Software Engineer_Java_Microservices

About Lowe s

Lowe s 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 India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe s Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience. From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowe s India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India

About the Team

Flex PODs will enable portfolios to leverage additional capacity to solve critical and prioritized problems. These teams, consisting of restless problem-solvers, are optimal for strategic initiatives where deep domain expertise is not necessary. They will build solutions and transfer the solution to the owning function for operation, maintenance, and enhancements.

Job Summary:

The primary purpose of this 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. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our TBM FlexPod team. The ideal candidate will be a proactive leader with a strong technical background in software engineering. As a Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving the development, scalability, reliability, and security of our software solutions while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence within the team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:

• Build Full stack applications services using technologies and languages including but not limited to: Java, Springboot, React, PostgreSQL or any Relational database, Elastic or any NoSQL database, Kafka.

• Deploy the applications to Lowe s hosted data centers or the cloud using technologies and languages including but not limited to: Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform

• Define architecture for highly scalable and reliable enterprise systems.

• Performance tuning and optimizing applications, for faster response times.

• Support the applications using data using technologies and languages including but not limited to: Grafana, Kibana.

Years of Experience:

• 2+ years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement

Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)

Required 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)

Skill Set Required

Primary Skills (must have)

• 2+ years of experience with J2EE, REST APIs, React, Springboot

• 2 years of IT experience developing and implementing business systems within an organization

• 2 years of experience working with defect or incident tracking software

• 2 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

• Strong technical aptitude Java/J2EE, Springboot and other open-source technologies

• Knowledge of SQL/NoSql databases such as Elastic, Postgres etc

• Working knowledge of frameworks like Spring , ReactJS, JUnit

• Experience with CI/CD such as: Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with collaborative planning and defect tracking through BitBucket/GitHub

• Working knowledge of tools for monitoring and alerting such as Kibana, Grafana etc

• Familiar with agile development lifecycle and worked on the design/development of at least 3-4 projects.

• Good verbal, written and presentation skills

• Effectively organizes and executes a demanding workload

• Ability to handle high pressure situations and come up with quick stop-gap arrangements for reducing business impact.

• Strong technical and problem-solving abilities are needed.

Lowes 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.