What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer- Web Development/Applications position at Garmin?
Overview
We are seeking a full-time IT Software Engineer 2 at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, enhancing, and developing single and multi-system applications as part of a structured Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process.
Essential Functions
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits
We are seeking a full-time IT Software Engineer 2 at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, enhancing, and developing single and multi-system applications as part of a structured Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process.
Essential Functions
- Provides solutions for complex software problems for existing applications
- Maintains, improves, and extends existing software with limited assistance from other associates
- Works collaboratively/professionally in a team environment to determine general approach and specific solutions to technical problems and achieve goals
- Reviews complex tasks for soundness of technical judgment and overall adequacy/accuracy
- Works with Garmin IT Analysts to develop/implement unit and system testing processes for single or multi system projects
- Responsible for planning small/medium-sized projects or tasks, makes substantial contributions to determining the feasibility of goals/objectives, and provides reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques
- Performs technical root cause analysis and outlines corrective action for given problems
- Serves as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers (Software Engineer 1)
- Demonstrates proficient use/knowledge of established standards/procedures, learns how to use/apply engineering tools as needed, and documents work thoroughly and in an organized manner
- Understands change is important and adapts well, demonstrates quality/effectiveness in work documentation and organization, and participates in project definition activities including feature analysis and system tradeoffs
- Experience designing user-centric workflows and improving application usability
- Maintains, improves, and extends existing software with limited assistance from other associates
- Works collaboratively/professionally in a team environment to determine general approach and specific solutions to technical problems and achieve goals
- Reviews complex tasks for soundness of technical judgment and overall adequacy/accuracy
- Works with Garmin IT Analysts to develop/implement unit and system testing processes for single or multi system projects
- Responsible for planning small/medium-sized projects or tasks, makes substantial contributions to determining the feasibility of goals/objectives, and provides reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques
- Performs technical root cause analysis and outlines corrective action for given problems
- Serves as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers (Software Engineer 1)
- Demonstrates proficient use/knowledge of established standards/procedures, learns how to use/apply engineering tools as needed, and documents work thoroughly and in an organized manner
- Understands change is important and adapts well, demonstrates quality/effectiveness in work documentation and organization, and participates in project definition activities including feature analysis and system tradeoffs
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related field AND a minimum of 2 years relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience in successful implementation of technology solutions
- Must demonstrate proficiency and possess experience necessary to design, enhance and develop single and multi-system applications
- Demonstrated ability to learn and understand secure coding practices
- Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Proficiency in frontend technologies such as JavaScript, Typescript, and frameworks like Vue, Express or React.
- Experience with implementation and design of REST APIs
- Experience with version control systems such as Subversion or Git
- Experience writing and optimizing complex SQL queries
- Must demonstrate proficiency in the development of unit and integration tests
- Flexible and adaptable to potential changes in project prioritization
- Demonstrated experience in successful implementation of technology solutions
- Must demonstrate proficiency and possess experience necessary to design, enhance and develop single and multi-system applications
- Demonstrated ability to learn and understand secure coding practices
- Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes or Docker Swarm
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Tekton, or ArgoCD
- Experience with relational and/or non-relational database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
- Experience with log management platforms such as Elastic, Splunk, or similar technologies
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits