Principal Engineer – Store Systems

Jobtailor

Atlanta (GA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior technical leader to own the Store systems architecture and modernization roadmap. You will drive the technical vision, oversee architecture reviews, and ensure scalable, secure, and observable store platforms across company-owned and partner stores.

You will collaborate with product, security, and operations teams to align enterprise roadmaps with modern software practices and cloud-native patterns, delivering measurable business impact and operational excellence.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
10+ years’ software engineering and technology experience, with 5+ years in senior technical leadership guiding architecture and delivery.
Expert knowledge of modern software development practices (Agile, DevOps, Lean, Kanban, SAFe).
Hands-on with cloud-native stacks including Java/Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, GCP/AWS/Azure, APIs, microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, and CI/CD.
Experience leading enterprise-scale integrations across Store systems, POS, WMS/OMS/TMS, ERP, and related platforms.
Deep understanding of store technology platforms, edge computing, IoT-enabled devices, APIs, event-driven architecture, observability, and support models.
Strong engineering discipline across data integration patterns, design patterns, testing, and scalable quality.
Experience defining lightweight warehouse management capabilities for store and fulfillment operations.
AI-enabled engineering capabilities and multi-agent orchestration in secure environments (preferred).
Experience standardizing templates across multi-store/multi-warehouse networks.
Proven ability to deliver measurable business impact (cost reduction, faster onboarding, reliability, efficiency).
AI-enabled tooling supporting productivity, documentation, testing, analysis, coding, prototyping, and ops support.
Excellent communication skills to explain complex decisions to engineers and executives.

Responsibilities

Define and drive long-term technical vision, architecture, and standards for Store systems.
Develop initiatives to modernize Store systems for reliability, performance, and scalability.
Engage with vendors and enterprise teams to evaluate technologies for store platforms and edge devices.
Guide enterprise integration patterns and cloud-native architecture for resilient Store systems.
Lead architecture reviews to ensure security, scalability, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Oversee delivery with a focus on automation, quality, and cost-efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to expose Store capabilities through unified experiences.
Evolve legacy platforms and reusable patterns to accelerate delivery across store capabilities.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Cloud-Native Engineering

Enterprise Integration

Agile Development Practices

Store Technology Platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD Automation

Observability

Event-Driven Architecture

Real-Time Processing

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

APIs

Microservices

Job description

Define and drive the long-term technical vision, architecture, and engineering standards for Store systems, ensuring alignment with business priorities, product roadmaps, operational needs, and enterprise technology strategy.
Develop strategic technical initiatives that modernize Store systems, improve reliability and performance, simplify operations, and enable scalable capabilities across company-owned and independently owned stores.
Engage with vendors, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, and industry leaders to evaluate technologies that strengthen store platforms, edge computing, device management, integration patterns, and operational resilience.
Foster out-of-the-box thinking within the team to encourage innovative approaches to complex problems, leading to more creative and effective solutions.
Analyze the end-to-end store technology value chain, including point-of-sale, pricing, inventory, catalog, payments, order management, fulfillment, delivery, device management, and support processes, to identify opportunities to reduce friction and improve store execution.
Collaborate with senior leaders to integrate Store systems architecture and modernization priorities with business, product, operations, security, data, and enterprise technology roadmaps.
Define and guide enterprise integration patterns, messaging frameworks, event-driven services, APIs, and cloud-native architecture that enable resilient, scalable, and observable Store systems.
Design and guide distributed applications for remote discovery, monitoring, configuration, lifecycle management, and support of store devices, edge infrastructure, and IoT-enabled capabilities.
Define key performance indicators for Store systems, including reliability, performance, availability, incident reduction, store adoption, operational efficiency, transaction success, and business impact; monitor the effectiveness of technical initiatives against those outcomes.
Implement and continuously improve the technical standards, engineering patterns, observability practices, automation, and operational tooling required to support reliable and scalable Store systems.
Communicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures.
Lead architecture, design, code, and operational readiness reviews with engineering teams to ensure Store systems are secure, scalable, reliable, supportable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
Provides oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement and cost-effective solutions.
Partner with Unified Experience, Product, UX, Architecture, and Engineering teams to define how Store Systems capabilities are exposed through unified associate, customer, call center, and owner experiences.
Own technical leadership for Store systems modernization by partnering with product and engineering teams to evolve legacy platforms, reduce operational complexity, improve integration quality, and create reusable patterns that accelerate delivery across store capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years’ experience in software engineering and technology, with 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role guiding architecture, engineering standards, and delivery for complex enterprise platforms, preferably in retail, store operations, commerce, supply chain, or distributed systems environments.
Expert knowledge of modern software development practices, including Agile, DevOps, Lean, Kanban, and SAFe, with experience scaling delivery practices across large engineering teams.
Hands‑on experience with modern cloud‑native engineering stacks, including Java/Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, GCP/AWS/Azure, APIs, microservices, Pub/Sub or equivalent messaging, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, CI/CD automation, and real‑time processing pipelines.
Experience leading enterprise‑scale integrations across Store systems, POS platforms, store operations workflows, WMS, OMS, TMS, ERP, warehouse automation, payments, pricing, inventory, catalog, carrier, automation, and customer‑facing platforms.
Deep understanding of store technology platforms, distributed systems, edge computing, device management, IoT‑enabled store devices, APIs, event‑driven architecture, observability, and operational support models.
Strong engineering discipline across data integration patterns, design patterns, test‑driven development, unit testing, performance engineering, destructive testing, and scalable quality practices.
Experience designing or defining lightweight warehouse management capabilities that support store and fulfillment operations.
Preferred experience with AI‑enabled engineering capabilities, including policy enforcement, LLM routing, and multi‑agent orchestration frameworks in secure enterprise environments.
Experience standardizing operational templates across multi‑store, multi‑warehouse, and 3PL networks.
Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable business impact, including reduced cost, faster onboarding, improved throughput, higher reliability, and better operational efficiency.
AI‑enabled engineering tools and practices supporting productivity, documentation, testing, analysis, coding, prototyping, and operational support.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical decisions, tradeoffs, risks, and business impacts to engineering teams, senior leaders, business partners, and operational stakeholders.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in defining and driving technical vision and architecture for Store systems, with a strong focus on modern software development practices, cloud‑native engineering, and enterprise‑scale integrations. Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams and deliver measurable business impact through innovative solutions and operational excellence.

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