Lead Software Engineer - Merchandising Technology (REMOTE)

DICK'S Sporting Goods

2d•$95,200 - $158,800•Remote

About The Position

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we take a people-centric approach to everything we do. Our Athletes, how we refer to customers, and our Teammates, how we refer to our employees, are at the center of every decision we make so that we can provide transformational experiences online, in store, and in sport. When you join Technology at DICK’S Sporting Goods, you’re joining a true team that wins together. We help our Athletes and fellow Teammates better their best by innovating solutions to interesting business problems and empowering every Technology Teammate to be an innovator. And, while we work remotely from all over the United States, we provide virtual and in-person events for the team to hangout, from virtual escape rooms to cheering on the Pittsburgh Pirates at beautiful PNC Park. As a Lead Software Engineer for Merchandising Technology, you will be responsible for leading technical design, overseeing implementation, and driving innovation across our Merchandising platform. Your role is central to the "Inventory 360" initiative, where you will actively participate in the discovery, design, build, deployment, and ongoing support of both custom software and packaged/SaaS solutions. Working closely with product management, the i360 activation squad, and the architecture team, you will help transform inventory planning and purchasing processes at DICK’S Sporting Goods. The team works in an agile, collaborative environment. In this role, you will work closely with a senior product manager to shape roadmaps, provide technical guidance and recommendations, provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers, and act as a technical point of contact for the engineering team to stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred
6-10 years of experience
7-12 months experience of generalist supervision of junior colleague

Responsibilities

Own development of the most complex existing and new software by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement within assigned product team. Develop software that is fast, secure and reliable to meet defined requirements.
Monitor, identify, and correct the most complex software defects to maintain fully functioning software within the product team.
Own work with cross-functional teams to conceptualize products and services, leveraging data to drive original design ideas and decisions for assigned product team.
Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative solutions to better meet users’ and/or business, performance, quality needs.
Own a roadmap map to facilitate software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.
Find root cause and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.
Develop medium- or long-term work schedules that enable the organization to achieve its business goals. Involves coordinating across multiple teams.
Support the collection functional requirements using document analysis and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
Lead design of complex database resources and provide physical modeling and design services to tune database solutions for optimum performance across multiple programs/domains.
Act as subject matter expert in an area of technology, policy, regulation, or operational management for the team. Develop and maintain external accreditations and in-depth understanding of current and emerging external regulation and industry best practices through continuing professional development, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Contribute to the management of a portfolio of programs within assigned product team while reporting to and in partnership with senior teammates.
Drive design, implementation, and evolution of robust and effectively aligned architecture solutions that operate in the product ecosystem.
Approve database specifications, ensuring all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved.