Staff Software Engineer

About Gap Inc.

Our past is full of iconic moments — but our future is going to spark many more. Our brands — Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Athleta — have dressed people from all walks of life and all kinds of families, all over the world, for every occasion for more than 50 years.

But we’re more than the clothes that we make. We know that business can and should be a force for good, and it’s why we work hard to make product that makes people feel good, inside and out. It’s why we’re committed to giving back to the communities where we live and work. If you're one of the super-talented who thrive on change, aren't afraid to take risks and love to make a difference, come grow with us.

About the Role

In this role, you will design highly scalable and high performing technology solutions in an Agile work environment and produce and deliver code and/or test cases using wide-ranging experience, professional concepts, company objectives and Agile practices. You will collaborate closely with key business support teams, product managers, architecture to assist in resolving complex critical cross-team and cross-domain production issues to help simplify and improve business processes through the latest in technology and automation. You are a technical expert and will lead through the requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and support phases of a product. You will leverage your comprehensive knowledge of domain and core programming technologies or packages to mentor and advise team members.

What You'll Do

• Tech Skills (Must Have):
• Strong hands-on development experience on Java / J2EE technologies
• Total professional experience of 8 to 10 years in Software Engineering
• Minimum relevant experience of 7 years (recent)
• Thorough understanding of Object Oriented analysis and design principles
• Good Practical understanding of Java/J2EE Design patterns and Microservices patterns
• Hands-on application/product development using Spring (Core/MVC/Boot).
• Strong Working knowledge of RESTful APIs design and development
• Hands-on with enterprise-grade event streaming/messaging platforms and stream processing frameworks; Kafka or equivalent strongly preferred
• Strong working knowledge of SQL
• Strong working knowledge of one of ORM technologies like Hibernate / IBatis / MyBatis
• Strong working knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or any other NoSQL DB
• Working knowledge of React.js and frontend fundamentals; understands OAuth-based authentication and RBAC authorisation.
• Strong working knowledge of CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions); familiarity with configuration management/IaC tools such as Chef.
• Strong working knowledge of Code Quality tools/frameworks like Sonar
• Strong knowledge of automated testing (unit, integration, contract).
• Good knowledge of Agile development methodologies

Who You Are

• Tech Skills (Good to have):
• Knowledge of SQL Performance Tuning
• Experience with Cloud
• Knowledge of Azure Kubernetes Service and container orchestration basics.
• On-call support experience with PagerDuty, Service Now
• Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring tools like Nagios, New Relic
• Knowledge of GCP and/or observability platforms such as Splunk.
• Experience with Lean and Extreme Programming (XP) practices.

Benefits at Gap Inc.

• One of the most competitive paid time off plans in the industry
• Comprehensive health coverage for employees, same-sex partners and their families
• Health and wellness program: free annual health check-ups, fitness center and Employee Assistance Program
• Comprehensive benefits to support the journey of parenthood
• Retirement planning assistance
• See more of the benefits we offer.

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.