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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Engineering Manager - Merchandising Technology - **Company:** BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. - **Location:** Marlborough, MA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $128,500.0 - $164,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Application Services, Automation of Tests, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, DevOps, Middleware, Machine Learning, Release Management, SAP (Applications), Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Software Technical Review, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Technical Debt, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Data Management, Cloud Migration, Api Design, Legacy Systems - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/f739e57d-83af-4364-9dd0-aef41389d317 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience. * 8+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise applications, solution architecture, or systems integration. * 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams or complex technical programs. * Experience implementing, integrating, and supporting enterprise SaaS applications. * Strong knowledge of APIs, middleware, cloud platforms, integration patterns, security, data architecture, and DevOps. * Experience with architecture governance, production support, incident management, and release management. * Demonstrated success managing vendors, delivery commitments, technical risks, and competing priorities. * Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills across business, technology, and executive audiences., * Experience with retail merchandising processes, including pricing, promotions, assortment, space planning, vendor management, product lifecycle management, or merchandise financial planning. * Experience configuring and integrating retail platform solutions such as Blue Yonder, o9, RELEX, SymphonyAI, or SAP. * Experience integrating merchandising applications with SAP and cloud-based data platforms. * Familiarity with retail product, vendor, cost, location, pricing, and promotional data. * Experience modernizing legacy platforms and implementing API-first, cloud-native, or event-driven architectures. * Experience enabling AI/ML, advanced analytics, or decision-support solutions. ## Description The Engineering Manager - Merchandising Technology owns the architecture, engineering roadmap, integrations, delivery, and operational health of the MerchTech portfolio. This role provides technical leadership across pricing, promotions, assortment and space planning, vendor management, product lifecycle management, cost modeling, and related capabilities. You will partner with Product Management, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Data, business teams, and vendors to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while building the foundation for future AI-enabled merchandising capabilities., Architecture and Engineering Strategy * Own the MerchTech architecture and engineering roadmap. * Translate product strategies into scalable technical designs and delivery plans. * Lead solution architecture, Architecture Review Board (ARB) submissions, and technical design reviews. * Ensure SaaS solutions comply with enterprise architecture, integration, security, data, and operational standards. * Drive modernization, API strategy, cloud adoption, automation, observability, and DevOps practices. * Identify and address technical debt, platform risks, and end-of-life technologies. Platform and Integration Ownership * Serve as the primary engineering owner for MerchTech platforms. * Own end-to-end integrations across ERP, middleware, data platforms, and third-party applications. * Establish integration standards, interface ownership, monitoring, reconciliation, and support processes. * Ensure solutions meet performance, security, availability, resiliency, and disaster-recovery requirements. * Maintain architecture diagrams, integration inventories, and operational documentation. Delivery and Vendor Management * Partner with Product Management to define technical scope, dependencies, estimates, and delivery plans. * Lead technical discovery, design, development, testing, deployment, and transition to support. * Manage internal and vendor engineering resources, capacity, commitments, quality, and technical risks. * Lead vendor technical evaluations and roadmap discussions. * Hold vendors accountable for solution quality, documentation, knowledge transfer, and contractual deliverables. * Build internal expertise and reusable technical assets to reduce vendor dependency. Operations and Reliability * Own production support, platform reliability, release planning, incident management, and operational health. * Establish service levels, monitoring, alerting, escalation processes, and performance metrics. * Lead major-incident response, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions. * Improve release quality through CI/CD, automated testing, change controls, and deployment standards. * Maintain lifecycle, business-continuity, and disaster-recovery plans for critical platforms. Team and Capability Development * Build and develop a high-performing MerchTech engineering team. * Establish clear roles, engineering standards, and performance expectations. * Coach team members and create meaningful development opportunities. * Manage resource and capacity planning against portfolio priorities. * Build the technical foundation for AI/ML, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation. ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [API Design - Getting Started](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/33-api-design-getting-started) - [Developer’s Perspective: Overview of the Tezos Blockchain Ecosystem](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/237-developer-s-perspective-overview-of-the-tezos-blockchain-ecosystem) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [E-Commerce in the Agentic Age: When "Buy" Becomes a Function Call](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/750-e-commerce-in-the-agentic-age-when-buy-becomes-a-function-call)