Staff Engineer

Role Overview

• The Merchandising Solution Delivery organization manages the Merchandise Inventory and Markdown software and systems that track where millions of products will move around the globe to our stores each day.
• Our team thrives on strong relationships with our business partners and is working diligently to address their needs which support TJX growth and operational stability.
• On this tightly knit and fast-paced solution delivery team you will be constantly challenged to stretch and think outside the box.
• Experience of authoring functional/technical designs documents including performance, security and availability considerations.
• Proven experience of developing new features and services that are medium to high level of complexity working with the Product, Platform, Infrastructure and Security teams.
• Proven ability to design, code, test, deploy & support working software/technology components, working collaboratively with architects and other engineers.
• Experience in delivering clean, secure, performant code / technology components that meets all non-functional requirements.
• Experience in leading discussions on design approaches to solving highly visible, strategic and complex business problems.
• Experience in establishing development process definitions, best practices and standards.
• Experience identifying emerging technologies for consideration for new technology direction and implementing proof of concepts to prove the new technology.
• Proven ability to create Threat Model, Architecture, Estimates, Design, Code, and deliver for the required business feature.
• Experience of acting in a Lead Engineer capacity for medium to large initiatives, prioritizing and assigning tasks, providing guidance and resolving issues.
• Proven ability to mentor more junior engineers across the technical domains/enterprise.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience focused on the Microsoft .NET ecosystem (C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core).
• Extensive experience designing, developing, and optimizing SQL Server databases, including complex queries, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and performance tuning.
• Ability to work with mainframe SMEs to reverse-engineer logic and map it into modern .NET domain models.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret Mainframe code such as COBOL, JCL, V SAM and DB for z/OS schemas.
• Experience extracting and transforming data from Mainframe DB2 and IMS.
• Hands-on experience designing and building data extraction pipelines from mainframe systems into modern platforms (SQL, cloud storage, APIs, microservices).
• Experience working on large-scale data migration or system modernization projects.
• Proven track record delivering high-quality, scalable, secure, and maintainable applications across medium to large projects.
• Strong understanding of application architecture principles, API design, and modern development practices such as dependency injection, CI/CD, unit testing, and code quality standards.
• Experience collaborating closely with Product, Platform, Infrastructure, and Security teams to design and implement end-to-end technical solutions.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, provide architectural input, and solve complex, highly visible business problems.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring junior developers and contributing to engineering best practices, standards, and development processes.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Microservices
• SQL
• .NET

Benefits

• Associate discount
• 401(k) match
• medical/dental/vision
• HSA
• health care FSA
• life insurance
• short/long-term disability
• paid holidays/vacation/sick/bereavement/parental leave
• EAP
• incentive programs for management
• auto/home insurance discounts
• tuition reimbursement
• scholarship program
• adoption/surrogacy assistance
• smoking cessation
• child care/cell phone discounts
• pet/legal insurance
• credit union
• referral bonuses