Senior Java Developer - Commerce

Company Description

Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle’s expertise has earned recognition as a “Leader” by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

For more information, visit www.merkle.com. 

Job Description

At Merkle, customer experience is at the forefront of everything we do.

To help us to drive innovation, and build e-commerce solutions that improve customer experience, we are looking to reinforce our team with a versatile Senior Java Developer with ideally experience in E-Commerce.

In this role we offer a hybrid work environment, with 3 days working from the office of one of our large clients.

Here are some of the exciting tasks awaiting you:

• Design and develop newest e-Commerce and omni-channel projects
• Maintain, extend, and develop the product and solutions
• Provide technical expertise and support to the development team
• Guide on best practices and architecture
• Develop and perform unit tests 
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (Developers, Scrum Masters, Architects) globally
• Estimate and challenge development efforts with the Product and Project Team
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to automate integration processes (CI/CD)
• Collaborate with the Support Team to solve software issues and enrich support documentation
• Support QA in defining test strategies

Qualifications

A mix of the following is the person we are looking for:

• Experience in E-Commerce development within a matrix organization, OMS experience a big plus but not a must
• Experience with software architecture and the development lifecycle
• Knowledge of stock management and order flow topics
• Strong background in Java, SpringBoot, Microservices, and modern APIs
• Proficiency in Python development
• Experience with Python and SAP integration is a plus
• Knowledge of cloud-native solutions, microservice architecture, Docker, Kubernetes
• Understanding of MySQL and MongoDB
• Team-oriented with a friendly and approachable communication style
• Fluent in English

Additional Information

Why you should work with us?!  

• We are cooperating with an all types and sizes of clients from all around the world which allows us to provide a very diverse portfolio of projects and technologies to choose from to our people.
• You will be part of a startup-minded branch of a company with a very strong and stable background of the Swiss headquarters.
• Your contributions will have a distinct impact on our clients  

We work with motivated people, who support and enrich each other. We live the possibilities of the digital world through home office, meaning you can work anywhere (within Switzerland) with flexible (annual) working hours. We also value face-to-face exchanges - coffee or tea, biscuits or fruit are all welcomed on board and shared throughout our offices.

If you ever feel the need to take a break from the digital world, we love to get hands-on together and use pens, paper, and whiteboards for brainstorming sessions. Need to clear your head? Hit the foosball table, PlayStation, massage bench or yoga mat. For networking and (brain) food, we offer regular exchange formats, like meetings, tech labs and more. Not enough? We are full believers in education and support training, whether it be internally or externally. We support you.

These are some of the things we offer:

• 40-hour week & overtime compensation
• Independent home office management
• Flexible working hours model (flextime)
• Additional days-off on top of holidays (wellness days, volunteer days)
• State-of-the-art, creative office space with ergonomically equipped workstations
• Wide range of further education and development opportunities through our in-house Academy
• Various discounts e.g. for lunch options

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/worldview, disability, age, as well as sexual orientation and identity.

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