Software Engineer II - Payments (REMOTE)

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams.  We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.

If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

OVERVIEW:

This Software Engineer II will be a part of the Payments team. This team is responsible for the mostly backend APIs and some UI that support our eCommerce web, mobile app and Point Of Sale registers and pin pads in the Stores. This team directly works with payment processors and also integrates with many internal teams and partners. You will build and learn to design and test best in class solutions and perform business analysis and software analysis with some supervision. May coordinate initiatives with limited complexity. Supports initiatives that ensure enterprise systems remain best-in-class.

TECH STACK:

In this role, you will primarily work with applications built using Java and the Spring framework. A strong understanding of cloud-based services on Azure—particularly Redis, Cosmos DB, and PostgreSQL will be highly valuable, as these technologies are widely leveraged across many of our solutions. Familiarity with asynchronous messaging and event-driven architectures, especially Kafka, will also be beneficial, given their importance in enabling scalable and resilient systems.

Our development workflow emphasizes modern engineering practices: all code is version-controlled in GitHub, while deployment pipelines are designed to deliver and manage services on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This role offers the opportunity to work across a broad set of technologies and contribute to building robust, cloud-native solutions.

 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.

• 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