Software Engineer - Backend

About the Team

EOP (Enterprise Order Platform) team is primarily responsible to serve the order data and order history for Lowe s customers. The team works at heavy write and read scale and works with hundreds of terabytes of data. The team provides scalable solutions with millisecond latency for Lowe s services and customers. Apart from this, the team provides several business utility functions derived at scale leveraged across multiple teams within and outside Lowes. This is the one stop solution for any order related data in Lowes.

Job Summary
As a Software Engineer, the primary purpose of the role is to translate business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs and to deliver code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions. This includes developing, configuring, or modifying integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments. This role facilitates the implementation and maintenance of business and enterprise software solutions to ensure successful deployment of released applications.

Core Responsibilities:

1. Code Development : Writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code in programming languages (preferrably Java 8+).

2. Debugging : Identifying and fixing bugs in the existing codebase. This also includes troubleshooting issues in production and development environments.

3. Code Review : Participating in code reviews to maintain code quality and learn from peers.

4. Learning and Training : Continuously learning new technologies and tools relevant to their role. This could be through training, self-study, or mentorship.

5. Documentation : Documenting code and technical designs to ensure maintainability and knowledge sharing.

6. Collaboration : Collaborating with team members to deliver software projects.

7. Testing : Writing and executing unit tests and assisting in system and integration testing to ensure the software s functionality.

Primary Skills (must have)

Secondary Skills (desired)

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field)
2 years of experience in software development or a related field
2 years of experience in database technologies
1 year of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC)

Preferred Qualifications
Masters Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field
2 years of IT experience developing and implementing business systems within an organization
4 years of experience working with defect or incident tracking software
4 years of experience with technical documentation in a software development environment
2 years of experience working with an IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework
2 years of experience leading teams, with or without direct reports
Experience with application and integration middleware
Experience with database technologies