Node JS Engineer – PIM

BASIC FUNCTION

This position supports systems, processes, and programming initiatives relating to Back-end development and System integration for the PIM, Kohler’s electronic warehouse of technical product information.

This role supports all Kohler PIM Component development. The focus being:

• Programming responsibility – Back-end development using Node JS and Azure Services.
• Database systems – Experience in Cosmos database or any NoSQL database.
• System standards and tuning – support the dev-test-production standards and tune specifications for optimum performance.
  
  

The core responsibilities of this position will be to serve as programmer, in an agile environment, supporting the development of code, databases, interfaces, data feeds and formatted outputs. The individual with this position will meet regularly with internal, contract, and vendor resources, as well as Data Integrity staff and management, to ensure robust code that meets customer needs. They will mentor and administer code-related training, propose industry-leading solutions, and develop prototypes, document procedures, and translate user needs into programmed solutions that are sustainable and cost-effective.

Specific Responsibilities

• Strong Development experience with object-oriented programming and problem solving.
• Strong debugging skill to troubleshoot the back-end code.
• Support development of Back-end applications that are efficient and reusable.
• Support the configuration and management of Azure Services.
• Support the configuration and management of Cosmos database.
• Propose industry-leading solutions and develop prototypes, document procedures, and translate user needs into programmed solutions that are sustainable and cost-effective.
• Support teams in programming best practices – provide industry-leading code, setting the pace for others and mentoring others as they assist.
• Coordinate projects with other departments including Communications, IT, Supply Chain, and Marketing.
• Make appropriate decisions using decision support tools and critical thinking to ensure robustness and cost-effectiveness of solutions.
• Demonstrate speaking and writing skills to proactively communicate issues and solutions and ensure effective first-time results when delegating work.
• Guide the dev-test-production standards and tune specifications for optimum performance.
• Support projects to create code or systems to optimize both the collection and mirroring of data in other systems and data feeds to populate other systems.
• Exhibit a drive to dive deep into complex problems and brainstorming ideas, managing multiple projects, and getting energy from taking a diverse set of ideas from documented concept to robust coded implementation.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Frequent contact with end-users, including globally, for advanced technical issues, after initial screening by user liaison staff.
  
  

Education And Experience Requirements

Required: A minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a technical college. Our focus is on demonstrated results. It also requires proven speaking and writing skills to establish and maintain partnerships, ensure effective first-time results when delegating work, and proactively communicate issues and solutions. This person needs to get energy from diving deep into complex problems and brainstorming ideas, managing multiple projects, and mostly from taking a diverse set of ideas from documented concept to robust coded implementation.

Preferred: 5+ years’ experience in a systems or IT environment. The ideal candidate will have a broad range of experiences with Node JS and experience in Azure/ AWS cloud services or equivalent cloud services.

Primary Skills: Node JS, JavaScript, API development, Unit Testing, Any Cloud development experience (Azure is preferred).

Secondary Skills: NoSQL, Modern GIT flow, Any JavaScript based UI Framework.