We inspire purpose-filled living that brings joy to the modern home. With a team of more than 8,000 associates spanning 130 store and distribution locations across the U.S. and Canada, we achieve together, drive results and innovate to inspire. Drawn together by a shared passion for our customers and a spirit of fun, we deliver high-quality home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced and bring beauty and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.

We’re here for it. We think you should be too. We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as a Lead Developer.

A day in the life as a Lead Developer…

Participate with business partners in the definition of their requirementsDevelop detailed design to align with the business requirements: function and process specifications. Assist with technical design, unit test plan (where needed), functional program design, and technical program design (where needed)Working with the team and business colleagues, define KPI’s, data integrity measurements and a data integrity assurance processDevelop a function point analysis estimate of work effort required to complete the business requirements. If this requires technology work outside your technology domain, work with that domain’s estimates in order that the overall estimate encompasses the complete solutionDevelop team work plan working with manager and business input and priorities Determine staff assignmentsProject management: Create and maintain the technology work plan using department approved project management tools; supervise progress; report progress against work plan; log, track and manage the resolution of project issues; frequently review progress with technology managementConstruction: Ensure programs are well-structured, well-documented and written to standards; conduct walkthroughs, review code and/or mappings, review unit tests. Testing: Collaborate with the Quality Execution Team in the preparation of test environments and execution of system tests. Develop system test plan; develop and assist with execution of user acceptance test. Coordinate user service requestsTraining: Participate in the definition and setup of training environments when neededInstallation: Participate in installation of software and execution of conversionPost-installation support: Monitor system and coordinate user service requestsDevelop, measure, communicate and manage user agreed to service levels for data currency, accuracy, and availabilityCollaborate with internal customers to determine the most efficient, cost-effective approach to meet their business requirementsParticipate and/or lead technical design meetings and assist defining system architecture

What you’ll bring to the table…  

Ability to develop a technical software solution to a business problem utilized by the supply chain and ability to define the solution in verbal and documented statesAbility to create estimates for software development based on technical solutions that address business requirementsAbility to develop a work plan, taking into account the defined efforts by all contributing technology-impacted domainsExperience with I-Series development, RPG, ILE,SQLRPGLE, CL, SQL, and SDAExperience in Web services or 3rd party Application/tool Integration with Iseries or Iseries data migration to cloudExperience with data migration to Google BigQuery or Azure is a plusExperience with JSON is a plusImplementing industry standard best development practices.Knowledge of third party tools/platforms like SQL, XML and Agile development tools.Experience working in Retail merchandising systems or supply chain process knowledge is preferred.Listening and comprehension skills in working alongside business disciplines and other technology disciplinesAbility to work with business and prioritize requirements from business based on factors such as technology resources from different technology domains, overarching senior management direction, etc

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).Eight or more years of software application development experience in Retail  or Supply Chain domain.7+ years experience in coding RPG, RPGLE, Free Form RPG, and Embedded SQL.

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Minimum Starting Rate: $126,960.00 Annually

Up to: $158,700.00 Annually

Pay ranges will be adjusted upward as needed to comply with applicable state and local law. In addition to your salary, based on your role, associates may be eligible for other compensation including bonuses, sales incentives, and long term incentives.