Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this role is to lead the engineering team in the design, development, configuration, testing, and on-going improvements required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences. This includes providing oversight of the implementation and maintenance of business and enterprise software solutions to ensure successful deployment of released applications. This role is also responsible for providing insights and recommendations to inform the roadmap and overall health and care of the larger portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or related field or equivalent experience
8 years of IT experience
8 years of experience in software engineering or related field
8 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of software development life cycles (SDLC)
3 years of experience leading project or technical teams with or without formal direct report responsibility; this includes experience providing technical direction, thought leadership, and coaching and mentoring team members

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in computer science, CIS, or related field or equivalent experience
Strong expertise in architecting and scaling Java-based microservices using Spring Boot.
Hands-on knowledge of RDBMS technologies and NoSQL databases
Experience building event-driven architectures leveraging Kafka for high-throughput, reliable messaging.
Ability to lead engineering teams in implementing resilient, observable, and performant service architectures with modern CI/CD and cloud-native tooling.

Responsibilities

Leads a team in support of achieving the company’s mission.
Manages performance and fosters an inclusive environment to help associates achieve their potential.
Manages engineering services in the design, build, and maintenance of solutions within a set of technology products and/or services; oversees the translation of business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions.
Influences and establishes best-in-class engineering practices through solid design decisions; conducts regular code reviews to ensure teams are adhering to best practices; is directly involved with resolving defects at the code and platform levels.
Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse stakeholders by building and maintaining trusting relationships with internal customers, third-party vendors, and senior management.
Designs solutions leveraging microservice architecture and relies on event and data-driven application programming interface integration.
Partners with product team members to help inform the priorities within a set of products, applications, and/or services.
Leads team through all technology solution development phases by ensuring team understands and adheres to company methodology, policies, standards, and controls.
Educates and aligns team on departmental standard operating procedures, objectives and key results, and overall operationalization of assigned services or applications.