Principal Software Engineer-ESB (Remote)

8116 - Midtown Office - 2220 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23220

CarMax, the way your career should be!
About this job

At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. At the heart of our innovation is new digital products. Working on many different aspects of the customer experience, our Principal Engineers research and discover new opportunities and shape products to fulfill them. From inception to completion, you will develop tools and technology, learning quickly from our spirit of experimentation. You will have a direct impact on improving the performance of our business and ensuring customers can buy the vehicles they want in a way that is right for them!

BRIEF POSITION SUMMARY:

At CarMax, we want to disrupt our industry by empowering customers to buy a car on their own terms. As a Principal Engineer on the Systems Integration team, you will be part of an exciting team, providing key contributions that enable our customers and associates to have a world class car buying experience. Your hands-on development will directly contribute in countless ways and include solutions that bring business and an array of technology together.

About the position

We are seeking a Principal Engineer for our Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) technology platform who is experienced with integration technologies as well as business acumen, which are essential for success. Your retail environment experience and expertise with ESB technologies, API's, services, and cloud-based technologies, will help drive technology toward our business goals. The solutions you create will bridge classic systems with transformational on-premise, and cloud-based solutions throughout the entire CarMax ecosystem. As a Principal Engineer, you will work side by side with other developers and Product teams, designing, building, and implementing integrations utilizing our ESB. Your experience and expertise will be leveraged to guide our ESB technology by establishing and reinforcing best practices with other ESB developers.

What you will do - Essential responsibilities

• Partner with Product teams to define technical solutions to business problems while promoting best practices.
• Design and develop integrations and applications utilizing EBS technology.
• Define and promote ESB development best practices.
• Implement continuous integration and DevOps practices, including automated testing.
• Develop robust monitoring and alerting.
• Create technical and support artifacts for applications and integrations.
• Participate in after-hours on-call support rotation as the support expert for team owned platforms and applications.

Qualifications and requirements

• Strong teamwork skills, ability to learn quickly, excellent written and spoken communication required.
• 8+ years of hands-on ESB integration application development experience required.
• Working knowledge of programming languages/platforms using the Tibco suite of ESB products, preferred.
• Experience integrating on-premise and cloud-based technologies required.
• Experience working with version control systems (SVN, Github, etc.), build management and CI/CD tools (TeamCity, Jenkins, Maven, etc.), and monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, SOAP, and JMS.
• Knowledge of JSON and XML concepts, frameworks and standards.
• Knowledge of relational databases required; SQL server preferred.
• Experience working with Agile and DevOps methodologies preferred.
• 5+ years of retail industry experience, preferred.
• A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline is preferred.
• Posting: Role (Remote)
• "Work location is flexible if approved by the Company except that position may not be performed remotely from Hawaii or Colorado"

Experience in the following

• Tibco Business Works (BW) 5.x preferred.
• Tibco Enterprise Messaging System (EMS) 8.x preferred.
• Relational database technology development experience required; SQL Server preferred.
• Hands on experience in developing and consuming REST endpoints in Tibco BW 5.x
• Familiarity with security patterns for rest endpoints.

About CarMax:

CarMax disrupted the auto industry by delivering the honest, transparent and high-integrity experience customers want and deserve. This innovative thinking around the way cars are bought and sold has helped us become the nation's largest retailer of used cars, with over 200 locations nationwide.

Our amazing team of more than 25,000 associates work together to deliver iconic customer experiences. Along the way, we help every associate grow their career and achieve their best, at work and in their community. We are recognized for our commitment to training and diversity and are one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

CarMax is committed to bringing together people from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe, welcoming, and inclusive work environment.

CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application.