Lead Software Engineer

Innovate in Bengaluru

This position is based at our on-site office in Bengaluru. Lowe's offers an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site gym and clinic, and other perks to enhance your work experience. 

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. 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 India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe’s Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience. From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowe’s India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India

About Team:

The Accelerated Value Team (AVT) is a dedicated delivery accelerator team focused on accelerating high-priority, strategic technology initiatives across Lowe’s. AVT partners with DREAMS Tech with Digital Tech. Tech portfolios on work that requires additional engineering capacity, faster execution, or dedicated ownership, including cross-team initiatives and capabilities that span beyond the scope of an individual domain team. AVT takes end-to-end ownership of defined outcomes, from discovery and solutioning through development, deployment, stabilization, and transition to the long-term owning team. The team supports strategic priorities across modernization, digital growth, engineering excellence, and operational-risk reduction, helping unblock complex initiatives and accelerate delivery while maintaining a strong focus on quality, scalability, and production readiness

Key Responsibilities

• Resolves complex problems spanning multiple applications to drive improvements across portfolios; leads projects with significant business implications and participates in planning, prioritization and estimates.
• Leads development of integrated business and/or enterprise application to ensure solution is resilient, scalable, and maintainable and meets architectural standards.
• Builds awareness and product alignment to enterprise recommended frameworks, tools, technologies, engineering platforms, and architectural design processes.
• Drives operational excellence through disaster recovery and capacity planning, performance, regression and chaos testing, observability alerts and dashboards, and reliability processes and recovery runbooks.
• Deconstructs complex problems into simple solutions that can evolve over time.
• Educates others on engineering standards and best practices, including code quality analysis, test coverage, security principles (authentication and authorization protocols), and Agile processes.
• Mentors and advises others by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of enterprise and industry technologies, tools, methodologies, policies, standards, and best practices.
• Continuously explores and recommends new enterprise software components and technologies.
• Continuously works to simplify solutions, optimize processes, remove bottlenecks, and resolve escalated issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 7 years of experience in software development or related field
• 6 years of experience in any of the following: software engineering competencies frontend technologies (UI/UX), middleware (microservices and APIs), database technologies, DevOps
• 6 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development lifecycles through iterative agile development

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, CIS, or related field
• 6 years of experience writing technical documentation in a software environment, developing and implementing business systems within an organization and working with source code control systems 
• 6 years of experience working with an IT Infrastructure Library framework, defect or incident tracking software, web services, and application and integration middleware
• 6 years of experience in systems analysis, including defining technical requirements and performing high level design for complex solutions
• 6 years of experience working with three or more of the following: continuous integration/continuous deployment tools, backend technologies, middleware, database technologies, DevOps
• 4 years of experience leading teams, with or without direct reports

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.

About Us

We’re glad you’re interested in building your career with us. Lowe’s is dedicated to service, which begins with serving our associates. Lowe’s team members enjoy exceptional benefits and opportunities to grow their skills. Apply today and start your career on a strong foundation.

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 35 home improvement company serving approximately 20 million customers weekly in the United States and Canada. With fiscal year 2020 sales of nearly $90 billion, Lowe’s and its related businesses operate or service more than 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts.