Engineer Software III

The Software Engineer 3 is a technical leader and strategic partner within the technology team, responsible for owning the architecture, delivery, and performance of business-critical backend applications and systems integrations. This role balances deep backend expertise with cross-functional agility—contributing to frontend applications, CI/CD pipelines, and observability practices as needed. Serving as a mentor to junior developers and an advocate for modern, AI‑assisted engineering workflows, this individual ensures our engineering ecosystems remain scalable, secure, and closely aligned with enterprise business goals.

• Establish and reinforce code quality standards through code reviews, testing, and maintainable design practices
• Design and implement complex systems while balancing scalability, performance, maintainability, and operational reliability
• Analyze application performance, algorithm efficiency, and system architecture to improve reliability and long‑term maintainability
• Identify security vulnerabilities and insecure coding practices, including common OWASP‑related issues, and promote secure development practices across the team
• Research and integrate modern AI‑assisted and agentic development workflows into the software development lifecycle
• Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, collaboration, and code reviews
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring‑based application development
• Strong background in REST APIs and systems integration
• Proficiency with JPA, SQL, and enterprise database design
• Familiarity with Vue or comparable front‑end frameworks
• Hands‑on work with Jenkins pipelines and CI/CD workflows
• Working knowledge of observability, logging, and diagnostic tools such as Kibana
• Strong debugging skills across distributed and integrated systems
• Demonstrated ownership of production systems in live environments
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions
• Background in retail or eCommerce platforms

• 5+ years in professional software engineering
• Familiarity with microservice architecture and distributed systems
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure and Dev Ops practices
• Experience with AI‑assisted engineering workflows, including .claude configuration and agentic development tooling
• Experience supporting and modernizing legacy applications
• Familiarity with Android or other mobile application development a plus
• Knowledge of Oracle databases a plus
• Knowledge of SAP Commerce / Hybris a plus
• Familiarity with  a plus

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The work environment characteristics and physical demands described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position is considered sedentary. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach, stoop kneel to install/move computer equipment
• The employee may be required to exert up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include near acuity at 20 inches or less due to computer work
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will experience a moderate noise level (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic)

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Sportsman’s Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer.