Staff Engineer - Planning Systems
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.9 months ago
Pittsburgh, PA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical authority and technical lead for the Merchandise Planning and Allocation Engineering team.
- Lead solution and integration architecture for assortment planning, merchandise financial planning, allocation, fulfillment, and enterprise systems.
- Design scalable, secure, and high-performance MP&A applications and integration strategies.
- Develop and maintain integrations, performant code, ETL data pipelines, and automation processes.
- Own the engineering lifecycle from design and development through QA, SIT, UAT, performance testing, and deployment.
- Provide Level 3 production support, root cause analysis, and permanent fixes.
- Lead and mentor engineers and analysts and coordinate with business users, functional leads, and vendors.
- Promote best practices in coding, testing, integration, and version control.
Requirements
- 10+ years of IT experience in retail systems, preferably in Planning and Allocation, with a retail IT background required.
- Proven experience with technical architecture for enterprise retail solutions and retail application ecosystems.
- Experience leading technical teams, cross-functional groups, and vendor partners.
- Hands-on integration experience across retail applications, data warehouses, and external SaaS applications.
- Strong proficiency with retail data models and databases including Oracle and PostgreSQL, plus expert-level SQL skills.
- Hands-on coding experience with Python, PL/SQL, Java, or Linux Shell scripting.
- Experience developing modern dataflow pipelines, preferably with Apache Airflow or similar orchestration frameworks.
- Understanding of batch, API, and real-time integration patterns.
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket/Git, and Agile/DevOps tools.
- Experience with cloud platforms and data warehouses such as BigQuery or Snowflake.
- Knowledge of batch scheduling tools such as Control-M.
- Specific experience with Blue Yonder/JDA applications, including Fulfillment, Enterprise Planning, or Assortment Planning.
- Familiarity with Core Merchandising systems such as RMS/Island Pacific, WMS, or OMS.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Benefits
- Generous employee discount.
- Summer Fridays and casual dress code.
- Hybrid work schedule.
- Company-wide FOMO events.
- Eligible associates may receive medical, vision, dental, wellness, 401(k), life and disability insurance, employee stock purchase, paid time off, paid sick leave, and parental leave benefits.
- Discretionary bonuses and other incentives may be available.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering