Staff Engineer HYBRID

Company Overview

S&S Activewear (“the Company”) is the leading wholesaler to the imprintable apparel and uniform market in the United States and Canada. Since 1988, we’ve provided high-quality, imprintable apparel to our broad wholesale customer base. We offer high-quality apparel that allows our customers to express their creativity through wearable art through concert merchandise, corporate swag, school & team apparel, theme park gift shops and any other use case for customized apparel.

Today, we offer the most extensive and accessible collection of fashion-forward styles around, while maintaining just-in-time fulfillment for our customers. We operate eight nationwide distribution centers—that’s 4 million square feet of efficient warehouse space—and uniquely offer the largest one & two-day distribution footprint in the industry, with products reaching 99% of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico within two days and 44 states in just one day.

We offer more than 100 brands, including Adidas, Champion, Columbia, Dickies, Hanes, Gildan, Oakley, Richardson, Tommy Hilfiger, etc. We have grown from a successful midwestern t-shirt and fleece distributor into an industry leader with approximately $2.5 billion in annual sales. In March 2021, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) acquired S&S Activewear. CD&R believes S&S to be a leading distribution platform with sustainable competitive advantage following significant strategic investments in its geographic reach, people, and technology.

About Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is all about investing with a purpose. CD&R is a private investment firm that focuses on turning companies into stronger, more profitable versions of themselves. CD&R has overseen the investment of over $35 billion across 100 different companies, and those deals add up to a total value of more than $150 billion. The CD&R firm has offices in both New York and London.

Job Description

S&S Activewear, the leading nationwide distribution company in the apparel and fashion industry, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer & Solutions Architect to join our growing Software Engineering Team.

In this role, you’ll be leading the development and implementation of advanced technical solutions that give S&S Activewear a competitive advantage. These systems are the engine that drives the company and will continue the company's year-over-year growth. As a senior member of the development team, your expertise will make a significant impact on existing projects and future plans.

You will be responsible for architecting and developing new tools and mobile applications in a cloud-based environment, as well as improving the existing ERP system. Additionally, you will serve as a solutions architect, designing and implementing scalable solutions that meet both technical and business needs. The ideal candidate is a highly experienced developer capable of delivering substantial business value to internal and external stakeholders, mentoring junior engineers, and providing architectural guidance.

Schedule

Monday-Friday, Full-Time, Exempt

(Hybrid Available - Bolingbrook, IL)

Benefits

• Vacation, Personal, and Sick time
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short/Long term disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401K with 3% company contribution
• Discounts on brand name apparel
• Employee events
• Opportunities for advancement

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, support, and maintenance of a custom-developed suite of.NET applications based on business requirements using approved technologies and coding standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define new features and drive their implementation.
• Identify and independently resolve complex software defects to ensure the reliability of existing software systems.
• Ensure high code quality through comprehensive unit testing and code reviews.
• Mentor and guide junior developers, ensuring the timely completion of development tasks and projects while adhering to company standards.
• Provide technical leadership in adopting industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Architect and develop scalable and maintainable solutions, focusing on microservices architecture and distributed application design.
• Design, optimize, and maintain complex SQL queries and database schemas to ensure efficient data retrieval and storage, contributing to the stability and performance of our systems.
• Serve as a solutions architect, designing and implementing scalable solutions that meet both technical and business needs.
• Oversee the integration of external services via APIs, ensuring seamless communication between systems.
• Lead the implementation of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to enhance development workflows and system reliability.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software development with Object-Oriented programming languages including .NET (C#/VB.NET), Java, and Python.
• Extensive experience in APIs and JSON (6+ years).
• Experience with front-end technologies like React, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML.
• Strong experience with relational databases like Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle (5+ years).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, including basic infrastructure knowledge, RDS, CloudWatch, Containers, CDN, and HA/DR concepts (5+ years).
• Expertise in building features integrating with external services over APIs.
• Extensive experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and ORM frameworks.
• Proven track record of mentoring junior engineers and leading technical projects.
• Strong knowledge of how to build and maintain distributed applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with designing and implementing scalable solutions as a solutions architect.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with additional AWS services such as S3, EC2, Lambda, and Kubernetes
• Experience with Docker (AG1)
• Knowledge of additional cloud platforms like Azure or GCP
• Experience with additional programming languages and frameworks

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.

Working Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

S&S Activewear welcomes people of all backgrounds and experiences and is committed to creating a diverse culture and supporting human growth. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We conduct business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer, and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons. S&S participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. This job offer is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check.