Senior Engineer, In-Home Services

Best Buy; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Great employee discount

Financial savings and retirement

Support for physical and mental well‑n

Job summary

Best Buy is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead cloud microservices for the IHOF team, shaping distributed CQRS and event-driven architectures to power in-home scheduling, routing, and fulfillment.

You’ll develop and review designs, drive complex solutions, and mentor peers while working primarily from home with occasional on-site collaboration near Richfield, Minnesota.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years as a Software Engineer/Developer with cloud-based, distributed systems.
• 2+ years building event-driven architectures and microservice patterns.
• 1+ years cloud-native development and Agile product delivery.
• Experience with testing and CICD automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and architect features in Distributed CQRS, Event Sourced, Microservice Architecture using Java Spring.
• Lead in the delivery of complex solutions and participate in technical designs.
• Mentor peers, conduct code reviews, and set engineering direction on projects.
• Plan delivery of cross‑cutting business needs across multiple applications.
• Anticipate and mitigate technical issues at the product level through design decisions.
• Collaborate with peers to introduce new frameworks and patterns.

Skills

Distributed CQRS

Event Sourced

Microservice Architecture

Java Spring

Cloud-native development

Event driven design

Mentoring/leadership

Architectural decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD automation tools

Job description

Best Buy is seeking a talented individual to join our team as a Senior Engineer for cloud microservices implementation within Services IT organization supporting large product order fulfillment. The In-Home Order Fulfillment (IHOF) team is responsible for building and supporting the application portfolio which enable scheduling of in-home delivery, installation, and repair services provided by Best Buy and our partners across all selling channels.

Our mission is to build and evolve modern, scalable platforms that power seamless and intuitive customer experiences across every interaction with Best Buy. Within the IHOF engineering team, you will lead a continuous modernization journey, driving the evolution from legacy systems to cloud-native, event-driven architectures. This includes shaping resilient, observable, and cost-efficient solutions, while leveraging data and automation to improve system performance and delivery outcomes. We operate with a product mindset, embracing experimentation, rapid iteration, and engineering excellence to meet dynamic business demands and enable best-in-class in-home scheduling, routing, and fulfillment capabilities.

In this role, you'll primarily work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location. However, you must live within a drivable distance to our corporate campus in Richfield, Minnesota. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team, and the recruiter or hiring manager will provide additional details during the hiring process.

What you’ll do

• Develop and architect features built in a Distributed CQRS, Event Sourced, Microservice Architecture using Java Spring
• Use of Agentic AI as core development/coding tool
• Participate in the creation and presentation of technical designs
• Lead in the delivery of complex solutions
• Active participant in planning activities. Contributes to strategic planning
• Anticipates technical issues at the product level and makes architectural and design decisions to avoid them
• Leads and effectively manages the triage complex issues across systems in both production and locally
• Demonstrates creativity and takes initiative in solving complex problems
• Plans delivery of coarse-grained business needs spanning multiple applications
• Influence technical peers outside the team or project in some areas. Such as introducing new frameworks and patterns through their work
• Makes others better through code reviews, thorough documentation, technical guidance, and mentoring or serving as a Tech Lead on a project
• Works independently under project objectives
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• 3+ years of related work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer
• 2+ years of experience building event driven architecture.
• 2+ years of experience with Microservice patterns and event driven design
• 1+ years of experience with cloud native development
• Experience with Application Management and/or Agile product delivery
• Experience developing solutions using testing and CICD automation tools

What’s in it for you

We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full‑time or part‑time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced‑schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full‑time and part‑time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non‑exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary .

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide .

About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline:

Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.

Position Type: Full time

Location/Region: Minneapolis, MN (55423)