Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Innovate in Charlotte

Thank you for dedicating your time and talent to Lowe’s.  We want to give you more opportunities to learn and grow, so if you find a position you’re interested in below, we encourage you to apply!

Your Impact

The primary purpose of this role is to lead the engineering team in the design, development, configuration, testing, and on-going improvements required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences. This includes providing oversight of the implementation and maintenance of business and enterprise software solutions to ensure successful deployment of released

applications. This role is also responsible for providing insights and recommendations to inform the roadmap and overall health and care of the larger portfolio.

What You Will Do

• Leads a team in support of achieving the company’s mission. Manages performance and fosters an inclusive environment to help associates achieve their potential.

• Manages engineering services in the design, build, and maintenance of solutions within a set of technology products and/or services; oversees the translation of business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions.

• Influences and establishes best-in-class engineering practices through solid design decisions; conducts regular code reviews to ensure teams are adhering to best practices; is directly involved with resolving defects at the code and platform levels.

• Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse stakeholders by building and maintaining trusting relationships with internal customers, third-party vendors, and senior management.

• Designs solutions leveraging microservice architecture and relies on event and data-driven application programming interface integration.

• Partners with product team members to help inform the priorities within a set of products, applications, and/or services.

• Leads team through all technology solution development phases by ensuring team understands and adheres to company methodology, policies, standards, and controls. Educates and aligns team on departmental standard operating procedures, objectives and key results, and overall operationalization of assigned services or applications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or related field or equivalent experience

• 8 years of IT experience

• 8 years of experience in software engineering or related field

• 8 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of software development life cycles (SDLC)

• 3 years of experience leading project or technical teams with or without formal direct report responsibility; this includes experience providing technical direction, thought leadership, and coaching and mentoring team members

Preferred Skills/Education

• Master’s degree in computer science, CIS, or related field or equivalent experience

• Strong expertise in architecting and scaling Java-based microservices using Spring Boot.

• Hands-on knowledge of RDBMS technologies and NoSQL databases

• Experience building event-driven architectures leveraging Kafka for high-throughput, reliable messaging.

• Ability to lead engineering teams in implementing resilient, observable, and performant service architectures with modern CI/CD and cloud-native tooling.

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

• For information about our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.  

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.