AI-Native Product Engineer

Location: Durham, NC

Department: 312500 - WW Software Development

 

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is looking for a Principal AI-Native Product Engineer who combines deep software engineering expertise with modern AI-assisted development practices to build production-ready software faster—without compromising architectural integrity.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who thrives on solving complex technical problems, owns delivery from concept to production, and sees AI as a force multiplier rather than a replacement for engineering judgment.

You'll help shape the architecture, standards, and engineering practices behind one of the world's leading retail commerce platforms.

What You'll Do

You'll own products from idea through production, including architecture, implementation, testing, observability, deployment, and continuous improvement.

You'll:

• Design scalable, AI-friendly software architectures using SOLID principles and clean architecture
• Build enterprise applications across frontend, backend, APIs, integrations, and cloud services
• Leverage AI-native development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Codex to accelerate delivery
• Define contract-first APIs using OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and strongly typed schemas
• Ensure software is testable, observable, secure, and production-ready from day one
• Review and validate AI-generated code to ensure maintainability, security, and architectural quality
• Build reusable engineering assets including prompts, AI skills, automation, and developer tooling
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to rapidly deliver customer value

AI-Native Engineering

We believe AI changes how software is built—but not what great engineering looks like.

You'll work with multiple AI agents simultaneously to:

• accelerate implementation
• generate tests
• improve documentation
• automate code reviews
• streamline releases
• increase engineering throughput

Your role is to ensure AI accelerates development without sacrificing software quality, architecture, or long-term maintainability.

What Success Looks Like

Successful engineers in this role:

• Deliver production-ready features in days rather than months
• Build architectures that become stronger over time
• Ship multiple concurrent initiatives without increasing technical debt
• Create reusable engineering assets that improve team productivity
• Produce software that is secure, observable, testable, and scalable
• Improve engineering velocity while maintaining high quality standards

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Deep expertise in clean architecture and SOLID design principles
• Strong full-stack engineering experience
• Experience designing distributed enterprise applications
• Experience with contract-first API development
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, or similar)
• Experience building automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of observability, telemetry, and production operations
• Excellent communication and technical leadership skills
• Demonstrated ownership of software from design through production support

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with:

• AI agent orchestration
• MCP servers
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Prompt engineering
• OpenAPI / AsyncAPI
• Cloud-native architectures
• Microservices
• Event-driven systems
• Retail commerce, POS, payments, or edge computing platforms
• Staff or Principal engineering leadership

 

About Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions 
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a dynamic billion-dollar global company based in Research Triangle Park, NC, providing retail store solutions to your favorite brands. Have you ever been in a hurry and made use of the self-checkout at Lowe's Foods, earned fuel rewards at Kroger, or just paid for purchases at retailers such as Walmart, Michaels, Carrefour, The Gap, Calvin Klein, Boots, Cencosud, BJ's, or Costco? These are just a few examples of our in-store solutions and impressive customer base that made us the world's installed market share leader. 

The nature of retail is changing quickly, so if you share our 'Together Commerce' vision of a seamless two-way, participatory shopping experience, let's get together to drive the new economy. 
 
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package including the following: 

• Bonus: Eligible for up to 18% performance-based bonus (individual and company performance) 

• Group health coverage (medical, dental, & vision) 

• Employee Assistance Programs 

• Pre-tax spending accounts 

• 401(k) plan (with company match) 

• Company provided life insurance 

• Pet Insurance 

• Employee discounts 

• Generous paid holiday schedule, paid vacation & sick/personal days 

 

Compensation:

• Base Salary Range: $165,000-$260,000 
• The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
  • Discretionary Bonus Plan: Eligible for up to 8% annual performance-based bonus (individual and company performance)

 

 
 
EEO: 
 
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, religious creed, disability, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation or any other protected factor. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 
 
Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email benefits@toshibagcs.com to request an accommodation 
 
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION: 
 
We at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions firmly believe that our people are an integral part to the success of our customers. Furthermore, we're committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all our people as highlighted by our 5 Core Principles (Create Outreach, Foster Belonging, Unleash Opportunity, Diverse Cultural Engagement and Culture of Transparency). We're passionate about our customers the retail industry and becoming a more responsible company as we help create a brighter future.