Samsung Electronics America Looking for Software Engineer II at Mountain View, CA Full Time

For decades, Samsung has been leading the charge on innovation. We see beauty in achieving excellence and our passion for change fuels our discoveries, inventions, and breakthrough technology. We believe that technology can, and should, make the world a better place, so we create new possibilities for people everywhere, push the limits of what’s possible, and constantly innovate.

At Samsung Electronics America, we take pride in the creativity and diversity of our talented people – they are at the forefront of everything we do. Their skillset and mindset drive our continued success. Only the resilient and resourceful thrive in the daily dose of unexpected at Samsung. We unapologetically push to achieve unforeseen potential in everything we do, both within the workplace and at home. We fearlessly face challenges head-on, conquer the unconquerable, and are comfortable living in the uncomfortable zone. Together we make the impossible possible. Because at Samsung, we Own the Unknown.

Are you ready to #OwnTheUnknown? Join us.

If you have ambitions to be a part of a Best-in-Class organization, Samsung’s eCommerce engineering team is the place to be. If you were to join, you’ll have the opportunity to build out our eCommerce platform. We are responsible for the whole stack from infrastructure to support the platform at a global scale, to core eCommerce micro services, and web and mobile experiences. The eCommerce engineering team has technically challenging work in a fast-paced work environment. The dynamic culture at Samsung offers both great challenge and great reward. If you want to work among the very best talent in the industry, working on the most innovative products in the world, Samsung is the place to be.

THE POSITION

Samsung Ecommerce is currently in the process of expanding its marketplace platform to add more features and to expand it globally.

As part of the team, you will:

• Be responsible for expanding the feature set of the platform in an extensible and scalable manner
• Work end to end on micro-services and SPAs built on cutting edge technologies like Nodejs, Golang and React
• Work with great Engineers and solve difficult problems aimed at making the Customer experience seamless
• Get challenged on your DS & Algorithm skills and Design patterns every day
• Get the experience of building products from the scratch and taking them all the way to production
• Learn from veterans on the nuances of building software as well as get guidance on your career growth
• Work with business and provide solutions to problems faced by customers

Role and Responsibilities:

You will be expected to:

• Write and test product or system development code, that power our apps, microservices and the commerce transactions.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide optimal solution to business problems and be able to build the solution independently with the guidance of Leads & Managers.
• Review code developed by other developers, and provide feedback to ensure best practices
• Ability to document the technical design and approach for the features developed by you or your team.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality
• Experience in communicating with other technical teams like Test, Product and Management to collect requirements, review test cases and translate the product requirements to technical requirements.

THE CANDIDATE

• Strong analytical and programming skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with data structures and algorithms
• Good understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including Object oriented concepts
• Hands-on development experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Proficient excellence in Java/JavaScript frameworks such as Node.js, React and async event/message driven systems like ElasticSearch, Kafka/RMQ, etc.
• Experience with working in Linux based environment
• Familiar with building web applications and services that run on cloud
• Quick learner with passion to learn and adapt to new technologies

Qualifications:

• Bachelors / Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field in a reputed institution
• 4+ years professional experience in software development with most of them from a product company
• Good communication and design skills

The salary range for this role is expected to be between $160,000 and $190,000. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.