Staff Engineer- Merchandising Software

Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Staff Engineer- Merchandising Software

AEO Employment Services CO LLC seeks a Staff Engineer- Merchandising Software to design and build specialized retail merchandising software. This is a fully remote position, and the employee can work from anywhere in the United States. Periodic in person presence is required at one of our Pittsburgh or NYC headquarters, distribution centers or field locations for interviews, orientation and quarterly meetups.

Duties include: (i) architecting and deploying enterprise-scale content management solutions using Contentstack; (ii) integrating Cloudinary for dynamic image processing within merchandising systems; (iii) managing creative asset workflows via CreativeForce for seamless team collaboration; (iv) migrating and decommissioning Oracle WebCenter Sites and Adobe Scene7; (v) implementing Backstage for internal developer portal and service discovery; (vi) introducing Temporal for distributed workflow orchestration in merchandising; (vii) mentoring junior engineers on cloud-native and microservices development; and (viii) providing 24/7 support.

This is a fully remote position, and the employee can work from anywhere in the United States. Periodic in person presence is required at one of our Pittsburgh or NYC headquarters, distribution centers or field locations for interviews, orientation and quarterly meetups.

Must have a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field, plus 5 years of post-baccalaureate and progressively responsible experience in a related software development or architecture position.

Experience must include 5 years working with: (i) legacy CMS Oracle WebCenter Sites and preparing for migration to modern CMS platforms such as ContentStack; (ii) asset management and delivery, including image management processes in a retail environment (sample management, high-volume production workflows, publishing, and delivery); and (iii) developing custom solutions in AEM and configuring Scene7 for high-traffic image delivery with predefined presets.

Experience must also include 3 years working with: (i) cloud-native development, microservices architecture and API integration for real-time retail applications; (ii) developer tools and workflow orchestration including Backstage for service discovery and Temporal for distributed workflow orchestration; (iii) programming and DevOps, including proficiency in Java, automated CI/CD pipelines, advanced concurrency design patterns in containerized microservices using Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for high-volume retail applications; (iv) leading and mentoring junior engineers to drive best practices and contribute to engineering excellence; and (v) providing 24/7 on-call Operational Support for critical merchandising platforms.

Experience can be concurrent.

This is a fully remote position, and the employee can work from anywhere in the United States. Periodic in person presence is required at one of our Pittsburgh or NYC headquarters, distribution centers or field locations for interviews, orientation and quarterly meetups.

Pay/Benefits Information:

• Actual starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to relevant experience and location.
• Subject to eligibility requirements, associates may receive health care benefits (including medical, vision, and dental); wellness benefits; 401(k) retirement benefits; life and disability insurance; employee stock purchase program; paid time off; paid sick leave; and parental leave and benefits.
• Paid Time Off, paid sick leave, and holiday pay vary by job level and type, job location, employment classification (part-time or full-time / exempt or non-exempt), and years of service. For additional information, please click HERE.
• AEO may also provide discretionary bonuses and other incentives at its discretion.

Apply at https://aeo.jobs with cover letter, resumé and salary requirements.

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