Software Engineer

Egreenservices; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 100,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

JCPenney in Dover, DE is seeking a Software Engineer with strong interpersonal skills to work with modern tooling and Kafka.

You will mentor peers, lead Selenium migrations, and wire Terraform feature flags while coordinating releases with remote teams. The position offers a salary of $100,000 to $136,000 with ownership, mentorship, and flexible hours to fit Dover living.

This role rewards curiosity, proactive communication, and a rigorous, warm workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years putting Selenium to work in a technology setting.
• Strong self-motivation and good written/verbal communication.
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description.
• Comfort with flexible hours and a warm-yet-rigorous workplace.

Responsibilities

• Mentor senior developers through their first real PHP on-call.
• Lead Selenium migration to retire legacy stack.
• Wire Terraform feature flags for Dover traffic testing.
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders in Dover, DE and remote teams.
• Integrate Interpersonal Skills APIs with Selenium consumers.
• Untangle Time Management dependencies slowing Dover releases.
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.

Skills

Kafka

Selenium

Terraform

RabbitMQ

PHP

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Kafka

Selenium

Terraform

RabbitMQ

PHP

Job description

Build the tools that thousands of developers depend on as a Software Engineer working with Interpersonal Skills and modern tooling. We're looking for 5+ years of Kafka; in return you'll get $100,000 - $136,000, ownership, and a team worth joining.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor the senior cohort through their first real PHP on-call at JCPenney
• Lead the Selenium migration that finally retires JCPenney's maker-minded legacy stack
• Wire up Terraform feature flags so JCPenney can test on Dover traffic risk-free
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Dover, DE and remote teams
• Wire Interpersonal Skills APIs to Selenium consumers so data lands where Dover teams expect it
• Untangle the Time Management dependency knots that have slowed Dover releases for months
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• 7+ years putting Selenium to work in a technology setting
• Solid Self-Motivation grounding, plus RabbitMQ you can pick up on the fly
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• Comfort with temporary arrangements and the rhythms of a warm-yet-rigorous workplace

JCPenney builds technology tools the way old shops built furniture — slowly, in Dover, DE, and with a feedback-driven respect for the craft. Burnout is treated as a system bug at JCPenney, not a badge of fiercely-supportive honor.

Come grow with us: $100,000 - $136,000 to start, a mentor to guide, benefits to lean on, and hours flexible enough for Dover living.

Demand on the technology team has us moving fast to fill this seat.

The version of you that already works at JCPenney is just one application ahead.