Full stack Engineer

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider offering strategic talent solutions to clients worldwide. This opportunity is with a fashion specialty retailer founded on delivering the best possible service, quality, value, and selection to customers.

Location: Seattle, WA 98101
Duration: 5 months
Work Type: Hybrid
Schedule: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday
Pay Rate: $50.00/hr

About the role

We are seeking an Engineer 2 to join our Foundation team, which supports the tools and data enabling our salespeople to work productively across more than 350 stores. This role is an excellent opportunity for a skilled full-stack engineer to develop systems shaping the future of our modern eventing system at scale. You will work across a distributed system and network of devices, improving the speed and accuracy of POS events, financial transactions, store-level applications, and POS systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain microservices using Java 8+, Spring Boot, Kafka, SQL, and deploy to Kubernetes in the cloud.
• Build highly responsive and scalable web applications using React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS to enhance the back-of-house experience.
• Apply system thinking to ensure code maintainability, testability, and supportability in production.
• Lead the design and prototyping of solutions, setting standards for the team.
• Implement telemetry and monitoring solutions to proactively detect and address potential issues.
• Participate in a scheduled on-call rotation to ensure system reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Consistently deliver valuable features and address design or architectural deficiencies.

Skills

Technology Understanding & Programming

• In-depth knowledge of Java 8+, Spring Boot, React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, Kafka, and SQL.
• Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.
• Experience with AWS services (e.g., RDS, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB).
• Strong understanding of AWS multi-region architectures, including high availability and disaster recovery setups.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Familiarity with AWS services like Route 53, CloudFront, and Global Accelerator.
• Knowledge of data consistency models, synchronization across regions, and conflict resolution strategies.
• Experience with Kafka and NoSQL databases.

Design Skills

• Ability to apply design patterns and principles (e.g., SOLID, CQRS, eventual consistency).
• Experience designing for performance, scalability, and distributed architecture.
• Proficiency in modeling problem domains and anticipating future changes.

Development Practices

• Advocate for automation in testing, deployment, and security scanning.
• Experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of test-driven development (TDD).

Infrastructure Knowledge

• Ability to automate and build Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
• Proficiency with multiple operating systems and scripting techniques.
• Expertise in databases and understanding of various data storage paradigms.

Security Awareness

• Commitment to writing secure code by default.
• Experience with security tools and practices, including deep security probes and server hardening.

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership in group discussions, design sessions, and presentations.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to drive value with product owners.
• Innovative mindset with the ability to evaluate and introduce new tools and methodologies.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.