Garmin · 16 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer
Olathe, KS
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expGarmin is a leading technology company based in the Greater Kansas City area, seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and project planning for software development. The role involves designing and developing web-enabled applications, mentoring less experienced engineers, and contributing to advanced technical research.
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Responsibilities
Serves in a leadership capacity as an individual contributor for carrying out software development in Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Vue or other selected languages for new products and/or applications
Designs and develops web-enabled client-side and server-side applications as part of a structured Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process
Develops and consumes web services utilizing a services-oriented architecture
May serve as a Lead Software Engineer for complex software development project designs and/or reviews architected modules and software systems supporting new technology or improving capability/performance of existing functionality
Works directly with stakeholders to come up with functional requirements and decomposes functional requirements into well-defined tasks
Researches fundamental problems and implements algorithm solutions that are appropriate
Offers peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
Participates in project leadership and/or program planning including providing technical input to product development plans and concept documents
Makes substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility and applies good judgment in setting schedules/risk taking
Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced Software Engineers (1 & 2)
Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies
Offers process improvement suggestions and authors new procedures as appropriate
Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques
Supports working hours as part of a rotating schedule to provide on call support of Garmin’s 24/7 operations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
Must possess programming experience using Java (11, 17, 21+), dependency injection frameworks (Spring/Spring Boot), O/R mapping (Hibernate, OpenJPA), Vue
Proficiency in frontend technologies such as JavaScript, Typescript, and frameworks like Vue, Express or React
Experience with relational and/or non-relational database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
Experience writing and optimizing complex SQL queries
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Tekton, ArgoCD
Must demonstrate proficiency in the development of unit and integration tests
Experience with version control systems such as Subversion or GIT
Demonstrated proficiency with designing well architected software systems and modules that support new technology or improve capability/performance of existing functionality
Demonstrated competence with researching fundamental problems and implementing appropriate algorithmic solutions
Demonstrated ability to serve as a lead software engineer for a complex software project
Ability to decompose functional requirements into well-defined tasks while balancing quality, quantity, and complexity in work output
Demonstrated capability to offer peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
Preferred
Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
Experience with messaging/event streaming systems such as RabbitMQ and Kafka
Experience with cloud-based development using platforms such as Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, Kubernetes
Benefits
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Company
Garmin
WHERE DO WE START? How about Kansas City? That’s our home. That’s where Garmin put a stake in the ground in 1989.
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Funding
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