Staff Software Engineer

GAP Inc

2 - 5 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 09/11/2025

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Job Description

About the Role

In this role, you will design highly scalable and high performing technology solutions in an Agile work environment and produce and deliver code and/or test cases using wide-ranging experience, professional concepts, company objectives and Agile practices. You will collaborate closely with key business support teams, product managers, architecture to assist in resolving complex critical cross-team and cross-domain production issues to help simplify and improve business processes through the latest in technology and automation. You are a technical expert and will lead through the requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and support phases of a product. You will leverage your comprehensive knowledge of domain and core programming technologies or packages to mentor and advise team members.

What You'll Do

Tech Skills (Must Have):
Strong hands-on development experience on Java / J2EE technologies
Total professional experience of 8 to 10 years in Software Engineering
Minimum relevant experience of 7 years (recent)
Thorough understanding of Object Oriented analysis and design principles
Good Practical understanding of Java/J2EE Design patterns and Microservices patterns
Hands-on application/product development using Spring (Core/MVC/Boot).
Strong Working knowledge of RESTful APIs design and development
Hands-on with enterprise-grade event streaming/messaging platforms and stream processing frameworks; Kafka or equivalent strongly preferred
Strong working knowledge of SQL
Strong working knowledge of one of ORM technologies like Hibernate / IBatis / MyBatis
Strong working knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or any other NoSQL DB
Working knowledge of React.js and frontend fundamentals; understands OAuth-based authentication and RBAC authorisation.
Strong working knowledge of CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions); familiarity with configuration management/IaC tools such as Chef.
Strong working knowledge of Code Quality tools/frameworks like Sonar
Strong knowledge of automated testing (unit, integration, contract).
Good knowledge of Agile development methodologies

Who You Are

Tech Skills (Good to have):
Knowledge of SQL Performance Tuning
Experience with Cloud
Knowledge of Azure Kubernetes Service and container orchestration basics.
On-call support experience with PagerDuty, Service Now
Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring tools like Nagios, New Relic
Knowledge of GCP and/or observability platforms such as Splunk.
Experience with Lean and Extreme Programming (XP) practices.

About Company

Gap Inc., commonly known as GAP, is a leading global retailer specializing in clothing, accessories, and personal care products. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Gap operates several brands, including Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Athleta, and Intermix. The company is known for its casual and stylish apparel, targeting a wide range of age groups and lifestyles. With a strong presence both online and in physical stores, Gap focuses on offering high-quality, affordable fashion while emphasizing sustainability and social responsibility in its operations.