Lead Data Engineer

Innovate in Charlotte

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JOB DESCRIPTION: Position is based in Charlotte, NC, some teleworking may be permitted. Travel to Lowe’s offices may be required.

Resolves complex problems spanning across multiple applications to deliver value; leads products with significant business implications, participates in planning, estimation, and prioritization in tandem with the respective product manager, and advises other engineers; executes with limited guidance. Evaluates and facilitates decisions on build versus buy as well as best fit platform suitable for the business problem. Leads development of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions to ensure specifications are flexible, scalable, and maintainable and meet architectural standards. Mentors and advises others in all software development lifecycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies (Agile and Kanban), policies, standards, controls, current architectural standards, and guidelines. Establishes best source control and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices for efficient testing and deployment of code to different environments. Communicates changes in software architecture and coaches others to apply this understanding to data or platform solutions; leads the resolution of production incidents along with root cause analysis. Works across multiple domains to define and design a data lake/data solution to meet business needs and product objectives and key results, service level agreements, data quality, data governance, and observability. Partners with platform, architecture, and various stakeholders to design and architect solutions meeting business needs. Continuously improves efficiency of data pipelines and extract, transform, load (ETL) processes across the organization. Analyzes and organizes data to evaluate the usefulness and relevance of data required for insights requested by business. Designs, leads, and delivers the development, maintenance, and enhancements of operational, analytical (including self-serve) applications across various business domains; provides direction to matrixed engineering resources to deliver reports on-premises and cloud infrastructure; creates frameworks and reusable components. Leads infrastructure-related projects from idea generation through implementation, including needs analysis, cost/benefit analysis, selection, implementation, knowledge transfer, and support. Analyzes and proposes design alternatives, facilitates appropriate design decisions, and assesses risk, cost, schedule, and resource tradeoffs; understands networking, like subnetting, routing, virtual private cloud/virtual network, security groups, and load balancing.

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Job requires a Bachelor’s Degree* in in Computer Science, CIS, Engineering, or a related field and 7 years of experience in any job title/occupation involving in data, business intelligence, or platform engineering, data warehousing/ETL or software engineering or a related field. *Employer will accept single degree or combination of degrees, diplomas and/or professional experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.

Must have prior experience in:

3 years of experience in:

• Designing and developing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based services;
• Designing and developing multiple reusable code utilities and frameworks;
• Designing and developing business data object schema (XSDs) and interfaces (WSDLS); and
• Unit and End-to-End testing using JUnit, cactus framework and SOAP UI.

5 years of experience in:

• Analyzing business requirements and propose quality solution;
• Designing business process and mediation flows end to end in IBM BPM IID;
• Responsible for designing publish and deployment procedure in production environment; and
• Designing RESTful, SOAP webservices prototypes and support teams in implementing accurately.

REQ# 3594566

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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Job requires a Bachelor’s Degree* in in Computer Science, CIS, Engineering, or a related field and 7 years of experience in any job title/occupation involving in data, business intelligence, or platform engineering, data warehousing/ETL or software engineering or a related field. *Employer will accept single degree or combination of degrees, diplomas and/or professional experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.

Must have prior experience in:

3 years of experience in:

• Designing and developing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based services;
• Designing and developing multiple reusable code utilities and frameworks;
• Designing and developing business data object schema (XSDs) and interfaces (WSDLS); and
• Unit and End-to-End testing using JUnit, cactus framework and SOAP UI.

5 years of experience in:

• Analyzing business requirements and propose quality solution;
• Designing business process and mediation flows end to end in IBM BPM IID;
• Responsible for designing publish and deployment procedure in production environment; and
• Designing RESTful, SOAP webservices prototypes and support teams in implementing accurately.

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.