Software Engineer _Java _Microservices_Kafka

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Bengaluru, Lowe’s India develops innovative technology products and solutions and delivers business capabilities to provide the best omnichannel experience for Lowe’s customers. Lowe’s India employs over 4,200 associates across technology, analytics, merchandising, supply chain, marketing, finance and accounting, product management and shared services. Lowe’s India actively supports the communities it serves through programs focused on skill-building, sustainability and safe homes. For more information, visit, www.lowes.co.in.

About The Team

Search Algorithms team builds low latency and high throughput scalable Services that will help customers Search and Browse to find products they are looking for in any channel. This team also supports the Store applications to power Search and Discovery of products. Availability at 99.999999% is highly critical for this team to make Sales happen round the clock.

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.

Roles & Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities:

• Translates user stories and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions in an agile environment.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders including product management, infrastructure and security to ensure that functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs
• Develops, configures, or modifies complex integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by designing and coding component-based applications using various programming languages
• Validates and executes component integration test (CIT) scenarios to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications
• Facilitates the implementation and maintenance of complex business and enterprise software solutions to ensure successful deployment of released applications by packaging solutions for deployment
• Supports end-to-end test automation and other application testing efforts to ensure product quality
• Mentors others by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and control
  
  

Years Of Experience

2-5yrs

Required Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field (or equivalent work experience in a related field)

Skill Set Required

Primary Skills (must have)

Must have

• Design, implement and maintain Java/Python based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency
• Hands-on and very strong Micro Services and RESTFUL API development
• Handful experience using Cloud technologies preferably GCP
• Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts
• Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns
• Experience in handling external and embedded databases
• Skilled at creating database schemas that characterize and support business processes
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• In-depth knowledge of code versioning tools, for instance, Git, Bitbucket
• Understanding of building tools like Ant, Maven, Gradle, etc
• Expertise in continuous integration and continuous deployment.
  
  

Secondary Skills (desired)

• Experience in either Elastic Search / SOLR or Equivalent is good to have
• Experience with messaging products like RabbitMQ, Kafka or ActiveMQ
• Experience working with DB like Mongo, Casandra etc.
  
  

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.

Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.