Principal, Software Engineer

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Position Summary... What you'll do:
Here at Sam’s, we’re driven by an intellectual curiosity that keeps us on the cutting-edge of user design and a seamless customer experience. We’re intrigued by the opportunity to engineer the most optimal approach that drives conversions and generates consumer loyalty across every touchpoint of the digital journey. As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll lead the work of 30+ engineers, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples;

identifying short- and long- term solutions and timeline; reviewing and approving proposed solutions. About Team:
Sam's Personalization Team builds applications that enhances our member's experiences thru personalization. By providing personalized messages, actions and recommendations for each member. We are revolutionizing how we do this at Sam's across all of our member engagements.

• Lead and inspire high‑performing engineering teams in Sam's Personalization space building applications to operate and deliver personalized experiences at Sam's.
• Drive a results‑oriented culture with a strong focus on engineering excellence, execution and propagate build for scale mindset.
• Lead and participate in medium‑to‑large‑scale projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; writing and developing code; troubleshooting open issues and bug‑fixes; ensuring on‑time delivery and hand‑offs.
• Design and build scalable applications using on‑premise and Cloud services.
• Perform all benchmarking and comparison testing, documenting the findings, and writing technical papers to train and evangelize ideas with other engineers.
• Provides technical, architectural and general engineering guidance to a large group 30+ engineers, for assigned Engineering projects.
• Coach and mentor other engineers in microservices architecture and equip other engineers with similar skills.
• Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.

• Extensive understanding of Kubernetes, cloud platforms, complex data flows, microservice architecture and design, and best practices around multithreading, networking, and performance tuning
• Expert level knowledge and understanding of Java, Spring Boot, and experience working with distributed systems and teams.
• Experience with implementing Event Driven Architecture patterns at scale.
• A disciplined approach to development, code review, testing, documentation and code structure in a team environment.
• Constant desire to improve, learn more and take things to the next level and a passion for adopting the latest tech stacks.
• Demonstrated knowledge of core design patterns to integrate with internal and external entities and data sources building fault tolerant systems.
• Experience with front end frameworks a huge plus including mobile. JavaScript, React native, React and Redux
• Experience with automating and maintaining continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines with microservices.

• Your ability to rise above group think and see beyond the here and now is matched only by your intellectual curiosity.
• You come to the table with a comprehensive knowledge of JAVA as well as Agile methodologies.
• You consider yourself to be a student of the world who thrives in an ever‑changing environment that holds within it new challenges and chances to prove your expertise.
• You level up when you have the opportunity to teach others and empower those around you to excel.

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