Software Engineer II - Customer Engagement

Profile

Best Buy

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.

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 or more years of experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field; OR equivalent relevant professional experience

1 year of experience working with data stores such as SQL or NoSQL databases

Preferred Qualifications

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

3-4 years of relevant professional experience

Company info

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