Sr Engineer

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

401(k) retirement benefits

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Parental leave and benefits

Job summary

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer to develop and deploy Java-based services across our eCommerce platform and backend retail applications. This is a fully remote role with occasional in-person interviews at Pittsburgh or NYC locations for interviews and quarterly meetups.

You will build data pipelines, monitor cloud-native services, and coordinate large-scale releases during peak periods, while providing on-call support to ensure production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• 5+ years of post-baccalaureate experience in a related position.
• 3+ years in a consumer facing retail environment.
• 3+ years developing and maintaining Java-based services in a retail production environment.
• Experience with enterprise retail systems including Inventory & Sourcing, OMS and carrier-based Delivery Tracking.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Java-based services and applications in a retail production environment.
• Build data pipelines to integrate systems, enable business intelligence, and apply business logic.
• Monitor, maintain, and optimize cloud-native services for performance and reliability.
• Provide after-hours on-call support for business-critical issues.
• Coordinate large-scale releases for critical retail systems, including peak periods.
• Facilitate and support testing phases (unit, functional, end-to-end, performance).

Skills

Java

Data pipelines

Cloud-native services

Retail systems

Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or related field

Tools

OMS

Inventory & Sourcing

Job description

Senior Engineer

AEO Employment Services CO LLC seeks a Senior Engineer to develop and deploy code across our eCommerce platform and backend retail applications. 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) developing and maintaining Java-based services and applications in a retail production environment; (ii) building data pipelines to integrate systems, enable business intelligence, and apply business logic; (iii) monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing cloud-native services for performance and reliability; and (iv) providing after-hours on-call support for business-critical issues.

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, Information Technology or a directly related field plus five (5) years of post-baccalaureate and progressively responsible experience in a related position.

Experience must include three (3) years working in a consumer facing retail environment.

Experience must also include three (3) years: (i) developing and maintaining Java-based services and applications in a retail production environment; (ii) working with enterprise retail systems including Inventory & Sourcing, Order Management Systems (OMS), and carrier-based Delivery Tracking systems to enable accurate order routing, fulfillment visibility and post-purchase experiences; (iii) coordinating large-scale releases for critical retail systems, including planning and executing deployments across peak sales periods (e.g., holiday or promotional events), while ensuring system availability and rollback readiness; and (iv) facilitating and supporting testing phases unit, functional, end-to-end, and performance testing for customer-facing and operational retail systems such as eCommerce order flows, warehouse integrations and payment systems, and addressing defects to maintain production integrity.

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.
• AEO may also provide discretionary bonuses and other incentives at its discretion.