Foot Locker
• $90K — $120K *Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
Foot Locker is seeking an experienced and innovative Engineer, AI & Automation who has a proven track record of building enterprise-level platform components that support product development across multiple teams and lines of business. The Engineer will develop, test, deploy, and support AI and intelligent automation solutions across the retail enterprise, including AI agents, RAG solutions, automation workflows, APIs, and enterprise integrations serving merchandising, inventory, supply chain, store operations, digital commerce, and analytics. The Engineer will collaborate with architects, engineering, and business teams to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and production-ready AI solutions.
AI products delivered by this team are used every day by store, merchandising, supply chain, digital commerce, and corporate teams across Foot Locker’s brands and digital channels.
Scope of the role: builds components and features within established enterprise AI patterns, with design decisions guided by senior engineers and architects.
Responsibilities
This role will include, but will not be limited to the following responsibilities:
At Foot Locker, we value innovation, authenticity, and integrity in all that we do. To uphold the security and fairness of our hiring process, we ask that candidates refrain from using AI tools, including ChatGPT, during interviews and assessments. To ensure a smooth and secure experience, please review the following guidelines:
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we work together to create a transparent and equitable hiring experience.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Experience with Azure OpenAI, Snowflake Cortex AI, Databricks, Power BI/Fabric, Docker/Kubernetes, and Model Context Protocol (MCP), or equivalent technologies. Exposure to retail data or retail business processes is valued.
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Engineer, AI & Automation role has no direct reports. The Engineer is expected to contribute to design and code reviews and to share knowledge within the team.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The successful candidate will have a high degree of motivation, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to derive answers from communications with multiple parts of the business. This person will also require the ability to work well within a team atmosphere and has the flexibility to help with a variety of the department goals.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university, or an Associate degree in programming from a technical college, and 4 or more years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The candidate must be able to communicate with others in a simple, clear, and understandable manner. Must also have the ability to read and interpret all forms of communication. The ability to write reports for management and professional correspondence, as well as to speak effectively before peers, management, customers, and other associates of the organization is required.
REASONING ABILITY
The candidate must effectively plan and execute unusual and difficult work. Takes initiative and is decisive and quick, when appropriate. All while adhering to the team’s standards and patterns and practices. Must have the ability to solve practical and impractical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Deals constructively with conflict and disagreement.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet, however positive, work-driven collaboration is encouraged.
Benefits
The annual base salary range is $90,000 - $120,000 / year. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the below.
Foot Locker Benefits:
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