This position provides senior technical leadership for architecture and engineering standards supporting agentic systems. The role defines scalable and secure technical patterns, guides major solution designs, and raises engineering quality across the agent portfolio.
Job Responsibility
• Defines target architectures, reference patterns, and technical standards for agentic systems and supporting services. (30%)
• Provides technical leadership for complex solution designs, evaluating tradeoffs across scalability, reliability, security, performance, cost, and maintainability. (20%)
• Reviews and approves significant technical designs and implementations and ensures alignment with enterprise architecture and engineering standards. (15%)
• Partners with security, data, platform, and engineering teams to establish resilient, secure, observable, and supportable agent solutions. (15%)
• Mentors engineers and technical leaders, promotes engineering best practices, and facilitates knowledge sharing across teams. (10%)
• Evaluates emerging technologies and patterns and recommends practical innovations that improve the agent portfolio. (10%)
Job Qualifications
• Expert-level software architecture and engineering knowledge with strong experience designing distributed or cloud-based systems
• Strong understanding of AI/agent architectures, APIs, integrations, data flows, and production engineering practices
• Deep knowledge of security, reliability, scalability, observability, and performance engineering
• Exceptional technical judgment and ability to explain complex tradeoffs to both technical and executive audiences
• Strong mentoring, influence, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to establish standards while balancing speed, innovation, and maintainability
• Strong written communication and technical documentation skills
Education/Experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or related field and 10+ years of progressive software engineering or architecture experience, including significant experience serving as a principal engineer, architect, or equivalent technical leader. Experience with AI/agent systems is strongly preferred. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering or architecture experience
- Significant experience as a principal engineer, architect, or equivalent technical leader
- Expert-level software architecture and engineering knowledge
- Strong experience designing distributed or cloud-based systems
- Strong understanding of AI or agent architectures, APIs, integrations, data flows, and production engineering practices
- Deep knowledge of security, reliability, scalability, observability, and performance engineering
- Exceptional technical judgment and ability to explain complex tradeoffs to technical and executive audiences
- Strong mentoring, influence, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Ability to establish standards while balancing speed, innovation, and maintainability
- Strong written communication and technical documentation skills
- Experience with AI or agent systems
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
What We Do
pOpshelf is Dollar General’s retail store concept built around an affordable, stress-free shopping experience and rotating, trend-led finds. Its assortment includes seasonal merchandise, housewares and home décor, health and beauty products, cleaning and paper supplies, party goods, candy and snacks, toys, games, electronics, and more. Most items are priced at $5 or less, helping shoppers pick up everyday essentials and special treats.
