Lead Backend Engineer

Job Title: Lead Backend Engineer

Department: Information Technology

Location: Red Roof

Pay Band: Specialist

• →Ability to work well individually as well as in a team environment
• →Excellent oral and written communication skills, customer service skills
• →Detail oriented and excellent organizational, time and stress management skills
• →Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• →Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and independently
• →Proven self-starter with leadership skills and demonstrated ability to make decisions
• →Proven Project Management skills. Lead large cross-functional projects
• →Ability to be on-call 24/7 when required
• →Demonstrate consistency in continuous learning and develop other technical Associates
• →Ability to learn new technologies quickly and independently
• →When prioritizing work, considers the bigger picture, ensuring alignment with department objectives
• →Able to effectively utilize multiple tactics based on situational variables

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a technical discipline preferred (e.g., engineering) or equivalent.
• Proficient in programming languages and concepts around API services and Interfaces:  Java SE and EE, JavaScript, API development concepts and abstracts (JSON, XML, WADL, RAML, Swagger, RESTful).
• General knowledge around endpoint protocols and security components (SFTP/FTP, File, OAuth2, SSL, SSH, LDAP etc.)
• Fluent in multiple technologies (Frameworks, Java, JavaScript, SpringBoot, REST API, Graph QL, SQL, NoSQL, Graph DB’s, etc.).
• Test Driven development or Behavior Driven development with a clear understanding of the tool stack. Expertise in unit test, building Integration, smoke and regression testing suite,  code coverage process, and pipeline setup.
• Understanding of common design patterns, data structures and algorithms and experience in cloud computing with expertise on at least one cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with statistics and data processing algorithms.
• Experience with securing real-time data pipelines (e.g. Kafka, Storm, Flink, etc.) and batch processing (Spark, Hadoop, etc.).

Wawa will provide reasonable accommodation to complete an application upon request, consistent with applicable law. If you require an accommodation, please contact our Associate Service Center at asc@wawa.com.

Wawa, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Wawa maintains a work environment in which Associates are treated fairly and with respect and in which discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. In accordance with federal, state and local laws, we recruit, hire, promote and evaluate all applicants and Associates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Unlawful discrimination will not be a factor in any employment decision.