Director, Software Engineering

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Bengaluru, Lowe’s India develops innovative technology products and solutions and delivers business capabilities to provide the best omnichannel experience for Lowe’s customers. Lowe’s India employs over 4,200 associates across technology, analytics, merchandising, supply chain, marketing, finance and accounting, product management and shared services. Lowe’s India actively supports the communities it serves through programs focused on skill-building, sustainability and safe homes. For more information, visit, www.lowes.co.in.

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 the Team

EDP (Enterprise Delivery Platform) is a last mile truck delivery and gig delivery platform for Lowes. The team comprises of 40 associates providing solution for truck delivery route planning, truck/gig delivery location capacity planning, destination mapping to source locations, portal to manage/track operational stuff for the delivery and finally an application for driver to use during delivery to deliver items in right sequence with appropriate delivery services.

Job Summary

Lead the enterprise delivery platform engineering team to deliver best-in-class solutions that enable associates to meet customer needs efficiently, optimize operations, and reduce overall delivery costs without compromising the customer experience.

Roles . Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

•Grow talents within the team to build right solutions in EDP

•Mentor next level leaders within the team

•Build succession plan for key contributors

•Understand business requirements and help create roadmap for the team along with technical advancement roadmap

•Ensure there is capacity and estimation process instilled within the team to ensure team is not stretched or starved with work.

•Bring in innovations, and nudge team to come with innovation around business improvement or tech improvement.

Years of Experience

10 years of experience in software engineering or related field

10 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC)

5 years of direct team leadership experience leading global technology teams

3 years of experience working closely with senior leadership

3 years of experience managing operational and/or financial budgets, including the managing of third-party vendors and/or software providers

Education Qualification . Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, computer science, computer information systems (CIS), engineering, or related field or equivalent years of experience

Primary Skill Sets

•People leadership skills

•Understanding on micro services, mobile app, distributed systems architecture

•Good in problem solving and analytical thinking

•ML model and Data engineering exposure

Secondary Skills (desired)

•Last mile delivery Domain Knowledge