Principal Engineer - UI

Job description

Title: Principal Engineer - UI Reports To: Director of Engineering Location: Pittsburgh, PA About American Eagle: 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. Specifically in UI Engineering we are working on a strategic transition to modernize our e-commerce platform, which involves a complete rebuilding effort using Next.js, moving away from legacy Ember.js for our AE.com single-page web application. Beyond this, we are deeply committed to continuously maturing our development process with a new and active focus on unlocking and experimenting with AI tooling across every aspect of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to enhance efficiency and innovation. Get to Know the Role: You are a high-level architect and technical visionary driven to develop ambitious enterprise applications. As the Principal Engineer for Web, you will be the "Technical North Star" for our web platform, serving as the bridge be...