Lead Software Engineer (Merchandising Systems

Lead Software Engineer (LSE)

An expert in their strategic functional area, leading large complex projects, overseeing onshore and offshore resources, setting efficient development progress, and defining software components for large‑scale systems with minimal oversight. This role focuses on overhauling legacy applications and workflows to a state‑of‑the‑art application that is configurable, scalable, and maintainable.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Design changes to new and existing applications (35%)
• Develop and debug software in support of new and existing applications (30%)
• Project leadership, cost estimation and task planning (20%)
• Mentor/coaching junior team members (10%)
• Provide support for production applications (24x7) (5%)

• Experience designing, building, and deploying applications in cloud environments (Azure or GCP) using containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Lead design, development, and maintenance of high‑quality, scalable APIs and applications across full stack using Java, Spring Boot, and modern front‑end frameworks
• Experience with widely used web frameworks (React.js, Vue.js, etc.) and knowledge of web stack HTML, CSS, Webpack
• Experience designing and building real‑time event‑driven applications and data pipelines using Apache or Confluent Kafka
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for building and deploying application artifacts
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Java 17 or higher versions
• Optimize application performance and scalability through effective database design, query tuning, and management using PostgreSQL and other SQL/No
  
  SQL databases
• Develop and maintain Terraform configurations for provisioning and managing cloud resources (Azure, GCP)
• Experience working with Big Query, GCS storage buckets, building analytics dashboards using Looker, lookup ML
• Knowledge of master data management within merchandising or supply chain domains is a strong plus

• Excellent collaborative and communication skills to work with the business and development teams
• Experience working with third‑party vendor teams located on‑site and offshore
• Demonstrate deep expertise in complex merchandising processes and retail supply chain principles
• Experience leading teams and demonstrate mastery in all aspects of software development activities
• Assist in career development, staff mentoring and succession planning for engineers
• Understands and implements architectural vision for performance, extensibility and availability
• Conduct research and make recommendations on products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts
• Educate teams on technology changes applicable to their domain and how to apply them to their business area

Salary Range: USD $ – $ per year.

• 7+ years experience in software development in an IT organization
• 6+ years experience in developing web applications and REST APIs using Java
• 4+ years experience working with Azure/Google cloud
• 3+ years experience with a relational database (Oracle, Postgres, etc.)
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or related field