The Sr Software Engineer provides technical direction, develops enterprise software solutions, resolves complex problems, and mentors others in best practices.
Your Impact
The primary purpose of this role is to provide technical direction on translating business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs. This includes facilitating the implementation and maintenance of complex business and enterprise software solutions to ensure the successful deployment of released applications. This role serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the implementation and maintenance of business and enterprise software solutions. In addition, this role personally develops and delivers complex code modules, stable application systems, and integrated enterprise software solutions within various computing environments.
What You Will Do
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Skills/Education
Where You'll Be
About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts, and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
The primary purpose of this role is to provide technical direction on translating business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs. This includes facilitating the implementation and maintenance of complex business and enterprise software solutions to ensure the successful deployment of released applications. This role serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the implementation and maintenance of business and enterprise software solutions. In addition, this role personally develops and delivers complex code modules, stable application systems, and integrated enterprise software solutions within various computing environments.
What You Will Do
- Resolves complex problems spanning multiple applications to drive improvements across portfolios; leads projects with significant business implications and participates in planning, prioritization, and estimates.
- Leads development of integrated business and/or enterprise application to ensure solution is resilient, scalable, and maintainable, and meets architectural standards.
- Builds awareness and product alignment to enterprise-recommended frameworks, tools, technologies, engineering platforms, and architectural design processes.
- Drives operational excellence through disaster recovery and capacity planning, performance, regression and chaos testing, observability alerts and dashboards, and reliability processes and recovery runbooks.
- Deconstructs complex problems into simple solutions that can evolve over time.
- Educates others on engineering standards and best practices, including code quality analysis, test coverage, security principles (authentication and authorization protocols), and Agile processes.
- Mentors and advises others by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of enterprise and industry technologies, tools, methodologies, policies, standards, and best practices.
- Continuously explores and recommends new enterprise software components and technologies.
- Continuously works to simplify solutions, optimize processes, remove bottlenecks, and resolve escalated issues.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree), and 7 years of experience in software development or related field
- 6 years of experience in any of the following: software engineering competencies, frontend technologies (UI/UX), middleware (microservices and APIs), database technologies, DevOps
- 6 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development lifecycles through iterative agile development
Preferred Skills/Education
- Masters degree in computer science, CIS, or a related field
- 6 years of experience writing technical documentation in a software environment, developing and implementing business systems within an organization, and working with source code control systems
- 6 years of experience working with an IT Infrastructure Library framework, defect or incident tracking software, Web services, and application and integration middleware
- 6 years of experience in systems analysis, including defining technical requirements and performing high-level design for complex solutions
- 6 years of experience working with three or more of the following: continuous integration/continuous deployment tools, frontend technologies (UI/UX), including Java, Micronaut, Spring Boot.
M iddleware, database technologies, DevOps. - 4 years of experience leading teams, with or without direct reports
Where You'll Be
- Associates are required to relocate to the Charlotte region to foster collaboration and facilitate improved testing and support.
- Lowe's supports a Flex Office concept where in-person work is required two days per week at the Charlotte Tech Hub
- Most business meetings are planned around the Eastern time zone.
About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts, and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Top Skills
DevOps
Java
Micronaut
Spring Boot
Lowe’s Mooresville, North Carolina, USA Office


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