Process Engineer

Kohls; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipends

Flexible Des Moines hours

Job summary

Kohls in Des Moines, IA seeks a Process Engineer with strong API and data-pipeline chops. You will translate napkin ideas into robust REST APIs, optimize GraphQL caching for launch spikes, and refine Tailwind CSS usage while scaling pipelines handling millions of events with Terraform.

You’ll own edge cases in Angular billing and uphold code quality through linting, tests, and static analysis. The role requires adaptability, a clear POV on Kohls's space, and comfort presenting to an IA-wide

Qualifications

• 5 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it.
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements.
• A point of view on Kohls's space, sharpened by your own reading.
• Mid-level mastery of Terraform, validated by people who'd hire you again.
• Comfort presenting to an IA-wide audience without a script.

Responsibilities

• Translate a napkin idea from Kohls founders into a REST API underdog-spirited prototype.
• Tune GraphQL caching so Kohls survives the Des Moines launch spike on the same hardware.
• Reverse-engineer the endlessly-iterating Tailwind CSS format Kohls inherited and never documented.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Terraform.
• Own the human-first edge cases in Kohls's Angular billing nobody else wants to touch.
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis.

Skills

REST API

GraphQL

Terraform

Angular

Tailwind CSS

Flask

Code quality tools

Tools

REST API

GraphQL

Tailwind CSS

Terraform

Angular

Flask

Job description

If you've ever rewritten a function three times because the second version still bothered you, our Process Engineer opening in Des Moines, IA will feel like home. The reward structure favors doers: $68,000 - $100,000 upfront, real technology ownership, and a Kohls team pulling the same direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate a napkin idea from Kohls founders into a REST API underdog-spirited prototype
• Tune GraphQL caching so Kohls survives the Des Moines launch spike on the same hardware
• Reverse-engineer the endlessly-iterating Tailwind CSS format Kohls inherited and never documented
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Terraform
• Own the human-first edge cases in Kohls's Angular billing nobody else wants to touch
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis

What You'll Bring

• 5 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• A point of view on Kohls's space, sharpened by your own reading
• Mid-level mastery of Terraform, validated by people who'd hire you again
• Comfort presenting to an IA-wide audience without a script

Kohls doesn't sell technology so much as guarantee it, a sharp-but-gentle distinction the Des Moines, IA team takes personally. Our Des Moines, IA team moves at a steady, sustainable pace and protects time for deep, focused Flask work.

At Kohls the paycheck opens at $68,000 - $100,000 and the perks, from learning stipends to flexible Des Moines, IA hours, only widen from there.