Principal Engineer, Developer Experience

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 Staff 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 to drive our new Developer Experience (DevX) practice.

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. The ideal candidate will integrate innovative practices across our development teams, driving tool and process improvements that foster a culture of excellence and efficiency.

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:

• Design and establish the DevX practice, setting a long-term vision that aligns with organizational goals.
• Develop strategic initiatives to enhance the overall developer experience, ensuring these initiatives support business objectives and drive technological innovation.
• Engage with vendors and industry leaders to leverage external expertise and technologies that enhance the development environment and tooling.
• Foster out-of-the-box thinking within the team to encourage innovative approaches to complex problems, leading to more creative and effective solutions.
• Ability to analyze end to end value chain of Developer, identify opportunities to improve developer experience.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to integrate DevX strategies with business, product, and technology roadmaps.
• Familiarity with SPACE and DORA frameworks.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for the DevX function and monitor the impact of strategic initiatives on developer satisfaction and productivity.
• Implement tools and systems necessary for the development and continuous improvement of the DevX practice.
• Communicates the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures
• Lead architecture, design and code reviews with engineering teams
• Provides oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement and cost-effective solutions
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to lead engineers and the technical team within a domain
• Other 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: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years’ experience in software engineering & technology, with 5+ years in technology leadership role establishing and leading a developer-focused team or function.
• Expert knowledge of modern software development practices, including Agile, DevOps, and Lean methodologies.
• Experience with Agile transformation projects and scaling Agile practices across large teams.
• Knowledge of additional frameworks and methodologies that support software development efficiency and quality, such as Lean, Kanban, or SAFe.
• Deep understanding of developer tools and platforms, and the ability to stay ahead of technology trends.
• Extensive knowledge around various data integration patterns against databases (inbound and outbound) to solve for real-time, and batch workloads
• Experience with cloud computing on at-least one of major providers (Google Cloud Platform, AWS or Azure).
• Proficient in a CI/CD toolchain
• Proficient in modern microservice-based architectures and methodologies
• Proficient in the successful application of design patterns
• Proficient in test-driven development and effective unit test creation
• Experience in performance engineering, destructive testing methodologies and tools.
• Excellent oral and written communication

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