Company Background:

Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service organization specializing in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, while our Industrial Parts Group serves customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. We keep the world moving with a vast network of over 10,700 locations spanning 17 countries supported by more than 60,000 teammates. 

Position Purpose:

Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will function as the Principal Engineer of a newly formed team of Engineers to build the next generation commerce platforms at GPC.  Working with a highly talented team, you'll play a key role to build and run one of the world’s largest automotive and industrial replacement parts operations. 

This is an engineering leadership role with responsibility for enabling cloud transformation and execution for GPC’s unified commerce platforms.

This individual must be a technologist & engineer at heart and be comfortable in enabling new technology and being hands on with the execution of the strategy.  She/he must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrated focus on customer experience, and must have a proven track record of modernizing technologies.

Close collaboration and alignment with business teams, application development teams and security will be required.  As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required.  High level communication and presentation skills are required. Ability to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent will be critical.

Responsibilities:

Technical responsibility of architecture roadmap and vision of the Invoices and Statements Domain, Customer DomainLead the development and build out of the unified commerce systems for the responsible domainsReviews business context for solutions to company challenges as well as defining the vision and requirements for the solution, recommending potential options, selecting the most optimal solution, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solutionInitiate both group and one-on-one meetings with senior management in order to gain a clear understanding of business drivers and functional requirementsLead design and architecture discussions for IT platforms engaging with other staff engineers, engineering teams across different business units to ensure secure and scalable solutionsDirects the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownershipCommunicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and proceduresProvides oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement and cost-effective solutionsProvide technical leadership and guidance to staff / lead engineers and the technical team within a domainOther duties as assigned

Location:

GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.

Desired Qualifications & Experiences: 

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields, or equivalent experience10 (12+ preferred) years’ experience in Software engineering, System Design & TechnologyExperience in design and building Cloud Native applications (full stack) on modernized frameworks (Microfrontend & Microservices)Experience in design next generation API via GraphQL, Async(Event Driven Architecture) and REST APIs.Experience in enterprise level software development experience (non-academic) with demonstrable experience in Java , Springboot, SQL, NoSQL,  Node JS, React JS, Security (oAuth2, PKCE, SAML) to develop secure, scalable, and resilient cloud native applications.Experience in building and operating applications running on public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) including DevSecOps practicesComfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside of comfort zone acquiring new skillsMust possess experience running high throughput low latency end user-facing microservicesTechnically creative and open-mindedAnalytical and problem-solving skillsExcellent oral and written communication

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