Senior IT Software Engineer (Java)

Garmin International - Olathe, KS

Full-time - Senior

Olathe, KS

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

We are seeking a full-time Senior IT Software Engineer in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and developing complex multi-system applications and driving collaboration with others to ensure effective project completion. You will work collaboratively to develop and implement unit and system testing processes, ensuring that all software solutions meet the highest standards of quality and performance. As a Senior IT Software Engineer, you will lead complex multi-system application development projects and drive collaboration with other teams and departments. You will provide technical input to solution development plans and concept documents, adding value during design reviews. Your role will also involve developing and supporting integrations between multiple systems and/or applications, maintaining, improving, and extending existing multi-system software. You will work closely with analysts and users to design software systems and develop and implement unit and system testing processes. In addition, you will contribute to advanced technical research on new technologies, determining the feasibility of team or functional goals and objectives. You will understand the business impacts of issues as they relate to IT-owned solutions, providing reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems, including the evaluation of new technologies to improve existing functions. You will consistently look for opportunities in all changes and serve as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers. Your responsibilities will also include developing reliable solutions to complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity, participating in project definition activities, and designing and developing web-enabled client-side and server-side applications as part of a structured Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process. You will also develop and consume web services utilizing a services-oriented architecture.

Responsibilities

• Leads complex multi-system application development projects and drives collaboration with other teams/departments.
• Provides technical input to solution development plans/concept documents and collaborates and adds value in design reviews.
• Develops and supports integrations between multiple systems and/or applications.
• Maintains, improves, and extends existing multi-system software and works collaboratively with Analysts/users to design software systems and develop/implement unit and system testing processes.
• Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies and determines feasibility of team or functional goals/objectives.
• Understands business impacts of issues as they relate to IT owned solutions, provides reliable solutions to wide range of difficult problems including evaluation of new technologies to improve existing functions, and consistently looks at opportunity in all change.
• Serves as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers (Software Engineer 1 & 2).
• Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Participates in project definition activities including feature analysis and system tradeoffs.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule).
• Demonstrated experience in successful implementation of technology solutions.
• Must demonstrate proficiency and possess the experience necessary to design, enhance and develop complex multi-system applications.
• Must demonstrate an ability to learn and understand secure coding practices.
• Demonstrated proficiency in writing software in developmental languages (Java, SQL, PL/SQL).
• Experience with version control systems (GIT).
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to drive projects to effective/timely completion.
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must possess programming experience using Java, Java Server Pages (JSP), Java Servlets, JDBC, Java Enterprise Edition technologies, O/R mapping (Hibernate, Toplink, Java Web Frameworks, (Struts, JSF)).
• Must possess experience utilizing build and integration managers such as Maven or Jenkins.

Nice-to-haves

• REST API, Microservices architecture with Spring Boot Java 11 or higher.
• Test Tools including Junit, Mockito and JMeter in implementing unit tests and integration test suites.
• Previous experience working in a team environment.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Dental insurance coverage
• 401k benefit for retirement savings plan
• 401(k) matching benefit
• Paid holidays
• Paid volunteer time
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee discount programs