This role is within the Canada Retail area of IT, encompassing applications and processes that are reshaping the way Canadian store associates serve customers. You will be exposed to the latest SAP technologies running at a large enterprise scale. You will work with business partners to understand our strategic initiatives. The purpose of this position is to serve the team as a Staff Software Engineer in our Middleware (SAP PI) and Development Space. This position entails being the subject matter expect for all items related to middleware development. You will have the opportunity to develop in other technologies (Java, UI5) if you desire.

The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for providing in depth technical guidance and expertise. A Staff Software Engineer will contribute to system architecture by driving design decisions and working with the architecture team. A Staff Software Engineer will also contribute to application source code throughout product development and delivery cycles. In addition, a candidate is expected to have knowledge on software industry trends and emerging technologies.

A successful Staff Software Engineer will have strong technical communication skills. He/she will mentor more junior developers (and contractors), conduct code reviews, and provide input and guidance on coding standards and practices. In addition, a Staff Software Engineer is expected to collaborate with matrix teams to accomplish the goals of the enterprise.

MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

70% - Delivery & Execution:

• Collaborates and pairs with other product team members to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions
• Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
• Configures commercial off the shelf solutions to align with evolving business needs
• Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively

  20% - Support & Enablement:

  • Fields questions from other product teams or support teams
  • Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams
  • Provides application support for software running in production
  • Proactively monitors production Service Level Objectives for products10% - Learning:
    
    • Participates in learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)
    • Proactively views articles, tutorials, and videos to learn about new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations

      NATURE AND SCOPE 
      Typically reports to the Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager. 
      
      ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS 
      
      Environment: Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
      Travel: Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.