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About the role

  • Principal Engineer providing technical leadership for TJX’s global application portfolio and mainframe engineering. Driving scalable solutions, modernization, delivery excellence, and distributed-team development for a global off-price retailer.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for a global application portfolio supporting business growth and operational efficiency
  • Set technical direction for the Strategic Growth application portfolio
  • Translate business priorities into scalable, secure, and resilient solutions
  • Lead the evolution of mainframe engineering and delivery practices
  • Partner with product, architecture, and cross-ART teams to design solutions and deliver complex business capabilities
  • Break down complex problems into clear, actionable steps
  • Maintain focus on product quality, security, and operational excellence
  • Influence architecture decisions and engineering standards across teams
  • Balance near-term delivery needs with long-term platform health
  • Mentor engineers and develop technical talent
  • Foster accountability, continuous learning, and improvement
  • Support production stability through incident, change, and problem-management practices

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience in a relevant technical domain
  • Substantial experience with COBOL, IMS, DB2, CICS, and JCL
  • Demonstrated success defining technical strategy, leading technical direction, influencing cross-functional teams, and delivering complex business or platform outcomes
  • Experience designing, building, and supporting scalable, high-performance applications
  • Ability to lead, coach, mentor, and influence geographically distributed engineering teams
  • Experience setting clear expectations, fostering accountability, and supporting the growth of engineers at multiple levels
  • Strong knowledge of agile delivery methods and a demonstrated agile mindset
  • Commitment to continuous improvement and learning
  • Experience with incident and change management principles and best practices
  • Exposure to and experience with mainframe modernization practices
  • Knowledge of and experience with DevSecOps practices
  • SAFe Agile certification preferred
  • Experience working across a diverse application portfolio

Benefits

  • Associate discount
  • 401(k) match
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • HSA
  • Health care FSA
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Paid holidays, vacation, sick, bereavement, and parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Incentive programs for management
  • Auto/home insurance discounts
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarship program
  • Adoption/surrogacy assistance
  • Smoking cessation
  • Child care and cell phone discounts
  • Pet insurance and legal insurance
  • Credit union
  • Referral bonuses
  • Annual incentive
  • Long-term incentives
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$142,500 - $185,300 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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