Senior PIM Engineer

Job Title: Senior PIM Engineer

Location: Remote

Duration: Long Term Contract

Note: Any PIM product is good but Akeneo is preferred.

Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Product Information Management (PIM) engineering team as a key thought leader and innovator.

In this role, you will drive the architectural design and hands-on development of API-first, cloud-ready software to modernize our enterprise product catalog ecosystem.

You will build and scale high-throughput, event-driven microservices that seamlessly synchronize product taxonomy, merchandising attributes, digital assets, and item lifecycles between Akeneo PIM, upstream ERP/Digital Content systems, and downstream real-time consumers/E-commerce engines.

Operating under Agile principles, you will translate complex business requirements into robust backend systems and databases, delivering frequent, high impact releases that power global retail commerce.

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.

Required 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 Google Cloud Platform, 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.

Nice to have:

• 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