Principal Software Engineer-Hybrid/Chicago Area

Company: Johnson Controls, Inc.
Location: Chicago
Posted on: September 22, 2023

Job Description:

Who we areAt Sensormatic Solutions, a division of Johnson Controls, we bring together diverse data and insights with our intelligent operating platform that is designed to improve shopper experiences and retail outcomes. Our innovative solutions (Loss Prevention, ShopperTrak, and Inventory Intelligence) drive customer experience improvements and enable retailers to build streamlined shopping!Our environment is collaborative. You'll work closely with the Product Management team and other teams inside and outside of the Technology department. We're stable and growing: 20 years of experience and billions of shopper counts around the world We recognize the importance of employing the best and reward excellence and leadership by offering continuous opportunities for development and advancement.What you will doAs a Principal Software Engineer - SME, you will work with a hard-working team of software developers to define, design, build, and maintain high quality software that supports key Sensormatic Solutions business initiatives. This is a hands-on technical role with 50% engineering responsibilities, and 50% management responsibilities.How you will do it

• Championing efficiency, innovation, and excellence, you will help define scalable, high performing, highly available, secure, manageable, and extensible technical solutions using clean, simple and evolutionary design.
• You will be an essential link between teams, translating business requirements into technical requirements, building POCs, and architecting solutions.
• You will use strong analysis skills such as gathering metrics, tracking down billing issues, and reporting.What we look for
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science
  • 10+ years of software development
  • 2+ years in a leadership facing role
  • Experience in cloud, GCP highly preferred (ie cloud storage, cloud SQL, big query) but will accept other platforms
  • Cloud certifications a plus
  • Able to work closely with and communicate effectively with global teams (ie Product Owners, Quality Assurance, DevOps, Customer Support
  • Able to strategize, design, architect, and document scalable and performant solutions in the cloud
  • Development experience with Java --- 8, Spring Boot, and Maven/Gradle
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (ie MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra)
  • Experience in messaging services and event-driven architecture (ie rabbit MQ, Google Pub/Sub)
  • Strong analysis skills such as gathering metrics, tracking down billing issues, reporting
  • Strong troubleshooting skills, both functional and performance
  • Serverless experience (ie GCP Dataflow)
  • Experience in Kubernetes a plus
  • Experience mentoring younger developers.#LI-MJ1#LI-HybridJohnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit . If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit .
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