Engineering Manager, MerchTech & AI Enablement

BJ's Wholesale Club; Marlborough (MA); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Pay

Free BJs Memberships

Generous Paid Time Off

Flexible and Affordable HealthBenefits

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

BJ's Wholesale Club seeks an Engineering Manager - Merchandising Technology to own the architecture, roadmap, integrations, and operational health of the MerchTech portfolio. You will lead cross-functional teams and partner with Product Management, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Data to deliver scalable and secure solutions.

This hybrid role requires 8+ years of software engineering and 3+ years leading engineering teams, with a focus on retail merchandising systems and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise applications, solution architecture, or systems integration.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams or complex technical programs.
• Experience implementing, integrating, and supporting enterprise SaaS applications.
• Strong knowledge of APIs, middleware, cloud platforms, integration patterns, security, data architecture, and DevOps.
• Experience with architecture governance, production support, incident management, and release management.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills across business, technology, and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the MerchTech architecture and engineering roadmap.
• Translate product strategies into scalable technical designs and delivery plans.
• Lead solution architecture, ARB submissions, and technical design reviews.
• Ensure SaaS solutions meet enterprise standards for integration, security, data, and operations.
• Drive modernization, API strategy, cloud adoption, automation, observability, and DevOps practices.
• Identify and address technical debt, platform risks, and end-of-life technologies.
• Partner with Product Management to define scope, estimates, and delivery plans.
• Lead vendor evaluations and roadmap discussions; ensure quality and knowledge transfer.
• Own production support, reliability, monitoring, and incident response.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cloud & APIs

DevOps

Solution Architecture

Vendor Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Blue Yonder

RELEX

Cloud Platforms

Job description

BJ's Wholesale Club seeks an Engineering Manager - Merchandising Technology to own the architecture, roadmap, integrations, and operational health of the MerchTech portfolio. You will lead cross-functional teams and partner with Product Management, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Data to deliver scalable and secure solutions.

This hybrid role requires 8+ years of software engineering and 3+ years leading engineering teams, with a focus on retail merchandising systems and