Central Garden & Pet Looking for Junior Software Developer at Schaumburg, IL Full Time

Join Us! We are looking for a Junior Software Developer who can help us build and extend new SaaS offerings using the latest technologies! Join us and you’ll be surrounded by talented people building and flying high-tech UAVs, coding advanced Geospatial Web Applications, and work alongside scientists and technicians in the fields of public health, biology, and precision agriculture. *This position is unable to accommodate sponsorship*

Who We Are: At Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ: CENT and CENTA), we believe home is at the center of our lives, and our employees are driven by our purpose to nurture happy and healthy homes. Our company is made up of thousands of people across North America, with an emerging footprint across the U.K., Mexico, China and Canada – all dedicated to helping gardens bloom bigger, pets live healthier and communities grow stronger. We are united by our mission to lead the future of the garden and pet industries…one blade of grass and one wagging tail at a time. Visit our website at www.central.com to learn more.

Who You Are: You are a developer with experience in both the front-end and back-end of the stack with a strong willingness to learn. You possess the ability to build out .NET services in C# by adding new functionality or deriving new classes that make use of LINQ and Entity Framework. You are experienced in working with JavaScript frameworks like React or Angular and CSS technologies like SASS or LESS and have proven your ability to build complex and interactive components that power the user experience. You know your way around a database and can set up tables, queries, and other database elements to support your development. You enjoy sharing your knowledge with others as well as learning from them.

What We Have to Offer: An impactful career opportunity focused on developing geospatial decision support systems that will have direct impacts on public health and conservation — your meaningful work will help reduce the spread of vector borne illnesses and disease, as well as limit the amount of chemicals or emissions released into the environment (through rural and urban municipalities, agricultural applications, horticultural applications, and more!). You’ll accomplish this work 100% remotely or from our aesthetically pleasing offices in either Daytona Beach, Florida, Schaumburg, Illinois or Walnut Creek, California. We are over 6400 employees strong and offer an amazing educational assistance program in addition to great medical, dental, vision, which you will be eligible the first of the month following 30 days, plus free life and free disability insurance. Our 401k has a 3% match and you are eligible in just over 90 days. We also offer pet insurance and other voluntary benefits. Please see our website at www.central.com for additional company information.

If you are excited to take the next step in your career, please apply! We look forward to hearing from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Extend custom enterprise web applications, API, and mobile apps and support those features through development, QA, rollout, and post-production.
• Build out new front-end UIs and their supporting code to bring the data and supporting functionality to the backend.
• Analyze the performance of applications, investigate and troubleshoot problems. Work with users, software vendors, service providers, or system owners to determine causes and correct deficiencies based on findings
• Support Dev Ops chains for websites and custom applications across Development, QA, and Production environments in both cloud and on-premises.
• Work with delivery teams, product teams, or management to refine business requirements and collaborate on technical designs and resolve technical issues. Participate and actively engage with other developers, architects, and domain experts.

Minimum Experience & Education

• BS/BA in computer science or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of professional software development experience

Qualifications

• Experience in contributing to the designing and building of platform services, APIs, and processes
• Experience with .NET Core with C# using LINQ, Entity Framework and SQL Server
• Experience with JavaScript Frameworks like Angular or React
• Experience with CSS technologies like SASS or LESS with Bootstrap
• Experience with Dev Ops teams that own the full engineering lifecycle
• Experience working with development teams to realize solutions on top of existing platform
• Travel a few times a year to meet with the larger team.

NICE TO HAVE CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES

• Experience working on enterprise applications and supporting SLA’s
• Experience with Azure including App or Containers, Security, Identity and Data services
• Experience analyzing applications and cloud environment performance
• Experience using web-mapping libraries (e.g. Google Maps, MapBox, OpenStreetMap, etc.) or other GIS tools

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This position is based in a quiet, professional, corporate office environment or fully remote. This position requires the frequent use of a computer; much work time is spent sitting.

Benefits Package & Employee Programs

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Free Life and Disability Insurance
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401k with 3% company match and annual employer discretionary contribution
• Paid vacation, holidays and sick time
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to thousands of free online courses
• Discounts on cell phones, movie tickets, gym memberships, and more!
• Education Assistance (both college degrees and professional certifications)
• Referral Program with cash bonus
• Access to on-demand pay
• Paid parental leave

Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) (NASDAQ: CENTA) understands that home is central to life and has proudly nurtured happy and healthy homes for over 40 years. With fiscal 2023 net sales of $3.2 billion, Central is on a mission to lead the future of the Pet and Garden industries. The Company’s innovative and trusted products are dedicated to helping lawns grow greener, gardens bloom bigger, pets live healthier and communities grow stronger. Central is home to a leading portfolio of more than 65 high-quality brands including Amdro®, Aqueon®, Cadet®, Farnam®, Ferry-Morse®, Four Paws®, Kaytee®, K&H®, Nylabone® and Pennington®, strong manufacturing and distribution capabilities and a passionate, entrepreneurial growth culture. Central is based in Walnut Creek, California and has 6,700 employees across North America and Europe. Visit www.central.com to learn more.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.