Principal Software Engineer

Profile

Gap Inc. Direct (GID) is the award winning e-commerce division of Gap Inc.
As the fastest growing division of Gap Inc., GID strategically operates as a separate business unit creating and managing the websites for some of the most powerful retail brands in the world.
Our websites include gap.com, oldnavy.com, bananarepublic.com, athleta.com and piperlime.com.
We ship to customers in over 90 countries worldwide.
We are passionate about creating and delivering quality software utilizing Agile and Dev/Ops Practices such as Automation, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration & Delivery, Pair Programming and story based iterative development utilizing cutting edge technologies.
Works collaboratively with technical and business team members to develop and maintain business solutions following Agile development principles and practices.
Is influential and engages actively in building out a dynamic and productive development organization and continuously improving practices and methodology.
Strategic thinking and coming up with sustainable solutions that span across projects and/or domains keeping an eye towards simplicity, reliability, manageability, scalability, extensibility, performance and re-use.
Provides technical expertise in the areas of architecture, design, implementation, and testing.
Strategic thinking and coming up with sustainable solutions that span across projects and/or domains keeping an eye towards.
Is actively involved with and influences direction of industry group /open source community. Identifies standards based solutions that
are appropriate to our environment and drive adoption via mentoring and guiding others who are still developing their skills.
Initiates and leads effort towards organizational goals and objectives.
Qualifications
A minimum of 10 years software development experience, 7 years of which are Java/J2ee specific, is required
Self-motivated team player who excels in a collaborative environment
Ecommerce experience is a must
Hands on experience with Agile methodologies
Strong sense of personal accountability; contributes beyond job role and responsibilities
Excellent problem solving skills; meticulous & methodical
Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly and self-directed
Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into simple software solutions
Passionate about continuously improving organizational practices
Thorough understanding of Object Oriented principles (Analysis and Design)
Candidates must have a robust understanding of Java and an in-depth understanding of other Java technologies, including Servlets, Struts/Tiles, JSP, JDBC, JMS, Spring
Familiarity with front-end technologies ** Object-Oriented Javascript, AJAX, XHTML, HTML, XML/DOM
Full lifecycle development experience on large projects, creating distributed and scalable business systems
Experience with WebServices (REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc)
Experience with relational databases and data access (JDBC/DAO/SQL) Oracle strongly preferred.
Familiarity with ORM technologies (iBatis, Hibernate)
Mentor and guide others who are still developing their skills
Desired Qualifications include:
Familiarity with EAI patterns, queuing systems (e.g. MQ Series, JMS, etc.) and business process orchestration (e.g. BPEL), workflow automation systems, etc.
Familiarity with Ruby
Experience with test automation frameworks
Experience in developing and driving SOA strategies within large enterprises and deploying SOA implementations to production a big plus
Experience with engineering best practices like BDD, TDD, Pairing
Gap Inc.

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