Software Engineer II- Athlete Order (REMOTE)

ABOUT THE COMPANY   

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we take a people-centric approach to everything we do. Our Athletes, how we refer to customers, and our Teammates, how we refer to our employees, are at the center of every decision we make so that we can provide transformational experiences online, in store, and in sport. When you join Technology at DICK’S Sporting Goods, you’re joining a true team that wins together. We help our Athletes and fellow Teammates better their best by innovating solutions to interesting business problems and empowering every Technology Teammate to be an innovator. And, while we work remotely from all over the United States, we provide virtual and in-person events for the team to hangout, from virtual escape rooms to cheering on the Pittsburgh Pirates at beautiful PNC Park. 

JOB PURPOSE 

Builds and learns to design and test best in class solutions. Performs business analysis and software analysis with some supervision. May coordinate initiatives with limited complexity. Supports initiatives that ensure enterprise systems remain best-in-class.

JOB PURPOSE

The Athlete Order Team at DICK’S Sporting Goods requires us to support, maintain, and enable a seamless, transparent, and reliable athlete order experience by ensuring all order data is delivered from a single, consistent source to both athletes and teammates. This role safeguards the integrity of the order lifecycle by providing secure, efficient processes for order creation, management, and fulfillment, while also maintaining accurate historical records that support operational excellence and informed decision‑making. The architecture underpinning this work is guided by principles that include maintaining an immutable record of orders, ensuring scalability and high throughput to support growing order volumes, and promoting loose coupling to accommodate organizational transformation. It also relies on a highly distributed pub/sub model capable of supporting unlimited producers and consumers, strict event ordering to preserve data integrity, and replay capabilities that enable system recovery, feature development, and continuous improvement. 

We are looking for engineers who enjoy solving meaningful business problems through thoughtful system design, strong analysis, and collaboration. In this role, you will help build and evolve scalable enterprise solutions that power critical capabilities across Dick’s Sporting Goods. You will partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to analyze complex problems, deliver reliable systems, and continuously improve the platforms that support our growing omnichannel ecosystem. 

Acts as a product-team problem solver and domain SME to design, test, and deliver best-in-class solutions. Perform business and software analysis and coordinates work of moderate complexity within the assigned data-focused product team. The ability to evaluate the current solution landscape and recommend continuous improvements to system design, scale, and performance will set you apart. You are eager to analyze business and software needs, collaborate across teams, and work cross-functionally to build a robust omnichannel data platform that powers tooling for business operations, athlete care, store operations, vendor operations, and future search and intelligence products for Dick’s Sporting Goods. 

Tech Stack: Java, Kotlin, Postgres, Elasticsearch, and Kafka 

RESPONSIBILITIES                              

Software Development 

Develop existing software and contribute to development of new software by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new software that is fast, secure and reliable to meet defined requirements. 

Software Maintenance 

Monitor, identify, and correct moderately complex software defects to maintain fully functioning software, with limited supervision from others. 

Technical Developments Recommendation 

Support efforts to research and suggest ways to optimize solutions to better meet user and/or business, performance, quality needs. 

Software Roadmap 

Maintain road map to facilitate software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements. 

Faults Diagnosis and Correction 

Find root cause and resolution to limit and address issues promptly. 

Functional/Technical Requirements 

Support collection of functional requirements using document analysis and workflow analysis to express requirements clearly and succinctly. 

Technical Persistence Layer/Legacy Database Design/Development  

Design database resources and provide physical modeling and design services to tune database solutions for optimum performance with some support from other teammates. 

Program/Portfolio Management Support 

Understand how to work within an established program management plan to achieve specific goals. 

Ongoing Learning and Development 

Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. 

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES 

Customer Focus 

Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. For example, probes deeply into customer needs to identify less obvious interests or expectations. Consistently goes above and beyond to understand customer requirements and surpass their expectations. 

Decision Quality 

Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, swiftly internalizes coaching on routine issues; handles issues confidently after instruction. Leverages rules and procedures to speed up decision making. Confidently and quickly draws on others' expertise. 

Action Oriented 

Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, identifies what needs to be done and acts quickly. Shows optimism and enthusiasm that affects others positively. Works independently, but knows when to ask for help. 

Collaborates 

Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, finds many ways to add value to the team; probes to draw out richer input from others; is a valued resource who goes out of the way to help others. 

Instills Trust 

Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, consistently adheres to organizational policies and practices, even when they are unpopular or inconvenient. Builds trust by honoring commitments and by being open and honest at work. 

Courage 

Steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said. For example, is known for expressing views directly and respectfully; communicates what needs to be said. Assumes personal ownership and responsibility when confronted or challenged; shows readiness to learn and to resolve issues. 

Tech Savvy 

Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications. For example, investigates technologies to learn some cutting-edge best practices. Uses digital/social media to benefit the team and add value to the work being done; understands how to avoid misuse of these tools.

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