Lead Software Engineer - Java

GameStop; Grapevine (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GameStop is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Omni-Channel Engineering team in Grapevine, TX. You will design, build, and maintain highly scalable microservices to enhance customer experiences across all platforms. Ideal candidates will have 12+ years of experience in full-stack development, with strong skills in React or Angular and cloud services such as AWS or Azure. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and emphasizes performance optimization and mentoring within a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years relevant work experience with building full-stack applications and services.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, object-oriented design, and data structures.
• Experience in a fast-paced, agile development environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers and designers to build software solutions.
• Architect, design, and implement web applications and services.
• Write scalable, performant, and tested code.

Skills

Customer-obsessed

Collaborative

Data-driven

Results-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

HTML5

CSS

React

Angular

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Job description

GameStop is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Omni-Channel Engineering team. This will collaborate with a team of engineers, product managers, designers, and business partners. In this role, you will help design, build, and maintain highly scalable microservices and core front-end components, powering products and features that delight millions of GameStop customers. The ideal candidate will be customer-obsessed, highly collaborative, and passionate about creating customer experiences that are both frictionless and delightful.

This position sits onsite 5 days a week in Grapevine, TX.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to build software solutions that power the shopping experience across all platforms.
• Architect, design, and implement highly-performant web applications and services.
• Work across web development and scalable middle tier and back-end services.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture, design, and extensible code.
• Write scalable, performant, readable, and tested code. Monitor, track, and optimize performance on an ongoing basis.
• Review code and provide meaningful feedback to peers to help build better solutions.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to peers and less experienced engineers.
• Use data to provide input to prioritization decisions.
• Thrive in an ambiguous environment, be resourceful, and make tradeoffs to deliver customer impact.
• Exhibit a bias for action, constantly looking for ways to improve performance and customer experience.
• Establish strong working relationships across all levels and functions of the organization.
• Be results-oriented, data-driven, and passionate about building innovative customer experiences.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 12+ years relevant work experience with building highly performant full-stack applications and services. This is in addition to degree/experience requirement above.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like, agile development environment.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, object-oriented design, and data structures.
• Experience with HTML5, CSS, and web frameworks such as React or Angular.
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service.
• Demonstrated track record of cultivating strong working relationships and collaborating across multiple teams.

What’s Good To Have

• Deep understanding of ReactJS or Spring Boot.
• Proficiency in more than one modern programming language/technology.
• Experience working on streaming data applications (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis, Flink, or Spark Streaming).

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