Principal Systems Engineer

Position Summary

The Principal System Engineer is a pivotal role in building robust and scalable enterprise technology solutions to replace the current legacy core business applications as part of the Business Applications Replatform program. The individual in this role will play a crucial part in the development of the new ERP/MRP solution, leading the design, development, and implementation of the core/common platforms and feature specific capabilities.

They will work closely with Enterprise and Solutions Architecture, Product Management, Software Development, and Quality Assurance teams to ensure the successful delivery of new ERP/MRP solutions according to the overall modernization roadmap.

• Partners with Leadership, and Enterprise and Solution Architects to transition conceptual and logical architectures to physical implementation architectures, including application, platform, and data architectures.
• Leads the definition and governance of technology and application development standards to be used across all capability design and development work streams.
• Leads and mentors teams of engineers; provides technical guidance, shares best practices, and fosters a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Leads the design, development, and deployment of high-performance enterprise technical solutions across the ERP/MRP landscape.
• Adheres to and drives modern software engineering practices through design reviews.
• Develops “best-in-class” engineering by ensuring that the new technology capabilities are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.
• Improves test coverage for services; organizes and implements integration tests; and resolves problem areas.
• Ensures testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability; and understands when code is ready to be shared and delivered.
• Gains a working understanding of Our Client’s business and collaborates with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, Architects, and other Engineering teams, to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and drive the implementation of scalable and reliable solutions.
• Collaborates with other teams such as the Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, and Security teams to ensure that applications are conform ant to Our Client’s standards and processes.
• Collaborates with Dev Ops teams to ensure the smooth deployment and operation of services and systems in a highly available and scalable production environment.
• Troubleshoots and optimizes automation, reliability, and monitoring for delivered products.
• Stays up-to-date with the latest industry trends and advancements in ERP/MRP business and technology solutions and applies them to drive innovation and excellence in our solutions.

• Extensive experience in designing and developing ERP/MRP solutions, preferably in a large retail or ERP/MRP product company.
• Strong proficiency in current technologies and languages.
• Experience with scalable cloud platforms (ex. Google Cloud and/or Azure) and related services such as serverless computing, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Cloud Formation).
• Proficient in using modern software development tools, version control systems (ex. Git), and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices for building highly scalable and maintainable systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to dissect complex technical challenges and propose innovative solutions.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities, with a proven track record of collaborating effectively in cross-functional teams and mentoring Engineers.
• Able to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

• Experience replatforming legacy IBMi solutions.
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• 12+ years’ technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript (Angular, REACT) or Python or equivalent experience.
• Prior experience successfully leading the delivery of technology solutions.
• Consulting or Leadership experience.
• Previous work with both legacy and emerging technology solutions.