Engineer III

Ross Stores Inc

Dublin, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$134,300–$229,400 Per Year
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Automation, Best Practices, Business Skills, Cancer, Cloud Computing, Coaching, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Support/Service, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL), Developmental Disabilities, Distribution Services, Diversity, Enterprise Data Integration, Error Handling, Establish Priorities, Financial Planning, Forecasting, Fortune 500 Customers, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Genetics, High Availability Software, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS), Medical Conditions, Mentoring, Merchandising, MicroStrategy, Microsoft Windows Azure, Middleware, Military, Modeling Languages, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Operations Planning, Oracle, People Management, Performance Metrics, Physical Demands, Power BI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Procurement Planning, Production Support, Production Systems, RDF (Resource Description Framework), Reconciliation, Reporting Dashboards, Retail, Retail Merchandising, SQL (Structured Query Language), Sales, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), State Laws and Regulations, Strategic Planning, Systems Engineering, Talent Management, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Presentation, Time Management, Training Data Sets, Typing, Variance Analysis, Willing to Travel, Work From Home
LOCATION
Dublin, CA
POSTED
16 days ago

Engineer III

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  • Req. Number: 26006369
  • Posted Date: 7/11/2026
  • Address: 5130 Hacienda Dr
  • City, State: Dublin, CA
  • Postal Code: 94568

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

  • Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
  • Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
  • Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
  • Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2025 revenues of $22.8 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

GENERAL PURPOSE:

The Engineer III, Merchandise Planning is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and evolving the Arthur Planning application and related merchandising planning systems. The Engineer III will lead and contribute to migration, integration, and configuration efforts across planning platforms, ensuring seamless data flow from enterprise source systems into cloud-based SaaS planning solutions.

This role partners closely with business stakeholders and IT leadership to deliver scalable solutions, enhance planning capabilities, and drive operational excellence through reliable production support and continuous innovation. The role also maintains and enhances legacy planning platforms, focusing on improving workflows and introducing non-invasive features that add value to the planning organization without disrupting existing operations.

The base salary range for this role is $134,300 - $229,400. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Lead support and maintenance of the Arthur Planning application, ensuring high availability and system performance.
  • Design, develop, and support data integrations between source systems and cloud-based merchandising planning and assortment solutions (e.g., Forecasting, MFP, Assortment Planning, Allocation, RMS, MDO etc.)
  • Execute migration, conversion, and deployment activities for planning system implementations and enhancements
  • Configure and develop planning system capabilities including:

o Custom calculations and business rules

o Custom reporting and dashboards

o What-if scenario planning and versioning

o Workflow automation and approval processes

  • Build and execute plan reconciliation processes; ensure data accuracy across planning systems.
  • Support end-to-end planning flow including exporting plans from MFP to downstream systems such as Assortment Planning, Allocation, and Receipt Management
  • Develop and implement advanced analytics solutions such as:

o Store clustering

o Assortment clustering

o Price clustering

  • Configure and implement AI-driven workflows and automation to streamline planning and operational tasks, leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for intelligent insights and natural language interactions; design and build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks integrating enterprise data and business context; develop AI agents to automate processes such as reconciliation, variance analysis, reporting, and exception handling; and integrate these capabilities with merchandising systems while applying prompt engineering, governance, and continuous model optimization
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and present solution options, trade-offs, and recommendations
  • Provide hands-on production support, including triaging and resolving Sev1 and Sev2 incidents in a timely manner
  • Build strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across Planning, Merchandising, and IT teams
  • Contribute to strategic initiatives and roadmaps (e.g., Project PISTON, MP&A footprint evolution, Planning tech hardening of the legacy platform etc).
  • Mentor junior team members and demonstrate leadership in driving best practices and continuous improvement

COMPETENCIES:

People

  • Building Effective Teams
  • Developing Talent
  • Collaboration

Self

  • Leading by Example
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Ensures Accountability and Execution
  • Manages Conflict

Business

  • Business Acumen
  • Plans, Aligns and Prioritizes
  • Organizational Agility

With particular emphasis on the following specific position-related competencies:

  • Retail Planning Technology Expertise
  • AI & Intelligent Automation Enablement
  • Enterprise Data & Integration Engineering
  • Production Engineering & Operational Resilience

QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:

Education & Experience:

  • Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
  • 8-10+ years of experience in software engineering or IT with a focus on retail merchandising/planning / Forecasting systems.
  • Proven experience supporting or implementing merchandising planning solutions (Arthur Planning, Oracle Retail, Blue Yonder, O9 Solutions, Anaplan or similar).

Technical Skills:

  • Strong experience with planning systems such as Arthur Planning, O9 solutions, Anaplan, Oracle Retail (RDF, RMS, RPAS, Fusion platform for MFP, Assortment and buy planning, size and pack, Allocations etc), or similar platforms.
  • Experience integrating enterprise data into cloud SaaS platforms using APIs, ETL tools, or middleware.
  • Proficiency in SQL, data modeling, and working with large datasets (EDW environments).
  • Experience with reporting tools (MicroStrategy, Power BI, Snowflake or similar).
  • Understanding of data pipelines, batch processing, and real-time integrations.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and modern architecture patterns.
  • Experience with workflow automation tools and exposure to AI/ML-driven automation is a plus.

Functional/Domain Skills:

  • Strong understanding of Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Forecasting, Assortment Planning, Allocation/ Replenishment, and Retail Planning processes.
  • Experience with plan versioning, plan seeding, forecasting, and reconciliation processes.
  • Knowledge of retail KPIs (sales, margin, inventory, turn, etc.).

Soft Skills & Leadership:

  • Ability to clearly present technical solutions to business stakeholders and senior IT leadership.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with ability to operate in high-pressure production environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and mentor team members.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills across cross-functional teams

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/ADA:

Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer.

Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc.

Consistent timeliness and regular attendance.

Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

Travel up to 10% of the time. Ability to travel across NYBO and Dublin corporate office.

This role requires regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in-office and remote work. #LI-Hybrid

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role may provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers but does not have direct people management responsibilities.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management''s discretion.

Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company''s overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.

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IT Manager II

5130 Hacienda Dr

Dublin,

CA

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5130 Hacienda Dr

Dublin,

CA

IT Manager II

5130 Hacienda Dr

Dublin,

CA

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