Senior Software Engineer

Company: Sleep Number
Location: Minnetonka
Posted on: November 22, 2020

Job Description:

Position Purpose:-- You will serve as a technical expert focused on designing and building the next generation of applications at Sleep Number. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating feature-rich, intuitive, experience-focused digital products to delight our internal and external customers. You will be able to work in an entrepreneurial environment, and partner closely with a team of technologists and product managers to develop innovative solutions and tools with a "customer first" mindset. This role is open to a remote worker, otherwise will reside at our Headquarters location in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as a technical expert leading the design, development, delivery, and support of applications with an agile mindset
• Collaborate with multiple teams to design and ship new features and enhancements
• Ensure the performance, quality, scalability, security and responsiveness of applications
• Provide clear communications to stakeholders regarding outcomes, timelines and issues
• Focus on enhancing the customer experience through applying User Centric design principles
• Maintain a pulse on emerging technologies, experiment and drive innovationsKey Performance Indicators:
  • Operational excellence of Sleep Number's application platforms
  • Deliver/enhance applications with high quality and customer delight
  • Mentor/Coach team members to build software using industry leading practicesPosition Requirements:--
    • Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields required
    • Progressive software development experience in dynamic, fast paced environment
    • Experience in Web and/or Mobile App development
    • Expert in RESTful and microservices based design principles
    • Experience with performance profiling and tuning of APIs
    • Proficient with event driven platforms like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache Pulsar
    • Proven background with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google
    • Demonstrated success in building complex full stack responsive web applications
    • Strong development background in UI/UX frameworks such as ReactJS, Angular, Vue.js
    • Experience with continuous delivery, including Test- or Behavior-Driven Development, code review, static analysis and continuous integration using automation tools
    • Experience in Retail, Commerce is preferableKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:
      • Creative problem solver, with strong analytical skills
      • Collaborative aptitude and experience working in a fast paced, ever-evolving environment
      • Technical leadership experience on medium and large-scale initiatives is desired
      • Experience working with agile/scrum methodology required
      • Ability to organize, prioritize work, meet deadlines, and work independently
      • Strong written and verbal communication skills across a variety of audiences, both technical and nontechnicalWorking Conditions (if applicable):
        • Flexible availability required - business needs may require work during non-core business hours
        • Typical office environment, requiring at least 8 hours standing or sitting#li-remote

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