Staff Engineer- Merchandising Software

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

AEO Employment Services CO LLC seeks a Staff Engineer- Merchandising Software to design and build enterprise merchandising software. This fully remote role allows you to work from anywhere in the United States, with periodic in-person interviews at Pittsburgh or NYC locations for interviews, orientation and quarterly meetups.

Duties include architecting content management solutions with Contentstack, integrating Cloudinary for image processing, and mentoring junior engineers on cloud-native and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of post-baccalaureate experience in software development or architecture.
• Experience with CMS migrations and asset management in retail environments.
• Proficiency in Java and cloud-native development, microservices, API integration.

Responsibilities

• Design and build enterprise merchandising software solutions.
• Architect and deploy CMS/content workflows using Contentstack.
• Integrate assets with Cloudinary for image processing in merchandising workflows.
• Lead migration from legacy Oracle WebCenter Sites and Scene7 to modern platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers on cloud-native and microservices practices.
• Provide 24/7 on-call operational support for critical merchandising platforms.

Skills

Cloud-native development

Microservices architecture

API integration

Mentoring

On-call support

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Contentstack

Cloudinary

CreativeForce

Backstage

Temporal

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Oracle WebCenter Sites

Adobe Scene7

Java

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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.

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