Senior Java Software Engineer

Garmin International, Inc.•Olathe, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a full-time Senior IT Software Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and developing complex multi-system applications and drives collaboration with others to ensure effective project completion while working collaboratively to develop and implement unit and system testing processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems or related field AND a minimum of 5 years 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, enhances and develops complex multi-system applications
Must demonstrate an ability to learn and understand secure coding practices
Demonstrated proficiency in writing software in Java
Experience with version control systems such as Subversion or 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 experience utilizing build and integration managers such as Maven or Hudson
Strong expertise in Spring Boot and microservices architecture.
Hands-on experience developing and supporting distributed systems using Kafka and/or RabbitMQ.
Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs.
Experience with MySQL database design, optimization, and performance tuning.
Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, messaging patterns, and scalable backend systems.
Experience with software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, and CI/CD.
Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working in a team environment
Experience deploying and operating applications in Kubernetes-based environments
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
Familiarity with frontend frameworks such as Vue.js, Angular, or React
Experience building Web APIs and backend services using Node.js
Experience with observability and monitoring solutions such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or Prometheus
Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD), event sourcing, and event-driven architectures
Previous experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership initiatives

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)
Demonstrates broad understanding of Garmin’s business model including Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales & Marketing
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