Senior Software Engineer

KWI

Senior Software Engineer at KWI shaping the future of retail technology through scalable systems. Involving AI-driven features and collaborative engineering team within a hybrid work environment.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeMelville • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DynamoDBHibernateJenkinsKafkaMavenMicroservicesMongoDBMySQLNoSQLOraclePostgresPuppetRabbitMQRedisSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the development and implementation of software projects from inception to deployment.
Be a creative problem solver who can draw on an array of expertise and technology to design and implement reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions to challenging problems.
Works closely with teams to deliver transformational change to our processes and technologies across multiple teams.
Lead the technical specification, development, integration, testing and release of software components
Identify and address technical challenges, optimize code for performance, and participate in ongoing code refactoring.
Use AI to develop applications and help solve problems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS Degree in Computer Science/Engineering related degree or equivalent work experience.
6+ Years of production coding experience, demonstratable experience in objected oriented programming.
Have some demonstratable experience developing with AI, Claude Code, Agent OS, Spec Driven development.
Expertise in Service-oriented architectures, microservices, advanced database schemas, relational and nonrelational databases, highly scalable and available web services.
The ability to context shift and manage multiple priorities at the same time.
Hands-on experience in building RESTful Web Services.
Experienced with microservices.
Prior experience using SQL, Hibernate, and one or more DB (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, etc)
Prior experience using NoSQL. (Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc)
Experience with automated testing frameworks (TDD, Mocking, Unit/Functional/Integration)
Experience with various version control systems, defining code branching strategies and build processes.
Experience with development and CI tools: maven, git, Jenkins, Puppet, Crucible, Jira.
Experience working with messaging systems. (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
Experience with a variety of different programming/scripting languages.
Extensive experience with Agile methodologies such as Kanban, Scrum or SAFE.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full Medical, Dental and Vision
Annual bonus eligible
Free gym in the building
Generous PTO policy
Summer Fridays....all year round
Tuition Reimbursement
Discount from building café
401(K) with a 50% company match (up to 6% of employee contribution)
Employee Referral Program
(1) Volunteer day each year

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Hard Skills & Tools

object oriented programmingAI developmentService-oriented architecturemicroservicesRESTful Web ServicesSQLNoSQLautomated testing frameworksAgile methodologiesadvanced database schemas

Soft Skills

creative problem solvingcontext shiftingmanaging multiple priorities

Certifications

BS Degree in Computer ScienceEngineering related degree