Job Summary:
The Principal Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, monitors, and supports software solutions. Ensures quality, security, privacy, reliability, availability, maintainability, performance, compatibility, and integrations of solutions throughout. Advances the team's technical foundation to deliver modern, simple, and secure solutions, and raises the engineering skills within the squad. Scope of delivery is for a single squad.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for design, development, testing, maintenance, monitoring, and support of a platform or application. Maintains thoughtful application design that promotes reuse, portability, and ease of code maintenance. Builds subject matter expertise in the business area that the platform or application supports. Leads with high autonomy the execution and utilization of reference implementations, best practices, frameworks and standards, and architectural and design decisions within a squad. Notifies technical stakeholders of technical or functional changes.
Contributes to the team's backlog to capture work that promotes the team's mission and advances the team's technical foundation. Partners with teammates to refine the product backlog. Partners with peer Engineers and the Product Owner to lead the team in breaking down larger bodies of work (epics) into smaller, well-understood items (stories) that can be accomplished in a single iteration. Ensures stories have clearly understood value and defined acceptance criteria. Communicates with key partners and dependent squads to understand scope of planned work. Partners with Product Managers in the domain to inform prioritization, identify dependencies, and influence the product roadmap. Generates stories for backlog to address performance, non-functional requirements, tech debt, modernization, and simplification.
Participates in team's agile ceremonies, including daily stand-up, backlog refinement, planning, review/demo, and retrospectives. Helps drive collaboration within the team through practices such as pair programming. Actively seeks ways to drive continuous improvement within team. Leads team through resolution of blockers, and implementation of new practices identified as part of team's continuous improvement goals.
Understands the team's application architecture and how it fits into the team's broader area as well as to the enterprise via key dependencies. Partners with Solution Architects to understand, help define, and adopt enterprise patterns and technology goals. Implements reference architectures with tool selection and implementation to deliver cost effective solutions that drive the right business value. Helps maintain architecture documentation for relevant capabilities and systems.
Mentors individuals in the squad and peers on partner squads on technical delivery. Works to build technical skills in teammates through direction, example, and by creating opportunities for others to learn. Participates in communities of practice on technical topics and encourages team members to join where technical interests or development opportunities align.
Partners with established vendors on implementations, modernization, capability improvements, and framework updates. Influences partners' roadmaps. Performs technical evaluations and makes recommendations around new incoming solutions.
Establishes and manages quality standards, decisions, and implementations. Leverages automation where possible to create efficiency and reliability in delivery of software. Ensures application, performance, uptime, and scale. Defines and maintains high standards of code quality. Participates in peer code reviews to ensure quality, consistency, and knowledge transfer is part of regular delivery. Troubleshoots and fixes bugs and security risks. Identifies bottlenecks, patterns, and potential solutions related to incoming bugs and defects to improve software efficiency. Partners with peer engineers on software development lifecycle improvements. Creates and maintains support playbooks.
Leverages best practices, technologies, and instrumentation to lead the team in regular monitoring and observation of health, availability, and performance of software in production to provide appropriate application support and inform roadmap/backlog improvements. Partners with the squad and peers across squads to diagnose performance issues found in monitoring. Identifies and implements new monitoring and proactive alerting mechanisms to inform the squad of issues before problems reach consumers and stakeholders.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 8+ years of professional experience and mastery of relevant technical or business skills required to accomplish the job.
• 5+ years of designing Big Data systems and processes in a Cloud environment
• Expert in SQL and query optimization techniques
• 5+ years’ experience with programming languages
• 3+ years of Apache Spark with Python Experience in design and development of an Enterprise CI/CD process
• Expert in all technologies in the data platform (Data Factory, Databricks, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and SQLDB).
• Coding proficiency in a modern programming or scripting language Azure stack experience preferred (Logic and Function apps)
• Knowledge of database systems (SQL)
• Experience in creating automation of repeatable tasks
• Strong understanding of data design concepts
• Demonstrated knowledge of SDLC and change management Demonstrated ability to create logical flow diagrams
• Excellent project and time management skills
• Ability to work and collaborate with cross functional teams, and manage partner expectations
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to evaluate processes and drive improvement
• Ability to foster new ideas and concepts and make decisions surrounding complex issues
• Functional understanding of data architecture concepts
• Intermediate understanding of privacy laws and regulations
• Exposure to wholesale and/or retail solutions preferred
• Experience with Data Catalogs, business glossaries, data governance, and metadata management preferred
• Experience defining and implementing Data Governance models based on industry best-practices preferred
• Travel: None
• Work Schedule: Standard Hours
Career Band: Professional
Jobs on this career band have a knowledge management focus and are primarily responsible for results achieved through their own work. Requires the application of theoretical knowledge, typically gained through formal education or equivalent work experience that provides knowledge of and exposure to fundamental theories, principles and concepts of a defined profession. Jobs at higher career levels may guide small teams in their area of subject matter expertise. Jobs at the at the most senior levels of this career band set disciplinary strategy within their areas of expertise.
Criteria & Management Requirements:
• Problem Solving: Identifies and solves complex problems that impact multiple areas. Applies independent analysis based on in-depth research and critical thinking to recommend solutions.
• Decisions: Routinely analyzes unique issues or problems and functions with a high degree of autonomy.
• Knowledge: Requires specialized knowledge and expertise in own job discipline and deep experience in integrating related disciplinary knowledge. Applies specialized knowledge of industry standards/practices on key projects and initiatives.
• Business Acumen: Interprets internal/external business challenges. Recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services to distinguish from the competition.
• Communication & Influence: Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view. Converts technical information to compelling business context and advice.
• Impact: Decisions will have significant impact to multiple departments or disciplines.
• Leadership: Manages projects and end to end programs with moderate resource requirements, risk and/or complexity. Provides training and leadership for other team members. Key role in planning and coordinating with others for projects or tasks. May contribute input to the performance review of other team members. Primary role is an individual contributor however may also manage one lower level employee.
Work Environment: Typical Office
Other Work Environment Requirements:
Typical Office: Operates in a typical office environment, routinely uses computer and other standard office equipment.
Other Physical Requirements:
Typical Office: Generally sedentary for prolonged periods, may occasionally require ability to move about or adjust/move items weighing up to 10 lbs. in all directions; Constantly requires collaboration and the ability to communicate with others to exchange information while in a typical office setting. Collaboration is generally conducted in person unless the role has been pre-approved for remote work.
CLOTHING FOR POSITIVE CHANGE (C4PC)
From the farm to the factory to our closets, we all have an opportunity to create positive change through clothing as we work to fundamentally change the way clothing is made.
Do you want to join a team committed to creating positive change in the world through the C4PC movement?
Consider prAna, where you can transcend the current trends and demand more from your wardrobe and your employer; where you can help an enthusiastic and loyal audience celebrate the outdoors and their own unique style; and where you can help lessen our impact on the planet and its people every day.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Lead the design, build, and implementation of prAna’s SAP S/4HANA platform tailored for fashion and vertical business—built entirely from the ground up. You’ll define architecture, lead solution and master data design, and ensure seamless integration across systems, enabling a digital core that streamlines seasonal planning, order-to-cash, and omnichannel execution.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Own the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation: architecting solutions, defining master data models (article, fashion master), and driving MRP and segmentation logic.
Design and configure SAP S/4HANA for Fashion/Vertical Business capabilities including seasonality management, variant configuration, aATP, and supply assignment (ARun). [sap.com], [help.sap.com]
Lead integrations with external systems (e.g., eCommerce, CRM, third-party logistics), enabling multichannel order management, ATP, and contract management flows.
Manage critical SAP business runs: order allocation, MRP for fashion, site master setup, and SAP FMS migration/transformation.
Serve as the technical and functional lead—guiding internal teams and external partners while ensuring master data integrity, compliance, and scalability.
YOU ARE
A seasoned SAP S/4HANA expert in fashion or vertical industry implementations.
A strong solution architect who bridges business requirements and SAP capabilities, including supply chain, merchandising, and order management.
A master of master data design—article master, variant configuration, site master, segmentation.
An integration-savvy leader fluent with multichannel commerce setups, ATP/aATP, and SAP FMS migration.
A confident individual contributor who leads cross-functional teams across IT, supply chain, merchandising, and external integrators.
YOU HAVE
8+ years of SAP experience, with at least 4 years focused on S/4HANA—designing/configuring Fashion & Vertical Business processes.
Deep mastery of article/fashion master data, segmentation/variant config, allocation runs, fashion MRP, and aATP.
Proven record leading SAP integrations—order management, retail site, contract management, fulfillment.
Experience managing data migrations and transformations from legacy SAP solutions (e.g., FMS) to S/4HANA.
Preferred
Experience with SAP FMS (Fashion Management System) migration to S/4HANA.
Knowledge of SAP retail site master, contract management, and multichannel commerce ecosystems.
Exposure to SAP integration technologies (e.g., SAP PO/PI, middleware) and real-time interfaces for omnichannel readiness.
Salary Range: 126,000 Min - 210,000 Max Annual
**Pay decisions are determined by multiple factors, including what the market is paying, a candidate’s capabilities and skills, years of experience, and internal equity.
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Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we've been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.
This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.
Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to AskHR@columbia.com with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested.