Lead Software Engineer, Warehouse Management

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 nearly 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.

 

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer, Warehouse Management with 8+ years of experience to drive the delivery of complex and impactful software solutions. In this pivotal role, you will directly influence the success of cross-functional initiatives and product outcomes by providing technical leadership, establishing best practices, and mentoring our talented engineering team within an agile environment. You will be instrumental in shaping our technical direction and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software in alignment with product goals.

 

• This position is fully remote

• This role is an Individual Contributor

A day in the life as a Lead Engineer, Warehouse Management...

• Provide strong technical leadership and guidance to the software engineering team, setting the technical vision and ensuring alignment with product goals

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex software solutions, taking ownership of technical deliverables from conception to launch, within an iterative development process

• Actively participate in and champion team ceremonies contributing to the successful delivery of sprint goals and continuous process improvement

• Collaborate effectively with product managers and other stakeholders to define requirements, provide technical insights, author user and technical stories, and ensure seamless integration of solutions, leveraging your comprehensive understanding of systems, tools, and applications in your product

• Establish and enforce agile software development best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns to ensure code quality, maintainability, and scalability

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their technical growth, providing constructive feedback, and promoting a collaborative team environment

• Tackle complex technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, and provide innovative solutions

• Conduct thorough and constructive code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing within the team

• Establishes and champions high standards for knowledge management within the team, ensuring clear, comprehensive, and easily accessible documentation for all developed features and solutions, significantly enhancing team efficiency and codebase maintainability

• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation within the engineering processes and technology stack

• Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring the timely and successful delivery of features and solutions

What you'll bring to the table...

• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to set technical vision and guide a team

• Deep understanding of agile software development methodologies and the software development lifecycle

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills

• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

• Solid understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and system scalability

• Proficiency in designing and developing scalable and maintainable software solutions in an iterative way

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and related technologies

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

• Expertise in designing domain‑driven microservices (stateful/stateless), eventing patterns (sourcing, idempotency, replay), and high‑volume, low‑latency systems

• Fluency in Kubernetes/AKS and advanced SDLC/GitOps practices (blue/green, canary, observability stack design)

• Experience integrating with cyber-physical systems (robots, ASRS, IoT) including secure service communication and latency domain orchestration

• Ability to build AI/ML inference systems, model-serving APIs, and recommendation pipelines with full auditability and lifecycle management

• Proven track record of modernizing legacy systems using strangler patterns and decomposing monoliths in complex operational environments

• Deep knowledge of WES/WMS, supply chain automation, and multi‑site orchestration for high‑availability logistics or manufacturing systems

• Skill in articulating complex architectural tradeoffs between consistency, availability, latency, and reliability

We'd love to hear from you if you have...

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

• 8+ years of professional software development experience

• Proven experience leading the delivery of complex software solutions in an agile environment

• Strong proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages, .NET and C#

• Experience with testing frameworks and methodologies

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Euromarket Designs, Inc., which does business as Crate and Barrel and CB2, will be referred to as “the Company”. The Company is deeply committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact the location you are applying to here and ask to speak with a manager regarding the nature of your request.

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