Lead Engineer Merchandise Technology

Overview

Great brands reflect culture. The best ones help shape it. At Foot Locker, we're rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both. From Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker to Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos, our brands sit at the intersection of sport, style, and self-expression.

As part of the DICK'S Sporting Goods family, you're backed by the resources, reach, and career opportunities of a world-class sports company. That unleashes Foot Locker to keep pushing forward with the agility and edge that define the brand. We're looking for great people who want to influence culture and the generation that is shaping what's next.

Whether you're building strategy, shaping innovations, or creating unforgettable customer moments, you'll contribute to decisions and experiences that define our brands' impact in the communities we serve.

We are seeking a highly capable Lead Engineer to drive delivery and technical execution across global merchandising technology platforms. This role is responsible for leading engineering efforts, guiding solution implementation, and ensuring high-quality delivery across merchandising domains.

This role operates across both legacy and modern platforms, supporting current systems while driving modernization, reducing technical debt, and enabling transition to scalable, cloud-based solutions.

The role operates within a complex global business model spanning multiple regions and supports a distributed delivery organization, including offshore engineering teams.

• Lead design, development, and implementation of solutions aligned with business and architectural standards
• Own delivery of features, enhancements, integrations, and defect resolution across platforms
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including API-first, event-driven, and cloud-native approaches
• Lead implementation of intelligent and data-driven solutions, including integration of AI/ML capabilities into applications and workflows
• Evaluate and apply tools such as Copilot and other AI-assisted development technologies to improve engineering productivity and quality
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, scalability, and reliability

• Lead engineering across merchandising capabilities, which may include:
  • Planning (allocation, assortment, MFP)
  • Pricing, promotion, and markdown
  • Core merchandising and item/product systems
  • Inventory, replenishment, and size/pack optimization
• Support and enhance legacy platforms while contributing to modernization and simplification efforts
• Support and enable advanced capabilities through data and AI-driven solutions
• Ensure data accuracy and operational integrity across systems

• Drive adherence to engineering standards, coding best practices, and architecture guidelines
• Guide teams in selecting appropriate technologies across a polyglot environment, balancing business needs, system constraints, and long-term scalability
• Lead code reviews and design reviews to ensure quality and consistency
• Improve system performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automation, and Dev Ops practices

• Lead and mentor engineers, providing technical guidance and coaching
• Coordinate work across onshore and offshore teams to deliver against shared goals
• Support agile delivery practices including backlog management, estimation, and sprint execution
• Act as a technical lead on cross-functional initiatives

• Partner with Solution Architects to ensure designs are practical and executable
• Provide feedback to influence architectural decisions based on implementation realities
• Collaborate with product, business, and data teams to align on requirements and delivery

• Identify opportunities to improve systems, reduce complexity, and eliminate technical debt
• Contribute to modernization initiatives including migration, refactoring, or replacement of legacy applications
• Evaluate and apply new technologies and tools to improve engineering outcomes

At Foot Locker, we value innovation, authenticity, and integrity in all that we do. To…