Senior Software Engineer - Merchandising

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 PURPOSEDesigns and build best in-class-solutions. Perform business/software analysis. May coordinate initiatives within a product team. Supports initiatives that ensure enterprise systems remain best-in-class. Learning to lead teams and bodies of work. Acts as a product-team problem solver and domain SME to design, test, and deliver best in class solutions. Perform business/software analysis. Coordinate work with moderate complexity within assigned product team.The Merchandising Software Engineering team at DICK'S Sporting Goods is responsible for building next‑generation tools that support our Merchandising organization.Your role will be central to the "Inventory 360" initiative, where you will actively participate in the discovery, design, build, deployment, and ongoing support of both custom software and packaged/SaaS solutions. Working closely with product management, the i360 activation squad, and the architecture team, you will help transform inventory planning and purchasing processes at DICK’S Sporting Goods.TECH STACKCore Languages & FrameworksAngular frontend.NET Core backend APIsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Azure SQL ServerRabbitMQ for async processingMassTransit (messaging abstraction)AgGrid (licensed UI grid)RESPONSIBILITIESSoftware DevelopmentDrive 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 MaintenanceMonitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning software, leveraging the support and skill of more junior teammates.Design and ConceptualizationProduce multiple concepts and prototypes to design digital products/services.Technical Developments RecommendationResearch and suggest ways to optimize solutions to better meet user and/or business, performance, quality needs.Software RoadmapDrive maintenance road map to facilitate software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.Faults Diagnosis and CorrectionFind root cause and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.Work Scheduling and AllocationAssign short-term work schedules to a team based on storyboarding/backlog in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.Ongoing Learning and DevelopmentDevelop 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 SupportContribute 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 RequirementsSupport 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 SavvyAnticipates 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