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Garmin · 3 days ago

Staff Software Engineer

Olathe, KS

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

14+ years exp

Garmin is a leading technology company specializing in navigation and communication devices. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer responsible for designing and guiding full system architecture to meet development objectives and mentoring less experienced engineers.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Designs and guides full system architecture development giving consideration to performance and functional requirements, reusability, scalability, extensibility and cost effectiveness

Conducts technical research and feasibility studies on new technologies, providing insight and recommendations to engineering management

Represents Garmin among industry partners, peer groups and regulating agencies

Contributes inventions, new designs, and techniques regarded as significant advances to the product and/or application development process

Applies advanced theories, principles, and concepts in development of new principles and theories

Utilizes knowledge of principles, forecasts new technology and provides business directions based on them

Participates in evaluation of proposed or ongoing projects/programs

Provides guidance and mentoring to less experienced software engineers in areas such as software methodology, cost analysis, and project management

Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced software engineers (Software Engineer 1 & 2 & Senior Software Engineers)

Supports working hours as part of a rotating schedule to provide on call support of Garmin’s 24/7 operations

Qualification

Software architecturePythonKubernetesCloud infrastructureAgile/Lean principlesMessaging technologiesData storage technologiesLinux administrationInterpersonal communicationTeam-oriented mindsetDecision-making abilities

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 14 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience

Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)

Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Demonstrates a successful track record in managing exceedingly complex problems and providing success solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious

Demonstrated experience with architecting solutions for multiple groups and/or disciplines

Must possess relevant education and/or experience in software design, development and maintenance, as required for the successful performance of the essential functions of the position

Proven experience in application languages/frameworks such as Python, Java, C#, JavaScript

Experience in designing, developing, deploying, and scaling containerized applications (Kubernetes)

Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes platform architecture & components

Proven experience with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka

Proven experience with data storage technologies such as RDBMS, No-SQL (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, etc.)

Advanced knowledge of Linux operating system administration, networking, & shell scripting

Excellent judgment, discretion, and decision-making abilities

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Team-oriented mindset, positive attitude, and working well with others

Preferred

Experience driving architectural, design, and technical aspects of business-critical cloud applications

Experience applying and promoting Agile/Lean principles to individual, team, and organizational process

Advanced knowledge of Linux kernel and operating system constructs

Advanced knowledge of computer networking standards (OSI), concepts, and related protocols (ethernet, IP, TCP, UDP, ARP, and DHCP)

Experience in cloud infrastructures, tools, and related processes (Azure, AWS, GCP, OpenStack)

Experience applying Infrastructure-as-Code such as Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Chef, Puppet

Experience with APM monitoring tools such as Zabbix, AppDynamics, New Relic, Dynatrace

Experience with observability tools such as Kibana, Grafana, Splunk

Experience with automated testing tools and testing procedures

Experience with CI/CD practices, with demonstrated experience using Jenkins or other enabling technologies

Experience with DevOps-style tools such as Jenkins, Maven, GitLab, Nexus, RunDeck

Benefits

Garmin's benefit program

Company

Garmin

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WHERE DO WE START? How about Kansas City? That’s our home. That’s where Garmin put a stake in the ground in 1989.

Founded in 1988

Nanterre, Ile-de-France, FRA

10001+ employees

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/

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