Sr. Full Stack Engineer - Intelligent Process Automation

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.
At Columbia, we're as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we're proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.
Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: "It's perfect. Now make it better." As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.
We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.
And we believe in you.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Although we're an apparel and footwear focused company, technology is central to everything we do. Columbia Sportswear's Consumer services technology team develops and manages system landscape(s) which enables us to serve our Consumers in most effective manner. This ensures our consumers' delight and their loyalty to our products and Brands.
As Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and support software solutions across the whole stack in the Intelligent Process Automation area. This role ensures quality, security, privacy, reliability, availability, maintainability, performance, compatibility and integrations of solutions throughout. This person advances the team's technical foundation to deliver modern, simple, and secure solutions, and lift engineering skills within the squad. The role adopts DevOps practices to improve efficiency and confidence of software delivery. This role partners with Architects, Product Managers, and Agile Leaders to implement and refine technical architectural designs in alignment with enterprise standards, and to deliver software in an agile way with continuous improvement in mind.
HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Analyze, design, build and implement microservice-based solutions using modern frameworks and cloud technologies.
• Execute against a backlog of User Stories and tasks within Agile tools.
• Utilize modern testing practices (TDD), deployment tools, and frameworks.
• Implement 3rd party REST APIs and test-driven secure code.
• Participate in the technical design of the product/automation solution and ensure the prescribed architecture, development best practices, security standards are adhered to.
• Collaborate with mentors and other members of the team, in an Agile environment.
• Stay current with industry trends, conduct assessments, and provide recommendations for innovative technology solutions.

YOU ARE

• Able to communicate effectively, build relationships, and influence outcomes in a cross-functional, matrixed organization.
• A proactive driver of continuous improvement opportunities across business processes and system solutions.
• A relentless, versatile learner who is open to and embraces change, in an endeavor to enhance adoption of system solutions.
• Able to persevere and overcome resistance or setbacks while pursuing innovation and Team goals with energy & drive.
• Collaborative and knowledge sharing with a knack for stakeholder engagement.

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering and/or applied relevant experience in technology, or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in programming RESTful APIs using design principles, including versioning, error handling, and pagination.
• 3+ years of programming language experience, experience in Node and React are preferred.
• 2+years of designing and implementing user-friendly interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular).
• Experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud).
• Extensive experience as a Node.js developer, with a focus on building robust and scalable APIs.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and familiarity with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Express.js, Koa.js).
• Solid knowledge of databases, such as MongoDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL, and proficiency in writing efficient queries.
• Understanding of commonly used programming languages, OOP, design patterns and data structures.
• Development experience with .NET Core a plus.
• Familiarity with cognitive automation and Machine Learning, LLM and related emerging AI technologies
• Experience with authentication and authorization protocols (e.g., OAuth, JWT) and securing APIs.
• Proficiency in writing comprehensive automated tests using frameworks like Mocha, Chai, or Jest.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and familiarity with related technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and debug complex API issues.
• Experience with GraphQL and related frameworks (e.g., Apollo, Relay).
• Knowledge of serverless architecture and experience with serverless computing platforms (e.g., AWS Lambda).
• Familiarity with API management platforms and tools (e.g., Apigee, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway).

#LI-JD1
Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we've been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.
This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.
Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.