Company name
Best Buy
Location
Richfield, MN, United States
Employment Type
Full-Time
Industry
Engineering, It, Sciences
Posted on
Mar 31, 2021
Profile
Best Buy
We are looking to add a Software Engineer II to our Attach team. The Attach team is responsible for front-end applications to enhance the customer’s shopping experience by presenting them with the accessory, warranty, and service products that will supplement their initial product selection. 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 in to smaller.
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 cross 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 or more years of experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field; OR equivalent relevant professional experience
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