SR Software Engineer - (Merchandising Systems)

Dollar General • Goodlettsville, TN

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About The Position

A Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for building technologies across eCommerce & Loyalty experience for our customers. A Senior Software Engineer, working independently or with limited supervision, translates high-level business requirements into technical designs, proposes design alternatives, codes and/or communicates requirements to junior engineers. They have a strong knowledge of the applications in their functional area, how each supports the goals of the business and how they interface with each other and to applications outside of their area. They lead small development engagements, mentor junior engineers, solve difficult and highly complex technical problems and may be called on to consult on other projects.

Requirements

• Develop and maintain Rest/gRCP Service for e-commerce and loyalty application with high-quality, scalable and performant code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and translate them into API specifications.
• Monitor and analyze API performance metrics to identify areas for improvement.
• Writing and maintaining API Documentation for developers and consumers.
• Mentor junior team members and seek guidance from senior team members.
• Participates in code reviews and scope of work estimation and forecasting.
• Collaborate with frontend and backend developers to ensure seamless integration of APIs with the application.
• Writes high-quality code that meets the customer needs and strives for simplicity, clarity and testability.
• Able to provide application support, analyze problems and provide solutions for complex issues.
• Able to develop reusable software building blocks to enable faster delivery.
• Employs test-driven development and integrates unit tests in development tasks.
• Strong ability to relate code modules to the application as a whole and the underlying business objectives.
• Able to stay current on technology changes applicable to your domain and how to apply them.
• Strong analytical skills with experience gathering requirements and designing new functionality.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, trade school or equivalent work experience
• Ability to implement AI and LLM features, including API integrations, embeddings, and basic agent workflows
• Experience modernizing legacy applications to cloud native or microservices architectures
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, telemetry/monitoring, and Kubernetes-based deployments
• Proficiency with source control, build and quality tools such as GitLab
• 5+ years of software development experience in an enterprise IT environment
• 3+ years of hands-on development using PL/SQL, shell scripting
• 2+ years of experience with a higher-level language (C, Java, Python)
• 2+ years of experience as a full stack Java developer
• 2+ years of experience with real time streaming platform (Kafka)
• 2+ years delivering software supporting Merchandising or retail-related applications

Responsibilities

• Develops and debugs software in support of new and existing applications 65%
• Develop, execute and thoroughly document unit and system-level test plans 15%
• Designs changes to new and existing applications 10%
• Provides support for production applications (7x24) 5%
• Participate in Agile methodology and ceremonies 5%

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level