Sr Engineer - UI

American Eagle Outfitters•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

American Eagle is a youth culture brand grounded in denim. Our purpose extends beyond making the best jeans–we embrace self expression, culture, optimism and connection. Through the brand platform Live Your Life, we empower our community to be who they want to be all while wearing the clothes that make them most confident. We are in the midst of a complete architectural overhaul, transitioning our core single-page application from legacy Ember.js to a modern, high-performance Next.js ecosystem. This is a rare opportunity to join a massive rebuilding effort where your code will define the next generation of our digital storefront. We are deeply committed to maturing our engineering culture by: Actively experimenting with and deploying AI tooling across the entire SDLC Leveraging machine learning to automate the mundane, allowing you to focus on high-impact innovation. Evolving our processes to ensure we remain at the forefront of modern software delivery. We are seeking a highly dedicated, resourceful, and creative engineer driven to develop ambitious and compelling applications. Within a focused product delivery team, you will be responsible for the iterative development of features and experimentation that directly support key business initiatives. A successful candidate will demonstrate a proactive approach to leveraging cutting-edge AI tools to innovate solutions and significantly enhance development efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Technology or related field; 5+ years relevant experience
3+ years’ experience in agile development
Extensive experience implementing UI with an MVC architectural pattern
2+ years’ experience with a single page application framework, such as Next.js / React.js / Vue.js / Angular.js
Extensive experience utilizing a RESTful API
Experience architecting CSS for large scale responsive applications

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience with Next.js and deep understanding of its ecosystem
Proven success developing, scaling, and applying robust design systems using Storybook to bridge the gap between design and engineering
Hands on experience with Playwright (or similar automation frameworks)
Experience with Optimizely (or other enterprise experimentation platforms)
Familiarity with Handlebars and legacy web architectures
Experience with Jira / Bitbucket
High transactional e-commerce experience
Native app development (iOS /Android) experience

Responsibilities

Develop clean, modular, and reusable code for our enterprise single-page web application for AE.com
Write unit tests to validate functionality taking responsibility for quality as part of your own development
Construct A/B experiments to validate feature enhancement viability
Enhance and innovate core site functionality
Participate in modernizing legacy Ember components through Next.js transformation
Leverage and experiment with AI tooling across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to enhance efficiency and innovation (Google Gemini, Qodo, Applitools, Atlassian Rovo, etc.)
Communicate effectively across desks / teams / departments
Help project managers help you
Collaborate with cross-functional teams driving smart, clean solutions
Analyze, prioritize, and present
Advance engineering team efficiencies through process improvement
Mentor fellow engineers
Guide stakeholders, taking their business vision to technical reality
Identify areas of technical improvement in the UI space; plan, define, and lead issues to execution
Create, document, and communicate technical designs based on architectural recommendations
Assist / lead issue resolution with production support
Identify project risks and communicate proper mitigation plans with project managers