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At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.
If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!
OVERVIEW:
At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we take a people-centric approach to everything we do. Our Athletes, how we refer to customers, and our Teammates, how we refer to our employees, are at the center of every decision we make so that we can provide transformational experiences online, in store, and in sport. When you join Technology at DICK’S Sporting Goods, you’re joining a true team that wins together. We help our Athletes and fellow Teammates better their best by innovating solutions to interesting business problems and empowering every Technology Teammate to be an innovator. And, while we work remotely from all over the United States, we provide virtual and in-person events for the team to hangout, from virtual escape rooms to cheering on the Pittsburgh Pirates at beautiful PNC Park.
JOB PURPOSE
The Senior Software Engineer will join FIT (Fulfillment Innovation Team), contributing to software design, development, and the entire product lifecycle. The team is responsible for the store fulfillment technologies. This role involves a high level of collaboration, working daily with the team on user stories and supporting the continuous evolution of products. Key responsibilities include:
Designing and developing robust, scalable software solutions
Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices
Participate in code reviews to ensure high code quality and knowledge sharing
Configure and tune applications for optimal performance
Conduct comprehensive testing to identify and resolve bugs and performance issues
Monitoring applications in production to ensure reliability and uptime
Understand the broader business context and the impact of your work
Demonstrate a willingness to continuously learn, experiment, and innovate
Collaborate effectively with designers, product managers, and engineers to achieve shared objectives
Technical Skills:
Extensive experience with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot
Experience with Android Development
Experience with event-based architecture and experience with technologies supporting distributed systems, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc
Experience with database technologies such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, etc
Understanding of Agile development methodologies
Knowledge of cloud architecture
Experience with unit testing and test coverage technologies
Familiarity with git-based source control
RESPONSIBILITIES
Software Development
Drive development of existing software and contribute to development of new software by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop software that is fast, secure and reliable to meet defined requirements.
Software Maintenance
Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning software, leveraging the support and skill of more junior teammates.
Design and Conceptualization
Produce multiple concepts and prototypes to design digital products/services.
Technical Developments Recommendation
Research and suggest ways to optimize solutions to better meet user and/or business, performance, quality needs.
Software Roadmap
Drive maintenance road map to facilitate software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.
Faults Diagnosis and Correction
Find root cause and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.
Work Scheduling and Allocation
Assign short-term work schedules to a team based on storyboarding/backlog in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
Ongoing Learning and Development
Develop own and more junior team member capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Program/Portfolio Management Support
Contribute to work within an established program management plan to achieve specific goals.
Technical Persistence Layer/Legacy Database Design/Development
Guide and deliver the design distribution of basic database resources and provide physical modeling and design services to tune database solutions for optimum performance.
Functional/Technical Requirements
Support the collection functional requirements using document analysis and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES
Tech Savvy
Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications. For example, investigates technologies to learn some cutting-edge best practices. Uses digital/social media to benefit the team and add value to the work being done; understands how to avoid misuse of these tools.
Courage
Steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said. For example, shares own ideas and points of view openly, regardless of potential criticism or risk; shows conviction when faced with adversity and challenges; raises difficult topics to be sure they are addressed.
Decision Quality
Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, knows when to act independently and when to escalate issues.
Integrates various inputs, decision criteria, and trade-offs to make effective decisions. Typically makes good independent decisions.
Action Oriented
Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, takes timely action on important or difficult issues. Identifies and pursues new opportunities that benefit the organization.
Collaborates
Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, readily involves others to accomplish goals; stays in touch and shares information; discourages "us versus them" thinking; shows appreciation for others' ideas and input.
Instills Trust
Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, demonstrates integrity, upholding professional codes of conduct. Instills trust by following through on agreements and commitments despite competing priorities and by being honest and straightforward.
Customer Focus
Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. For example, keeps in contact with customers to ensure problems are resolved, or to improve customer service. Studies customer feedback and emerging customer needs and uses these to determine some creative new ideas.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent level preferred
General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)
Managerial Experience: Basic experience of coordinating the work of others (4 to 6 months)
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Targeted Pay Range: $83,000.00 - $138,200.00. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that could include other components such as: incentive, equity and benefits. Individual pay is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and equitable pay.DICK'S Sporting Goods complies with all state paid leave requirements. We also offer a generous suite of benefits. To learn more, visit www.benefityourliferesources.com.