Senior Software Engineer

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Charlotte, NC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Translates complex cross-functional business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions; partners with Product Team to understand business needs and functional specifications. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs; evaluates project deliverables to ensure they meet specifications and architectural standards. Guides application and software development teams in the design and build of complex solutions and ensures that teams are in alignment with the architecture blueprint, standards, target state architecture, and strategies. Coordinates, executes, and participates in Component Integration (CIT) scenarios, Systems Integration Testing (SIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to identify application errors and to ensure quality software deployment. Participates and coaches others in all software development end-to-end product lifecycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of complex company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls. Has solid grasp of software design patterns and approaches; understands application level software architecture; makes technical trade-off decisions at application level. Automates and simplifies team development, test, and operations processes; develops detailed architecture plans for large scale enterprise architecture projects and drives the plans to fruition. Solves complex architecture/design and business problems; solutions are extensible; works to simplify, optimize, remove bottlenecks, etc. Provides mentoring and guidance to more junior level engineers; may provide feedback and direction on specific engineering tasks.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of experience in any job title/occupation involving software development or a related field. Employer will accept single degree or combination of degrees, diplomas and/or professional experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.
5 years of experience in Software development and programming languages such as Java, JavaScript and Python.
5 years of experience in Database technologies including SQL (e.g., MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB), along with familiarity in their respective query languages.
5 years of experience in RestAssured for API testing, Selenium for UI automation, TestNG for test management, and Postman for API testing.
5 years of experience in JSON and XML data formats; ability to work with these formats for effective data interchange.
5 years of experience in Git workflows, including branching strategies, merge conflicts resolution, and pull request management.
2 years of experience in Cloud services (AWS and GCP) and infrastructure as code concepts.
2 years of experience in Microservices design principles and experience with developing and deploying microservices-based applications.

Responsibilities

Translates complex cross-functional business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions.
Partners with Product Team to understand business needs and functional specifications.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.
Evaluates project deliverables to ensure they meet specifications and architectural standards.
Guides application and software development teams in the design and build of complex solutions and ensures that teams are in alignment with the architecture blueprint, standards, target state architecture, and strategies.
Coordinates, executes, and participates in Component Integration (CIT) scenarios, Systems Integration Testing (SIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to identify application errors and to ensure quality software deployment.
Participates and coaches others in all software development end-to-end product lifecycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of complex company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
Has solid grasp of software design patterns and approaches; understands application level software architecture; makes technical trade-off decisions at application level.
Automates and simplifies team development, test, and operations processes.
Develops detailed architecture plans for large scale enterprise architecture projects and drives the plans to fruition.
Solves complex architecture/design and business problems; solutions are extensible; works to simplify, optimize, remove bottlenecks, etc.
Provides mentoring and guidance to more junior level engineers; may provide feedback and direction on specific engineering tasks.