Columbia Sportswear
Apparel and Footwear
Sr.SoftwareEngineer(ConsumerGrowthPlatforms)
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“Sr. Software Engineer (Consumer Growth Platforms) at Columbia Sportswear. Skills: Full stack engineering, Cloud platforms, DevOps, Marketing technology. Design full stack capabilities. Develop marketing technology capabilities”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot bugs; Troubleshoot security vulnerabilities; Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks; Diagnose cross-system issues; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years software engineering experience, Full stack engineering expertise, Experience with cloud platforms, Experience integrating e-commerce platforms, Solid CI/CD and DevOps practices, Experience with data layer design, Proven track record in agile delivery, Experience working on globally distributed teams, Written and verbal English communication skills
Nice to Have
Experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Familiarity with tag management platforms, Background in consumer identity, Experience in an India GCC, Experience in offshore delivery model, Experience in multinational organization
What You'll Do.
Design full stack capabilities
Develop marketing technology capabilities
Develop storefront features
Develop API integrations
Develop event-driven services
Develop cloud-based backend systems
Own architectural decisions
Promote ease of maintenance
Notify dependent teams
Establish quality standards
Manage quality standards
Drive test automation
Uphold code quality standards
Conduct peer code review
Troubleshoot security vulnerabilities
Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks
Create support playbooks
Maintain support playbooks
Monitor application health
Implement proactive alerting
Diagnose cross-system issues
Apply DevOps practices
Advance technical foundation
Champion modern solutions
Champion simple solutions
Champion secure solutions
Stay current on web landscape
Stay current on cloud landscape
Stay current on MarTech landscape
Identify proof-of-concept work
Drive proof-of-concept work
Validate new patterns
Validate new platforms
Make data-informed recommendations
Participate in tool evaluation
Shape technical backlog
Generate backlog items
Participate in stand-up
Participate in refinement
Participate in planning
Participate in review
Participate in retrospectives
Lead squad through blockers
Drive continuous improvement
Champion collaborative practices
Maintain understanding of Marketing Technology stack
Partner with Solution Architects
Adopt enterprise patterns
Adapt enterprise patterns
Maintain architecture documentation
Create learning opportunities
Build engineering culture
Participate in communities of practice
Serve as technical point of contact
Partner effectively with teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional squads; Peer engineers; Product Managers; Agile Leaders; Solution Architects; Globally distributed teams; Cross-cultural teams
Communication Scope
Technical decisions; Async updates; Architectural decision records
Process & Methodology
Agile delivery, Backlog ownership, Story decomposition, Iterative delivery
Full Job Description
### **ABOUT THE POSITION** ### ### Although we're an apparel and footwear-focused company, technology is central to everything we do. Columbia Sportswear’s Digital Technology (CDT) group enables an IT infrastructure and applications across four global brands, a global supply chain, and 500+ geographically dispersed stores. These teams support in-store, mobile, and data platforms to enhance customer interface and service in an ever-evolving industry. ### ### The Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, monitors, and supports software solutions. This role ensures quality, security, privacy, reliability, availability, maintainability, performance, compatibility and integrations of solutions throughout. This person advances the team's technical foundation to deliver modern, simple, and secure solutions, and lift engineering skills within the squad. The role adopts DevOps practices to improve efficiency and confidence of software delivery. This role partners with Architects, Product Managers, and Agile Leaders to implement and refine technical architectural designs in alignment with enterprise standards, and to deliver software in an agile way with continuous improvement in mind. ### ### **HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE** ### ### **Development** : * ### _**Design & Implementation**_** _:_** Lead full stack design and development of marketing technology capabilities — including storefront features, API integrations, event-driven services, and cloud-based backend systems. Own architectural decisions within the squad with high autonomy. Promote reuse, portability, and ease of maintenance across both front-end and back-end layers. Notify dependent teams of material technical or functional changes. * ### _**Quality and Performance**_** _:_** Establish and manage quality standards across the full stack. Drive test automation at the unit, integration, and end-to-end levels. Uphold high standards of code quality through active peer code review. Troubleshoot bugs, secur
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