Software Engineer II - Shop Engage

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Best Buy

We are looking to add a Software Engineer II to our Shop - Engage team. The Engage team is a customer-focused agile development team with a presence on every page throughout dotcom. We support navigation flow through header and footer, provide consistency with saved items and recently viewed, and deliver novel content with our shopping assistant. From initial landing on the homepage, all the way through cart - Engage is meeting user needs at every step along the way. We are a team that thinks big with a clear vision, but willing to start small and validate with data and customer feedback. We are relentlessly focused on delivering a great customer experience through every decision we make, ultimately making Best Buy the easiest place to buy from regardless of channel. We value the holistic customer journey over the page, team, and organizational boundaries.

The Software Engineer II role is transitioning from a support role into a technical leader on the team. The engineer is also transitioning from learning as a primary focus to mentoring, leading, and helping others grow on the team. They are starting to be recognized as experts in their area.

Key Responsibilities Improving knowledge and understanding of core concepts of SE, coding small features, coding large features, mentoring others, learning and applying industry trends, creating and improving internal libraries and tools, partnering with team-specific stakeholders, designing features, participating and leading in production support, teaching best practices internally

Breaks large problems into smaller problems.

Exercises judgment within existing patterns to solve moderately complex problems.

Persistent in the face of roadblocks; dispatches them efficiently, pulling in others as necessary

Requires minimal direction/oversight

Takes the initiative to fix issues before being assigned them

Identifies holes in product direction and works with Product to resolve them

Seeks empirical evidence through proof of concepts, tests, and external research

Delivers complex products that are well-tested and bug-free

Does work that requires deep understanding for one technical domain, language, or platform.

Troubleshoots and resolves functional issues in code

Plans delivery of a coarse-grained business need within one application

End-to-end responsibility on projects of increasing complexity

Contributes to shared code

Understands the business supported by their code

Partners with product and analytics to drive requirements that take into account all parties' needs

Identifies problems/risks of own work and others

Consistently helps new hires and more junior staff to level up and become more proficient over time

Works independently on small to medium size efforts within a team or project

Communicates technical decisions through design docs, tech talks, and the wiki

Communicates effectively across functions; is able to work well with Product, UX, Analytics, etc.

Proactively identifies problems with requirements (lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations) for their own work and adjacent work, and communicates these issues early to help course-correct

Minimum Qualifications 2 years of developing web applications with modern JavaScript frameworks like React.js, Node.js, or related

Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

3-4 years of relevant professional experience

6 months of technical leadership responsibilities including leading, coaching, and/or mentoring development teams

Company info

Best Buy
Website : http://www.bestbuy.com