Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 9+ years

Education Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, trade school or equivalent work experience

Category System Administration

About this role

Principal Software Engineer (Merchandising) leads cross-functional teams to deliver merchandising software in a retail environment, emphasizing cloud-native architectures and AI-enabled workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Application-level software design and development 40%
Lead teams to deliver project/product solutions 35%
Industry research, strategic planning, team formation and cost estimation 10%
Mentors/coaches application team members 5%
Evaluates and applies emerging and evolving technologies 5%

Technical Overview

Stacks include Java, Python, PL/SQL; cloud-native microservices on Google Cloud Platform with Kubernetes; CI/CD via GitLab; real-time telemetry and AI agent integration (LLM/RAG).

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior/lead software engineer with 9+ years in enterprise IT, strong Java and Python capabilities, cloud-native microservices experience on Google Cloud Platform, and expertise integrating AI agents (LLM/RAG) into merchandising software.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related fieldtrade school or equivalent work experienceProven ability to lead architectural design decisionsdefine design patternsand drive system integrations9+ years of software development experience in an enterprise IT environmentExperience developing and integrating AI agents to support workflow automation and decision-makingHands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Tools & Platforms

Google Cloud PlatformKubernetesGitLabKafka

Required Skills

JavaPythonPL/SQLShell scriptingKafkaKubernetesGoogle Cloud PlatformGitLabCI/CDTelemetryMonitoringCloud-nativeMicroservicesLLM orchestrationRAGAI agents

Hard Skills

JavaPythonPL/SQLShell scriptingKafkaKubernetesGoogle Cloud PlatformGitLabCI/CD pipelinesTelemetry/MonitoringCloud-nativeMicroservicesLLM orchestrationRAGAI agents

Soft Skills

Strong communicationLeadershipCollaborationStrategic thinkingMentoringProblem solving

Industry & Role

Industry Retail

Job Function Lead architectural design decisions and engineering for merchandising software in a retail environment

Keywords for Your Resume

principal software engineer merchandisingmerchandising software engineerretail softwaregoogle cloud platformkubernetesci/cdgitlabjavapythonpl/sqlshell scriptingkafkaai agentsllm orchestrationragcloud-nativemicroservicestelemetrymonitoring

Deal Breakers

9+ years of software development experience, Hands-on experience with GCP, Lead architectural design decisions experience

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