Developer - Back End, Hybrid

Live the experience. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability—and is recognized that way. We’ve been defined as a “mature start-up.” A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are.

We’re engineering for the future of retail, and it’s no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you’ll find that virtually nothing’s impossible at Ulta Beauty.

THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE: 

Consumer Technology team is currently looking for an experienced, hands-on developer to work in our digital commerce development team. You will work closely with a team of developers to implement and support highly scalable, distributed applications built on Java and cloud technologies. As a developer, you will spend the days doing low-level design, writing code, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced agile scrum environment.

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS BY: 

• Application Support - Assists in the investigation and resolution of issues relating to applications. Assists with specified procedures.
• Problem Management - Investigates problems in systems, processes and services. Ability to investigate and analyze problems and create solutions and preventative measures to maximize efficiencies while reducing operational expense.
• Programming/Software Development - Contributes to the designs, development, testing, and documentation of complex programs from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools. Assesses own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work. Mentors less experienced colleagues as required. Contributes to all phases of the development lifecycle.

ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCESS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or applicable work experience
• 3 years of development experience with Java/JEE v8 and above, Java streams, reactive programming, and web technology with functional programming
• Experience in Java Stack: Maven/Gradle, Spring Boot, Spring. Strong understanding of application development, web services, open-source frameworks, service-oriented architecture (SOA), object-oriented design and analysis, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience in in developing enterprise-scale, Microservices-based, headless REST APIs and implementing event-driven architectures working with message streams.
• Familiarity with Junit, SonarQube, Swagger/OAS 3.0, monitoring tools such as DynaTrace, NewRelic, MAT or JProfiler, mocking frameworks such as Mockito, EasyMock or PowerMock, message streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or similar platforms.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP or other cloud providers.
• Working knowledge of GIT / Bitbucket repository or any similar version repository experience.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills. Able to effectively convey complicated technical information to diverse audiences.

• Able to multi-task and adapt quickly to agile, aggressive schedules.

• Possess a strong work ethic; takes pride in producing a quality product.
• Minimal travel required (training/conferences).

At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.