Panera Bread is actively seeking a passionate
Sr. Application Developer to join our innovative Café Systems engineering team to help build next generation systems that will support our bakery cafes. This cross-functional team consists of a dedicated collection of self-organizing, interdependent, individuals representing different functional roles with all the necessary skills to turn Product Backlog items into a potentially shippable increment within a Sprint. In this role, you will be a results-driven, organized and self-motivated individual with a strong desire to build great products and to grow with the company.
Our ideal candidate is a talented application developer who excels at full-stack development with an emphasis on front-end technologies. We need someone who's excited about working with and learning about a wide range of technologies and wants to work in a strong team environment.
Do This- Build responsive web applications that smell as good as our fresh baked bread, are insanely performant and scalable, and read like a story the next developer will embrace like a good book.
- Be irrationally passionate about application development, implementing patterns and practices so elegant, they'll help us build our first cafe on the moon.
- Ambidextrous to the point you can bang out brand new software with one hand and squash production issues with the other (dual 24-inch displays are standard issue whether you can pull this off or not).
- Treat missing a project commitment like stepping on a Lego. Yeah, it really hurts. Lego wins, you lose. We like to avoid that kind of thing.
Have These- 5+ years developing JavaScript applications utilizing a major JavaScript framework (React preferred)
- 5+ years of experience developing web applications utilizing modern frameworks
- 5+ years of experience planning, designing, developing and delivering software
- 3+ years of experience with web development platforms such as Python Django or Java/Spring
- 3+ years of experience writing automated unit tests with Protractor, pyUnit, Junit, or similar
- Strong HTML and CSS experience
- Strong Object Oriented Programming skills.
- Experience writing RESTful APIs and middle tier code
- Proficient writing SQL
- Working experience in relational database technologies, knowledge of Postgres a plus
- Knowledge of current trends and best practices in web architectures including performance, accessibility and usability
- Exceptional problem solving capabilities
- Attention to detail a must
- Self-starter with effective time management and organizational skills.
- Proven ability to function in a fast paced environment with high volume & multiple priorities
- Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or comparable field preferred
Get Some- We offer a cool and colorful place to work where you are surrounded by other people who are passionate about what they do.
- Have fun at work and participate in our culture of helping those around you.
- Access to all the free coffee and baked goods you could ever ask for.
The chance to join a creative, collaborative, fast growing team