Engineering Manager, MerchTech & Platform Innovation

BJ's Wholesale Club; Marlborough (MA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

BJ's Wholesale Club is seeking an Engineering Manager for Merchandising Technology to own the architecture, roadmap, integrations, delivery, and operational health of the MerchTech portfolio.

You will partner with product, EA, infrastructure, security, data, and vendors to deliver scalable, secure solutions while building the foundation for future AI-enabled merchandising capabilities across pricing, promotions, assortment, and space planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 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.
• Demonstrated success managing vendors, delivery commitments, technical risks, and competing priorities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills across business, technology, and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the MerchTech architecture and engineering roadmap and translate strategies into designs.
• Lead solution architecture reviews and ensure SaaS solutions meet standards.
• Drive modernization, API strategy, cloud adoption, automation, observability, and DevOps.
• Own end-to-end integrations across ERP, middleware, data platforms, and third parties.
• Manage internal and vendor engineering resources, capacity, and technical risks.
• Lead vendor evaluations, roadmaps, and accountable for documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Own production support, reliability, incident response, and disaster-recovery plans.
• Build the engineering team, set roles, standards, and development opportunities.
• Lay the groundwork for AI/ML, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

DevOps

Cloud platforms

API design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

APIs

Middleware

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Security practices

Job description

BJ's Wholesale Club is seeking an Engineering Manager for Merchandising Technology to own the architecture, roadmap, integrations, delivery, and operational health of the MerchTech portfolio.

You will partner with product, EA, infrastructure, security, data, and vendors to deliver scalable, secure solutions while building the foundation for future AI-enabled merchandising capabilities across pricing, promotions, assortment, and space planning.