Software Engineer Principal, Machine Learning & E-Commerce (Remote)

Req120717

Position Purpose

The Software Engineer Principal will drive the technical vision and architecture for a high-traffic e-commerce website. This role is for a hands-on leader with extensive experience designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable e-commerce platforms in cloud environments, specifically Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will possess a blend of technical expertise, leadership, and innovation to ensure our platform delivers exceptional performance, user experience, and integration of cutting-edge technologies.

Key Responsibilities
? 70% Delivery & Execution
? Collaborates and pairs with other product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions
? Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
? Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases
? Writes custom code or scripts to do 'destructive testing' to ensure adequate resiliency in production
? Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively
? Contributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive testing, automation, or engineering empowerment
? Identifies product enhancements (client-facing or technical) to create a better experience for the end users
? Identifies unsecured code areas and implements fixes as they are discovered with or without tooling
? Identifies, implements, and shares technical solutions that can be used across the organization
? Creates and architects foundational code elements that can be reused many times by a product
? Creates meaningful architecture diagrams and other documentation needed for security reviews or other interested parties
? Defines Service Level Objectives for product to constantly measure their reliability in production and help prioritize backlog work
? 20% Support & Enablement:
? Fields questions from other product teams or support teams
? Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams
? Provides application support for software running in production
? Proactively monitors production Service Level Objectives for products
? Works with vendors and the open-source community to help identify and implement feature enhancements in software products
? Works with other product teams to create API specifications and contracts for shared data
? Proactively reviews the performance and capacity of all aspects of production: code, infrastructure, data, and message processing
? Triages high priority issues and outages as they arise
? 10% Learning:
? Participates in and leads learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)
? Learns, through reading, tutorials, and videos, new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations
? Attends conferences and learns how to apply new technologies where appropriate

Direct Manager/Direct Reports
? Typically reports to the Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager, Technology Director or Sr. Director.

Travel Requirements
? Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements
? Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions
? Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications
? Must be eighteen years of age or older.
? Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
? Mastery of an object oriented programming language (preferably Java)
? Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications
? Bachelor's or master?s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field preferred
? 10+ years of experience in software development and architecture, with at least 5 years leading e-commerce platforms
? Expertise in cloud technologies, particularly GCP. Experience with other cloud environments (AWS, Azure) is a plus
? Strong background in microservices architecture, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless technologies
? Proven ability to design and implement scalable, high-performance systems capable of handling high traffic (10,000+ TPS)
? Experience with BigQuery, GraphQL, and ML integration for e-commerce applications
? Experience developing or integrating chatbots and conversational AI into e-commerce platforms
? Strong knowledge of security, compliance, and data privacy in the context of cloud-based e-commerce
? Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and present ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
? Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment in a cloud-native environment
? Familiarity with SEO optimization, web performance metrics (LCP, FID, CLS), and Core Web Vitals
? Knowledge of DORA metrics and experience improving developer productivity through tooling and automation

Minimum Education
? The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education
? No additional education

Minimum Years Of Work Experience
? 6

Preferred Years Of Work Experience
? No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience
? None

Preferred Leadership Experience
? None

Certifications
? None

Competencies
? Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm
? Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
? Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
? Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
? Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
? Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
? Global Perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens
? Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
? Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear
? Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
? Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
? Optimizes Work Processes: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
? Self-Development: Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels
? Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations

The application window is anticipated to be closed on September 10, 2024

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