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Lowe's Companies, Inc. · 1 day ago

Lead Software Engineer

Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving millions of customers weekly. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to provide technical direction on translating business requirements into software solutions, while also mentoring team members and driving operational excellence.

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Responsibilities

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
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

Qualification

Software developmentMicroservicesAgile developmentCloud-native applicationsPythonJavaSQLNoSQLBig Data technologiesTechnical documentationMentoringTeam collaborationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
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

Master's degree in computer science, CIS, or 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
Experience in developing products/applications using Python, NiFi, Java, and Spring Boot microservices
2 years of experience in Big Data technologies such as Apache Hadoop, Big Query, Spark, and Kafka, enabling effective processing, analysis, and utilization of large datasets to derive actionable insights
Designing, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications on leading cloud platforms such as GCP (Google Cloud Platform preferably) or AWS, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness; and
Develop cloud-native applications from inception to deployment, leveraging cloud-native technologies and methodologies to optimize performance, resilience, and scalability
Proficiency in both SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases, with experience in designing data models and optimizing queries
Ability to stay current with AI advancements and evaluate their applicability to retail challenges
Proficiency in leveraging AI tools for application development, mentoring team members on selecting the right AI tools and methodologies to streamline workflows and improve product velocity
Preferred experience with React and a solid knowledge of JavaScript technologies

Benefits

401k with up to 4.25% match
Bi-annual Cash Bonus
Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price)
Tuition-Free Education
10-week Maternity/Parental Leave
10% Associate Discount

Company

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

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Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 20 million customers a week in the United States.

H1B Sponsorship

Lowe's Companies, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (389)
2024 (310)
2023 (388)
2022 (357)
2021 (242)
2020 (394)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$22B
2025-09-30Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2025-08-20Post Ipo Debt· $9B
2023-03-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B

Leadership Team

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Jennifer Wilson
SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
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Kathy Higgins
VP IT Business Management
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