[Remote] PIM Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Next Gen IT, Inc. is seeking a Senior PIM Engineer to modernize and evolve its enterprise product catalog ecosystem across global retail brands. The role focuses on designing and developing cloud-ready, event-driven microservices and integrations that synchronize product data across PIM, upstream systems, and downstream commerce consumers.

Responsibilities

• Support PIM Modernization & Platform Evolution: Support and evolve the Akeneo PIM (SaaS/Enterprise) platform as our live single system of record, maintaining modern cloud-native architectures that replaced legacy workflows (Oracle ATG/BCC, ItemDB, PubDB, and legacy batch jobs)
• Architect Event-Driven Integrations: Design, develop, and maintain resilient microservices and stream-processing pipelines using Apache Kafka , schema registries, and modern backend frameworks ( Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, or Go ) to broadcast core catalog events
• Engineer Complex Data Models: Implement scalable product hierarchy models, variant structures (CSC/SKU levels), reference entities, category mappings, and delta-calculation engines for real-time and batch synchronization
• Orchestrate Cross-System Connections: Build high-reliability connectors and APIs integrating PIM with upstream systems (Intellimas, Creative Force / DAM, ItemDB) and downstream consumers (Product Fulcrum, Constructor/Bloomreach Search, E-commerce storefronts)
• Optimize Production Stability: Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain the live Akeneo PIM platform to ensure 24/7 availability and minimal downtime across global retail brands
• Perform Fine-Tuning & Performance Optimization: Continuously optimize API response times, database query performance, and payload processing within Akeneo to handle rapidly growing catalog data
• Drive Continuous Feature Enhancements: Collaborate with business stakeholders to design and deploy incremental features, custom attributes, and localized catalog workflows in the live system
• Govern Data Integrity & Upgrades: Partner with the Akeneo SaaS/Enterprise support teams to plan, test, and execute seamless platform upgrades and patches while maintaining data accuracy

Skills

• Strong proficiency in building robust, secure microservices and API architectures (RESTful, SOAP) using Java, Spring frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud), Node.js / TypeScript, Go, or Python
• Deep hands-on experience with distributed streaming platforms and message-oriented middleware. Expert knowledge of the publisher/subscriber model, including Apache Kafka (topic architecture, consumer groups, partition strategies, schema registry, event headers), RabbitMQ, and IBM MQ
• Solid experience designing and optimizing relational, NoSQL, and memory-cached databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, CloudSQL, MongoDB, Redis). Expert in query optimization tailored for high-volume catalog, SKU, and enterprise datasets
• Practical experience deploying, managing, and orchestrating workloads in agile, cloud-native environments across GCP, AWS, or Azure. Proficient with Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, and enterprise CI/CD automation tools (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Bamboo)
• Strong foundational understanding of modern security concepts, including authentication protocols, Single Sign-On (SSO), and secure data transmission
• Experience working with enterprise Product Information Management (PIM) and catalog management solutions such as Akeneo
• Background in data migration strategies (delta loads, reconciliation scripts, and dual-entry cutover planning)
• Knowledge in API security Gateway Frameworks/ concepts
• Experience in application serves such as weblogic, tomcat etc
• Working knowledge of Gradle
• Working knowledge of, Grafana / Splunk

Benefits

• Remote

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