Leverages existing and participates in the creation and augmentation of new and existing reusable service components and patterns. Defines the structure of systems, their interfaces, and the principles that guide its organization, software design, and implementation. Write technical requirements, stories, task break-up at the right level Ensures Integration Requirements & Designs are supported by standard Safeway Development Patterns and if required augments them if new patterns emerge. Defines and supports reusable application components from a business and technology perspective. Contributor to application development principles and patterns. Partners with Enterprise, Application, and other Lead Architects in driving modular, services-oriented integration and solutions architectures. Able to provide coding and technical direction to less experienced staff or develops highly complex original code. Lead projects, provide technical leadership, coach and mentor team members. Qualifications: 4 year degree (Computer Science, Information Systems or relational functional field) and/or equivalent combination of education or work experience. 6+ years of hands-on programming and integration experience (Java, J2EE/Spring, SOAP, and/or REST APIs). Significant experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies is required. Experience in Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or AWS is required. Experience in application containerization with Dockers/Kubernetes is strongly preferred. Experience in No-SQL and in-memory DB (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis) is strongly preferred. Experience in high-performance and high-frequency data streaming (using Kafka, Storm, etc.) and handling a large volume of batch data (using ETL technologies) is strongly preferred. Deep familiarity with DevOps processes and CI/CD tools/processes is strongly preferred. Experience in the e-commerce domain, with a deep understanding of product search and browse, catalog, and master data management, pertaining to the Retail/Grocery industry is preferred. Experience in Jira, Confluence is strongly preferred. Strong understanding of architecture/design patterns and best practices. Strong emphasis on Testing, Quality, and Automation. Strong ability to decompose a broad level business requirement into technical implementation. Ability to mentor and guide development team members. Strong organization skills with good interpersonal skills and a customer service oriented attitude. Strong experience building consumer-facing solutions and building applications on the public cloud. Deep knowledge of scalability, security, and maintainability of high-volume Internet applications. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Ability to communicate and drive highly complex technology solutions to broad audiences within and outside of Technology and Engineering. Ability to define solutions from very high-level business ideas. Ability to work independently. About Maxonic: Since 2002 Maxonic has been at the forefront of connecting candidate strengths to client challenges. Our award-winning, dedicated team of recruiting professionals are specialized by technology, are great listeners, and will seek to find a position that meets the long-term career needs of our candidates. We take pride in the over 5,000 candidates that we have placed, and the repeat business that we earn from our satisfied clients. Interested in Applying? We'd love to hear from you! Please feel free to email Suresh Krishnamurthy at or call