iOS Engineer — Scale & Ship in San Jose

Energy Innovation Corp; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes is seeking a backend engineer to join the San Jose team, delivering bias-to-action features and owning incremental platform improvements. You will optimize caching, refine Redis acceptance criteria, and help reduce cold-start delays for PHP services while aiming to trim cloud costs.

This role emphasizes hands-on work with PostgreSQL, PHP, and Spring Boot in a fast-paced environment. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits as part of a long-term career path within the San Jose

Qualifications

• 1 year of hands-on technology cycle experience.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and PHP.
• Hands-on Spring Boot experience.

Responsibilities

• Ship incremental improvements to Lowes's San Jose platform on a regular cadence.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively.
• Tune Adaptability caching so Lowes survives the San Jose launch spike on the same hardware.
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Redis acceptance criteria.
• Cut PHP cold-start times so Lowes functions wake before CA users notice.
• Trim Lowes's cloud bill by right-sizing the Redis infrastructure in San Jose, CA.

Skills

PostgreSQL

PHP

Spring Boot

Job description

Lowes is seeking a backend engineer to join the San Jose team, delivering bias-to-action features and owning incremental platform improvements. You will optimize caching, refine Redis acceptance criteria, and help reduce cold-start delays for PHP services while aiming to trim cloud costs.

This role emphasizes hands-on work with PostgreSQL, PHP, and Spring Boot in a fast-paced environment. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits as part of a long-term career path within the San Jose