Overview | The Sr. Software Engineer will be an integral part of each phase of the software development lifecycle including design, development, deployment and maintenance. The primary focus will be on enhancing our Ecommerce platforms supporting the online shopping experience for our brands including Anthropologie.com, UrbanOutfitters.com, FreePeople.com, bhldn.com and ShopTerrain.com, developing customer facing applications, and the ability to work with or in existing store brands. |
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Responsibilities | - Design, build, and deliver front end and back end features for URBN’s ecommerce
- Collaborate with developers, product owners, and architects to design maintainable solutions
- Seek opportunities to advance and improve URBN’s ecommerce platform
- Lead investigation and resolution efforts for critical, high impact problems, defects, and incidents
- Develop functional and performance testing strategies
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Essential Qualifications | - Have substantial, demonstrable experience writing high-quality software
- Self-starter, ready to learn new concepts and technologies
- Strong understanding of RESTful services design
- Strong data modeling skills
- Strong communications skills - able to discuss complex technical problems with executives and non-technical audiences
- Enjoys mentoring other engineers, working across teams and sharing knowledge with other engineers
- Experience with related web technologies including JSON, REST, HTML, AJAX, CSS
- Enjoys working in a collaborative team setting
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Preferred Qualifications | - Familiarity with search solutions like Elastic Search and Solr
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
- Experience with web frameworks such as Tornado and Spring
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or a related field or at least 10 years of relevant experience
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Location | Philadelphia, PA |