As a Principal Engineer in Merchandising (SPT), you are a thought leader and trusted partner to product and technology teams defining solutions to highly complex business and technology problems
Job Summary
As a Principal Engineer in Merchandising (SPT), you are a thought leader and trusted partner to product and technology teams defining solutions to highly complex business and technology problems.
In this role, you will champion Agentic capabilities not only for SPT outcomes but by shaping reusable Agentic patterns, governance, and enablers that can scale across the broader Merchandising portfolio.
You embody industry best engineering practices and create a culture for learning & growth.
Matching Summary
As a Principal Engineer in Merchandising (SPT), you are a thought leader and trusted partner to product and technology teams defining solutions to highly complex business and technology problems.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Cloud-native microservices
Event-driven systems with Kafka
Backend stack (Java, Kotlin, Python)
Data stores (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra)
Search and retrieval architectures
Agentic orchestration & Flows
Production LLM solutions
Nice-to-have
Thought leader and trusted partner
Strategic visioning
Curious, active learner
Industry best engineering practices
Retail domain experience
Contribute to open-source community
Key Requirements
12+ years in software engineering
3+ years in architecture/technical leadership
2+ years of production AI/ML, LLM-enabled, Agentic AI systems