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About us

KnitWell Group, a specialty retail operating company, comprises some of the most iconic brands in America – Ann Taylor, Chico's, Haven Well Within, Lane Bryant, LOFT, Soma, Talbots, White House Black Market. Individually, our brands are unique and strong. Together, we are powerful.

Our common thread is our commitment to create exceptional products, provide memorable experiences, and achieve superior results. Our associates are innovators who thrive through collaboration and are dedicated to excellence. At the heart of it all are the customers we serve. We are dedicated to creating fashion that not only looks good but also makes our customers feel good.

Backend Engineer II - Commerce

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

This position is responsible for independently designing and building various functions in a complex multiple tiered ecommerce environment. This role collaborates effectively with peer application teams to develop solutions in a fast passed agile environment and trains junior engineers with industry standards and best practices.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Builds and maintains e-commerce websites, including integrations to payment gateways, tax and fraud detection software providers.
• Creates detailed technical design and develops high quality code following industry standards and best practices.
• Performs in high pressure Agile environment with tight deadlines.
• Estimates, plans, and manages all tasks and reports on progress.
• Works closely with scrum master and product manager in sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives and sprint demos.
• Optimizes website speed, performance and security standards.
• Debugs and troubleshoots issues on ecommerce site and provide resolution.
• Researches, evaluates new technologies/tools and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities in line with the architecture technology strategy of the organization.
• Other duites as asssigned.

COMPETENCIES:

Culture

• Living the Chico’s FAS Values and Guiding Principles by demonstrating Customer Focus, Instilling Trust, Driving Engagement and Delivering Results with High Performance.

Decision Quality

• Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Action Oriented

• Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

Interpersonal Savvy

• Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.

Situational Adaptability

• Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent, repuired
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise ecommerce development in platforms like Salesforce Commerce cloud, Commerce tools or Oracle ATG; as well as senior level application development experience with Java, J2EE, Spring boot, Node JS, Weblogic, JBoss, JMS, web services (REST & SOAP) and micro services
• Experience working with commerce features such as Product Catalog, Pricing, Promotions, My Account, Shopping Cart and Checkout
• Strong hands-on experience in designing and deploying cloud-based applications using micro services architecture and best practices preferably on Google cloud platform
• Experience with ecommerce Search tools like Algolia or Syte, Best indexing practices, Presentation API
• Experience with integrating external services and APIs and common auth models
• Good hands-on experience with Relational and NoSQL databases
• Working experience with CI/CD pipelines, building regression-able code using GitHub, and other dev ops related tools & applications
• Flexible and available to provide off-hours support
• Experience managing software deliverables tools like Jira
• Experience working with teams in Agile methodology

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Location:

Corporate FAS Distribution Services - Fort Myers, FL 33928

Position Type:

Regular/Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. Hiring decisions are based upon a candidate's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration and are made without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other category protected by applicable law. The Company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for job applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position you are seeking or to participate in the application process, please contact myHRSupport@knitwellgroup.com. The Company will make reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified applicants or employees, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operations of the Company’s business. The Company will not revoke or alter a job offer based on an applicant’s request for reasonable accommodation.