Senior Engineer, Java

Job ID: 238356
Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)
Address: FSC, Remote, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Information Technology
Remote Eligible:Yes

 

Company Overview:

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves.  We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the Extra Ordinary in each of us.  We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

 

The Opportunity:

Technology

Our technology team works fast and smart. With San Francisco as our home, we take bringing new tech to market seriously, developing the latest in java microservice technologies, scalable architecture, and the coolest in-store client experience. We love what we do and we have fun doing it. The Technology group is comprised of motivated self-starters and true team players that are absolutely integral to the growth of Sephora and our future success. 

 

Your role at Sephora:

As a Senior Java Engineer, you will be responsible for the ownership and evolution of our microservices. Reporting to the Manager, Store Digital Applications, you will work closely with other engineering, design, and product management teams, to both deliver on the roadmap and our plan for the future. In addition, you will: 

• Own and evolve the java microservice architecture. Success in this area means making the right decisions that are both what’s best for the long-term health of our applications and what’s best for the customer.
• Collaborating with 10+ engineers to create and execute the architectural plan.
• Sharing and communicating best practices from your career and creating news ones with the team.
• Lead and influence a team of 10+ engineers
• Provide technical leadership: Guide or scale the engineering team through your expertise in technical writing, distributed systems architecture, coding, operational excellence and software development processes.
• Partner closely with product, user experience, and upper management, translating the benefits of the team’s work into a language that is understood by all.
• Deliver well instrumented systems that provide insight in Operational Metrics and helps resolving issues
• Demonstrate our Sephora values of Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative.

 

We’re excited about you if you have:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in building customer-focused, java base software products with a focus on backend services and APIs
• Self-motivated, highly organized, team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to learn quickly and work independently
• Proficiency in java and expert in microservice architecture 
• Experience in Designing and architecting microservice based java applications
• Experience developing and delivering using Agile methodologies
• Experience building, shipping, and maintaining reliable and scalable backend services on a public cloud platform preferably Azure
• Able to both identify and improve poor performing code or database queries
• Experience and a strong opinion about unit testing, code review, CI/CD
• Understanding of software architecture, engineering principles, design patterns, object-oriented-programming(OOP), frameworks and technologies
• Strong communication skills (oral, verbal and listening) as well as the ability to influence the broader engineering team and understand their points of view
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or a related field) and / or equivalent experience.

 

You’ll love working here because:

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
• The product. Employees enjoy a product discount and receive free product (“gratis”) various times throughout the year. (Think your friends and family love you now? Just wait until you work at Sephora!)
• The business. It feels good to win – and Sephora is a leader in the retail industry, defining experiential retail with a digital focus and creating the most loved beauty community in the world…with the awards and accolades to back it up.
• The perks. Sephora offers comprehensive medical benefits, generous vacation/holiday time off, commuter benefits, and “Summer Fridays” (half-days every Friday between Memorial and Labor Day)…and so much more.
• The LVMH family. Sephora’s parent company, LVMH, is one of the largest luxury g