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AutoZone is seeking an experienced Lead Systems Engineer to spearhead the modernization of our store systems. As the Lead Engineer responsible for store technology modernization, you will oversee a team of engineers in modifying and modernizing existing store solutions, as well as developing new ones. This candidate will collaborate with other engineers, IT leadership, business stakeholders, and product owners to develop comprehensive technical roadmaps for the development and implementation of new store-side solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with IT leadership, business stakeholders, and product owners to develop capability roadmaps for store systems.

• Collaborate with IT Directors and domain Architects to develop technology capability roadmaps to frame long-term IT strategies, analyzing AutoZone’s store application landscape for critical deficiencies or gaps.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, helping them develop and grow their careers.

• Diagnose and resolve technical problems, ensuring the smooth functioning of projects and systems within the store system landscape.

• Help define application architecture standards, collaborating with Enterprise and Domain Architects to develop and review store technology standards.

• Serve as a trusted advisor for business and IT organizations, assisting with setting expectations, resource planning, estimating effort, or providing general understanding of the store ecosystem.

• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to standards, and identify potential issues.

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in the IT industry with deep, hands-on development experience (retail experience preferred).

• Proven experience leading multiple, dependent, parallel work streams.

• Demonstratable experience in building parallelizable, distributed custom C/C++ solutions in a graphical Linux environment.

• Must possess the ability to design and implement compiler components, such as lexers, parsers, and code generators.

• 5+ years of experience as a Lead Engineer and/or Technical Architect.

• Experience designing, developing, and deploying distributed, large-scale, highly available, robust software solutions, using service-based and/or event-based architectures.

• Proven real-world, production experience with the Qt Framework (C++).

• Deep/Expert experience with Linux, C/C++ (Qt), and GitLab.

• Knowledge and understanding of React and Express.js is a plus.

• Requires a strong understanding of database transactions and the ability to design and implement systems that adhere to ACID properties (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability) to ensure data integrity and reliability.

Requirements:

• Possesses an intellectually curious attitude capable of transitioning between abstract thinking and detail-oriented implementation.

• Able to efficiently summarize substantial amounts of information for business and IT audiences.

• Ability to research, assess, and compare technologies, platforms, and/or tools to determine their potential utilization within the store ecosystem.

• A self-starter with a natural inclination towards inquiry, requiring minimal information and spanning various technologies.

• A data-driven decision maker with the ability to make prompt decisions under uncertainty when necessary.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and analytical skills. Capable of effectively communicating complex technical concepts and designs to diverse audiences.

• Broad understanding of industry standards, application architecture patterns, methodologies, and principles.

Benefits at AutoZone

AutoZone cares about people. That’s why AutoZone offers thoughtful benefits programs designed to improve AutoZoners’ physical, mental and financial wellbeing. Some of these benefits include:

• Competitive pay and time off

• Unrivaled company culture

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability insurance options

• 401(k) with Company match and Stock Purchase Plan

• Mental and physical wellbeing programs

• Opportunities for career growth and tuition reimbursement

Eligibility and waiting period requirements may apply. Learn more about all that AutoZone has to offer on careers.autozone.com.

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