Principal Engineer - Software - Catalog

Principal Engineer - Software - Catalog Apply remote type Hybrid locations Atlanta, GA, USA time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id 306252 Company Background: Genuine Parts Company ("GPC" or the "Company"), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading specialty distributor engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. Position Purpose : Seeking world-class talent to join the world's leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. This role will function as the Principal Engineer of a newly formed team of Engineers to build the next generation commerce platforms at GPC. Working with a highly talented team, you'll play a key role to build and run one of the world's largest automotive and industrial replacement parts operations. This is an engineering leadership role with responsibility for enabling cloud transformation and execution for GPC's unified commerce platforms. This individual must be a technologist & engineer at heart and be comfortable in enabling new technology and being hands on with the execution of the strategy. They must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrated focus on customer experience, and must have a proven track record of modernizing technologies. Close collaboration and alignment with business teams, application development teams and security will be required. As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required. High level communication and presentation skills are required. Ability to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent will be critical. Responsibilities: Technical responsibility of architecture roadmap and vision of the Catalog Domain. Lead the development and build out of the unified commerce systems for the entire domain. Reviews business context for solutions to company challenges as well as defining the vision and requirements for the solution. Initiate both group and one-on-one meetings with senior management in order to gain a clear understanding of business drivers and functional requirements. Lead design and architecture discussions for IT platforms engaging with other staff engineers. Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options. Communicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates with existing domain architects. Provides oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement and cost-effective solutions. Provide technical leadership and guidance to staff / lead engineers. Other duties as assigned. Location: GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office. We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work hybrid. Desired Qualifications & Experiences: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields, or equivalent experience. 12+ years' experience in software engineering & technology. Proven technical leadership and skills in creating, leading, and implementing Data Management, Integration & Reporting Solutions. Experience with Product MDM, Enterprise Data Strategy, Data Integrations, Data Architecture, Data Reporting/Analytics. Experience in eCommerce core merchandising areas. Working knowledge of one of the item master solutions like STIBO-STEP / Riversand. Working knowledge of various types of database management systems. Extensive knowledge around various data integration patterns against databases. Experience with Data Lake & Integration platforms. Experience in enterprise level software development experience. Experience in building and operating applications running on Public cloud environments. Must possess experience running high throughput low latency end user-facing microservices. Excellent oral and written communication. Analytical and problem-solving skills. Comfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside of comfort zone acquiring new skills. Technically creative and open-minded. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-02-01