Programmer Analyst-Loyalty Team

At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome—both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.

L.L.Bean is currently searching for a Programmer Analyst to join our Information Services (IS) team. This important role is responsible for critical Payment & Loyalty strategies in collaboration with our internal business partners. You will Implement moderate to complex computer application solutions to meet business problems within industry standard business processes and best practices. You will also design, develop, configure, test, debug and document applications based on technical configurations and specifications. This position also evaluates and analyzes business requirements for new applications and application changes.

We welcome the opportunity for this role to be hybrid based at the corporate headquarters in Freeport, Maine, or to be based remotely in the following states: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design and specifications (High Level and Micro), configuration/development, integration, testing, debugging, implementation, and documentation for moderately complex solutions.

• Applies technical expertise in one or more highly specialized areas of application systems or a suite of Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) software packages.

• Works independently and collaboratively with team; provides regular updates to leader.

• Leverages modern software design patterns and test driven development principles.

• Manage any technical issues that arise during development/configuration, testing and implementation.

• Performs development operations for web service infrastructure.

• Estimates and tracks time required to complete work, for project budgeting and financial tracking

• Conducts and participates in reviews of solution designs, configurations, and code.

• Partners with technical and business team members to maintain system documentation, knowledge base and frequently asked questions.

• Partners with the business on effective end user adoption and use of system / function.

• Reviews training strategy, materials and Standard Operating Procedures.

• Ensures the team adheres to security standards in support of PCI and data privacy compliance.

• Ensures the team adheres to development standards and best coding practices.

• Supports on call rotation that supports priority issues 24x7x365

Requirements include:

• 4-Year Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in computer science/technology

• 2+ years of experience with distributed web service development (RESTFul and/or SOAP)

• Experience with design/build/support of high traffic, low latency, and low fault tolerance web services

• Experience with design/execute/analysis of performance test to inform implementation and enhancement opportunities

Must Have Technical Skills and Qualifications:

• NodeJS

• Application Security Principles - OWASP/Data Protection & Input/Oauth/JWT

• Micro Service Design and RESTFul Interface Principles

• Application Containerization & Execution - Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform

• Continuous Delivery & Integration - CI/CD Jenkins/Maven/Automation

• GitHub or equivalent software

• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and approaches

Nice to Have Technical Skills and Qualifications:

• Experienced with Unit Testing frameworks such as Tape/Junit, ProxyQuire/Mockito

• Performance Testing & Analysis - Locust.io/JMeter, Cloud/Open Trace

• API Specification - OpenAPI/Swagger

• Google Cloud Services & Configuration

• Relational Databases - DB2/SQLServer/Oracle/MySQL

• Modern IDE & Debugging Tools - MS Visual Studio Code, Eclipse(variants)

• Familiar with API Gateway Management - APIGEE, CloudEndpoints, ISTIO

•  WebSphere Application Server - Java/Swing/Hibernate/MQ/JDBC/SOAP

• Splunk, Grafana

• Familiar with UNIX based OS

• Java J2EE

Leadership and Communication

• Commands respect and credibility within their team, IS and the business

• Can effectively communicate with all levels of the business and IT from end-users and developers to managers.

• Highly collaborative. Effectively works with business and IS people in the adoption, utilization and support of software.

• Expert level English language skills and comprehension

• Cool under pressure, able to see through the fog of chaos

If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.

If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you'd be great at this role, we'd love to learn more about you!   At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us.  We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote belonging.