Senior Software Engineer - External Communications (REMOTE)

DICK'S Sporting Goods

2d•$83,000 - $138,200•Remote

About The Position

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve. If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today! OVERVIEW: 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. JOB PURPOSE Designs and build best in-class-solutions. Performs business/software analysis. May coordinate initiatives within a product team. Supports initiatives that ensure enterprise systems remain best-in-class. Learning to lead teams and bodies of work. Acts as a product-team problem solver and domain SME to design, test, and deliver best in class solutions. Perform business/software analysis. Coordinate work with moderate complexity within assigned product team. The External Communications Software Engineering team at DICK’S Sporting Goods is responsible for building next‑generation services that power personalized, timely, and relevant messaging for our Athletes across digital channels. The team partners closely with data and data science teams to ensure the right content reaches the right person, leveraging real‑time data processing, event‑driven microservices, and an API‑first architecture to deliver scalable and reliable communication capabilities. Engineers on this team focus on designing, developing, and maintaining secure, high‑performance systems that support personalization at scale, while collaborating cross‑functionally to continuously improve how DICK’S engages Athletes throughout their journey with the brand.

Requirements

Agile software development experience
Product domain experience
Requirements analysis experience
Domain driven design experience
Highly competent Java and Spring Boot skills
HTML, CSS templates
RESTful services (Spring Boot)
Event driven architecture
Pub/Sub technology
Queue technology
Cache technology
DevOps experience
Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing Services
Azure Kubernetes (AKS)
Pipeline management
Resource management (i.e. Databases, Queues, Topics)
GitHub, Atlassian (Jira, Confluence)
Reliability and Ownership. The team, stakeholders, and partners should have full confidence that, when the ideal candidate makes a commitment, it will get done in a timely fashion. If there are issues, those will be communicated as soon as they come up.
Vocal participation. The ideal candidate will be a strong, kind, and vocal participant in team discussions, design sessions, retrospectives, and other meetings.
Subject Matter Expertise and Communication. The ideal candidate will develop a deep understanding of our domain and speak to different audiences about engineering issues, as a subject matter expert for our domain and how we solve problems. For instance, the ideal candidate can pair with the team’s product manager to speak with stakeholders and partners and will communicate well at the appropriate level for the audience.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent level preferred
Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)
Basic experience of coordinating the work of others (4 to 6 months)

Nice To Haves

Architectural experience is a plus
.NET experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Software Development Drive development of existing software and contribute to development of new software by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop software that is fast, secure and reliable to meet defined requirements.
Software Maintenance Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning software, leveraging the support and skill of more junior teammates.
Design and Conceptualization Produce multiple concepts and prototypes to design digital products/services.
Technical Developments Recommendation Research and suggest ways to optimize solutions to better meet user and/or business, performance, quality needs.
Software Roadmap Drive maintenance road map to facilitate software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.
Faults Diagnosis and Correction Find root cause and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.
Work Scheduling and Allocation Assign short-term work schedules to a team based on storyboarding/backlog in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
Ongoing Learning and Development Develop own and more junior team member capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Program/Portfolio Management Support Contribute to work within an established program management plan to achieve specific goals.
Technical Persistence Layer/Legacy Database Design/Development Guide and deliver the design distribution of basic database resources and provide physical modeling and design services to tune database solutions for optimum performance.
Functional/Technical Requirements Support the collection functional requirements using document analysis and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.