Position Summary:
The Services Tech Lead will participate in activities that guide the direction, development, and delivery of software solutions that meet business needs. The Services Tech Lead will complete analysis and design tasks required to deliver critical business solutions. This role will establish estimates and work plans for design, development, implementation, and rollout tasks. The Services Tech Lead will communicate with the appropriate teams to ensure that assignments are delivered with the highest quality and in accordance with standards. This role will be adding functionality to existing applications as well as developing new applications that will monitor freshness delivered by Kroger stores. This role will be expected to demonstrate the core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. This Services Tech Lead role is with the Supply Chain Fresh team.
Minimum Position Qualifications:
8+ years of experience in systems analysis, design or programming and the associated development methodologies.
8+ years of experience coding in Java
7+ years of experience developing RESTful APIs
Experience with designing, building and releasing APIs
Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
4+ years of experience with continuous integration and automated testing integration
Strong knowledge of SQL.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, GitHub SaaS
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
Ability to interact well in a team environment
Proven communication skills to effectively communicate information to team members
Experience with developing services on a cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure
Experience with modern libraries and tooling
Significant experience with the Spring Framework (Persistence, REST, Messaging, Integrations) such as Spring Boot
Significant experience on core features of Spring such as Dependency Injection and Aspect-Oriented Programming, Spring Security etc.
Significant knowledge of SQL Database and NoSQL Databases
Proven Experience working with Docker or similar technologies, GIT, CI/CD and writing unit/integration tests
Essential Job Functions:
Provide application designs and lead design discussions, execute development against design, and a navigate complex codebase
Complete estimates and work plan as appropriate for design, development, implementation, and rollout
Create technical system documentation and ensure that this documentation remains current
Participate in the analysis of the technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement
Promote the capture and reuse of intellectual capital, including code objects and components
Support and maintain applications utilizing required tools and technologies. Provide support for applications, including involvement with the Support Center, Networking and Infrastructure teams, and vendors as appropriate
Participate in on-call rotation