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Job Description

A Proud Tradition
From the moment we opened our doors on September 15, 1924, Saks Fifth Avenue has been more than a world renowned shopping emporium, more than an international fashion authority: it has been a cultural phenomenon. We are an icon of the New York City landscape that remains equally present in the hearts and minds of people all over the world. We love to help people look good and feel great! Our purpose reaches way back to the very essence of our brand: to set the standard for the most exceptional and fulfilling retail experience.

Ambassadors of Style
At Saks Fifth Avenue, a gentle manner, careful consideration of others and an ability to assess customers� needs are an absolute necessity. Our Associates bridge the gap between strangers by approaching every customer as a potential friend. To be chosen to work at Saks is to be given an important responsibility: The fulfillment of our customers� dreams. In an ever-evolving world, that is our unchanging promise.

What Sets Us Apart?
Our high-performance Associates' skill, enthusiasm and commitment to making people look good and feel great.

The Senior Application Developer designs, codes, and tests custom application code for Saks Fifth Avenue's saks.com store and its supporting systems, with particular emphasis on issues that require special insight into areas of complexity such as enterprise integration, concurrency, data management, or Saks-specific processes and legacy systems.

The Senior Developer will be expected to possess the independence and people skills necessary to work across IT functional teams and directly with business units in order to accomplish their tasks. Although these tasks will be prioritized and assigned at the management level, the Senior Developer will be expected to take ownership and show initiative in order to achieve resolution. The Senior Developer will be expected to build ad-hoc teams, sometimes reaching across organizational boundaries in order to do so, and to lead through influence rather than position power.

The Senior Developer will be expected to demonstrate the ability to clearly and effectively communicate with the leadership of both technical and non-technical teams.

The Senior Developer will be expected to thrive in an environment that stresses the value of innovation and proactive process optimization.

The Senior Developer will take a lead role on significant projects, and will work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, and other IT teams to define and communicate effective strategies for project execution.

The Senior Developer will at times be asked to lead troubleshooting and remediation efforts for significant production issues. He or she will be expected to demonstrate the ability to select an appropriate course of action, and take decisive measures to implement it, under the stress of a significant production crisis.

Job Requirements

The Senior Developer will be expected to take a proactive role in contributing to a knowledge base as they learn about the behavior of Saks' existing systems, and define the behavior of new systems and subsystems.