Stay current with advances in retail technology, payment systems, customer experience platforms, and AI-driven retail innovation Collaboration & Mentorship + Partner with product, store operations, customer experience, merchandising, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions + Provide technical leadership as an individual contributor, mentoring senior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and architectural guidance + Guide teams in adopting AI-assisted development practices and establishing best practices for AI tool integration in the development lifecycle + Collaborate with platform and enterprise services teams to ensure cohesive integration across the technology ecosystem Required Qualifications Experience + 8+ years in software engineering with significant focus on retail systems, distributed architectures, or customer-facing applications + 3+ years of technical leadership as an individual contributor, influencing engineering teams in high-scale retail or e-commerce environments + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred, or equivalent experience) Technical Expertise + Deep expertise in transaction processing systems, point-of-sale architecture, payment processing, and real-time financial systems + Strong background in distributed systems design, microservices architectures, event-driven systems, and high-volume transaction workloads + Experience with cloud platforms and modern technology stacks for building resilient, scalable applications + Proficiency in leveraging AI coding assistants to accelerate development workflows, from code generation to testing and documentation. What You'll Do Technical Leadership & Architecture + Architect scalable, reliable store selling and transaction solutions serving hundreds of stores and processing millions of customer transactions + Lead the technical vision for our point-of-sale ecosystem, driving next-generation capabilities while ensuring performance, security, and exceptional user experiences + Design systems enabling seamless omnichannel customer journeys that integrate selling empowerment tools with in-store experiences + Make key architectural decisions spanning selling, clienteling, and transaction domains that shape the future of store technology Operational Excellence & Innovation + Champion operational excellence through improvements in observability, telemetry, monitoring, and automation + Drive technical excellence across engineering teams, establishing best practices for distributed systems, real-time transaction processing, payment security, and system resilience + Leverage AI and machine learning to optimize transaction processing, personalize customer experiences, and enable predictive capabilities across store operations + Utilize AI-powered development tools (e.g.