Sr Manager Software Engineering

About Lowe's

Lowe's is a FORTUNE 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need.

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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.

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About the Team

The Creator Network team enables and manages the technology that powers creators at Lowe's. We build and operate the systems, tools, and pipelines that facilitate creator operations - from curating stuff, asset ingestion and tagging to publishing and distribution. Working closely with other enterprise teams, we ensure seamless integration across BLUE, Imagine, and Centrum. Our focus is on scalability, reliability, and end-to-end operational excellence in creator network.

Job Summary:

The primary goal of this role is to guide and empower the engineering team in building, evolving, and optimizing modern content platform experiences. This includes leading the design, development, configuration, testing, and continuous improvement of scalable, high-performance systems. The role also oversees the delivery and long-term stability of enterprise software solutions, ensuring smooth deployments and ongoing excellence in production. Beyond execution, this leader provides technical direction and strategic insight - shaping the roadmap, championing innovation through AI-driven solutions, and ensuring the overall health and growth of the content platform ecosystem.

Core Responsibilities:

• Leads a high-performing engineering team in support of achieving the company's mission. Manages performance and fosters an inclusive, collaborative environment that helps associates reach their full potential.
• Acts as a full-stack, hands-on technical leader - guiding teams in the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, high-availability content and digital experience platforms.
• Manages engineering services across the design, build, and sustainment of modern technology solutions; oversees the translation of business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions.
• Influences and establishes best-in-class engineering and DevOps practices through sound architectural decisions and code quality standards; conducts regular code and design reviews to ensure teams adhere to best practices; provides technical guidance and assists in resolving complex issues at both the code and platform levels.
• Leverages DevOps and observability tools to improve speed-to-market, enhance reliability, and drive proactive platform performance monitoring and optimization.
• Partners closely with scrum teams to align capacity planning, identify process improvements, and continuously increase velocity while reducing sprint spillover.
• Builds trust and alignment across diverse stakeholders, including internal customers, senior leadership, and external technology partners, by communicating with transparency and clarity.
• Resolves escalated technical and delivery challenges during the development, configuration, and maintenance of integrated enterprise applications and content delivery solutions.
• Designs and oversees solutions leveraging microservice and event-driven architectures, API-first design, and scalable data pipelines.
• Champions experimentation with AI and automation technologies to enhance productivity, content intelligence, and operational efficiency within content platforms.
• Partners with product management to define and influence technology roadmaps, priorities, and resource allocations across multiple services, applications, and capabilities.
• Provides input for departmental budget and forecasting, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Coordinates estimation, planning, and execution of projects, balancing speed, quality, and technical debt management.
• Manages multiple concurrent services or applications and coordinates resources by partnering with internal technology teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Leads the team through all technology solution development phases by ensuring adherence to company methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
• Promotes engineering excellence, operational maturity, and continuous improvement through coaching, mentoring, and setting measurable objectives and key results (OKRs).

Primary Skills

• 5 years of experience in software development in an Agile environment, including work with third-party vendors and solution providers
• 5 years of experience leveraging cloud-native and full-stack technologies (Java, , React, or similar frameworks)
• 3 years of experience in IT management within the retail or e-commerce industry
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, containerization, and observability tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Grafana, etc.)
• Strong interest or experience in applying AI and machine learning to content and customer experience domains
• 3 years of experience in roles requiring regular interaction with senior leadership

Secondary Skills (Desired)

• 3 years of experience building or managing content management, publishing, or digital experience platforms

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years of IT experience in software engineering or a related field
• 8 years of experience working on projects involving software development life cycles (SDLC)
• 3 years of experience leading technical or project teams, providing direction, mentorship, and thought leadership
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems (CIS), or related field (or equivalent work experience)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in software development in an Agile environment, including work with third-party vendors and solution providers
• 5 years of experience leveraging cloud-native and full-stack technologies (Java, , React, or similar frameworks)
• 3 years of experience building or managing content management, publishing, or digital experience platforms
• 3 years of experience in IT management within the retail or e-commerce industry
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, containerization, and observability tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Grafana, etc.)
• Strong interest or experience in applying AI and machine learning to content and customer experience domains
• 3 years of experience in roles requiring regular interaction with senior leadership
• Master's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field

Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.