Lead Software Engineer

at  Williams Sonoma

LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER – LOGISTICS ENGINEERING (WMOS)

Job Description
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YOUR JOURNEY IN CONTINUED LEARNING

• In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
• Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
• Resources for self-development
• Advisor (Mentor) program
• Career development workshops and learning programsSpeaker series
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  This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.
  Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances.
  Our Company
  Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn teen, pottery barn kids, Rejuvenation, Mark & Graham, west elm, or Outward. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We’ve seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn’t changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we’re a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we’re always looking for new energy and ideas

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Logistics Engineering organization is seeking an energetic and talented Lead Software Engineer to lead the Logistics Engineering and Supply Chain systems domain delivery teams, driving high-value, high-quality features to our industry-leading Supply Chain capability. At Williams-Sonoma, Inc., we build 6 of the retail industry-leading websites - Williams-Sonoma, west elm, Mark and Graham, and the Pottery Barn family. This role will work across the entire functional domain of all the brands.
The ideal candidate would have the ability to effectively come up with technical design for capabilities across supply chain systems, influence/participate in architectural/design discussions, strategic planning, roadmaps, and decisions to ensure we build impactful, compelling, and scalable solutions in an incremental fashion, unlocking hyper-growth, data-driven decision making and creating a world of possibilities for our customers/business.
Success in the role requires agility and results-orientation, strategic and innovative thinking, a proven track record of delivering new customer-facing software products at scale, rigorous analytical skills, and a passion for automation and data-driven approaches to solving problems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the design, development, and deployment Logistics Warehouse Management systems, among cross functional systems of supply chain and Manhattan Associates Warehouse Management Open Systems (WMOS) backend database, to design integration layer among Supply chain systems
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers and engineers
• Design and develop scalable, reliable, and maintainable architectures
• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility
• Write clean, maintainable, efficient, and high-quality SQL and PL/SQL scripts
• Ensure high performance and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies
• Advocate for best practices and modern development methodologies
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for system designs, code, and processes
• Ensure knowledge transfer and training for team members and production support team on new project go-live and best practices
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions
• Ability to triage, research, and find root causes of Production IncidentsAdherence to Agile development methodology – Jira update, story points for each jira type, regular updates to jira to derive accurate updates and tracking