Careers at Centricsoftware

About Centric Software: Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market. Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional. About the Role Centric Software is seeking a motivated Software Engineer I to join our product development organization. This is an entry-level software engineering position for candidates who have a strong foundation in computer science and software development and are eager to grow their skills while contributing to production software used by customers around the world. As a Software Engineer I, you will work as part of an agile development team alongside experienced engineers, product managers, and quality engineers. You will contribute to product features, resolve defects, improve existing functionality, and develop the technical and professional skills needed to become an increasingly independent software engineer. You will receive structured onboarding, mentorship, and hands-on experience with Centric Software's development practices, tools, architecture, and products. Responsibilities Software Development Design, implement, test, and maintain software features under the guidance of experienced engineers. Work on user stories, product enhancements, technical tasks, and defect resolution as part of an agile development team. Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that follows established engineering standards and best practices. Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback to continuously improve code quality and technical skills. Investigate software defects, identify root causes, and implement appropriate fixes. Develop an understanding of the existing application architecture and make changes that integrate effectively with the broader product. Technical Areas Depending on team needs, product area, and individual strengths, you may contribute in one or more of the following areas: Full-Stack Development: Develop product functionality across front-end and back-end components using technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Java, and related frameworks. Front-End Development: Build responsive, maintainable user interfaces and reusable components while delivering a high-quality user experience. Back-End Development: Develop server-side services, business logic, APIs, and application components with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance. Database Development: Work with relational and NoSQL databases, including data modeling, queries, performance optimization, and integration with application features. AI and Emerging Technologies: Contribute to selected projects involving Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, machine learning, or AI-enabled product capabilities. Engineering Practices Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including requirements clarification, design, implementation, testing, code review, deployment, and defect resolution. Use source control, continuous integration, automated testing, and issue-tracking tools as part of the team's development workflow. Create unit and automated tests to verify software behavior and reduce regressions. Learn and apply secure, scalable, and maintainable software engineering practices. Use modern development tools, including AI-assisted development tools where appropriate, to improve productivity while maintaining engineering quality and accountability. Collaboration and Growth Collaborate effectively with engineers, QA, product managers, and other members of the product organization. Ask questions, seek feedback, and communicate technical issues, progress, and risks clearly. Take increasing ownership of assigned work as technical knowledge and experience grow. Participate in technical discussions, design reviews, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other team activities. Share knowledge and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture. Work with an assigned mentor and engineering manager to establish development goals and build technical depth. Develop toward independently delivering well-defined product features and resolving increasingly complex technical problems. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Foundational knowledge of software development concepts, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, and software design. Programming experience through coursework, internships, personal projects, research, or professional experience. Experience with at least one modern programming language such as Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C++, or a similar language. Understanding of fundamental web application concepts, APIs, databases, and client/server architecture. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability and willingness to learn unfamiliar technologies and work within an existing, large-scale software codebase. Effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work collaboratively within a software development team. Preferred Qualifications Experience with one or more of the following is beneficial but not required: Java and Java-based server-side development JavaScript and TypeScript React, Angular, Node.js, or similar web technologies HTML and CSS SQL and relational databases NoSQL databases REST APIs and distributed applications Git and Bitbucket Jira and other Agile development tools Jenkins or other continuous integration/continuous delivery tools Unit testing frameworks such as JUnit Cloud technologies and containerized applications Natural Language Processing, machine learning, or Large Language Models AI-assisted software development tools What Success Looks Like During your first year as a Software Engineer I, you will progressively: Become proficient with Centric Software's development environment, tools, processes, and product architecture. Successfully complete well-defined engineering tasks and product stories with appropriate guidance. Develop the ability to investigate and resolve software defects independently. Consistently write maintainable code supported by appropriate testing. Incorporate code-review feedback and demonstrate continued improvement in engineering quality. Communicate effectively with your team regarding requirements, technical decisions, progress, and risks. Take increasing ownership of features from implementation through validation and delivery. Build the technical foundation required to progress toward a Software Engineer II role. Work Environment This position operates in a collaborative development environment. Depending on the team and product area, employees may work in a remote or hybrid arrangement that includes regular collaboration from Centric Software's Campbell, California office . Specific in-office expectations will be communicated based on team requirements. Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.

About Centric Software: Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market. Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional. Job title: (Senior) Data Scientist / Consultant Location: Remote (USA) About the Role At Centric, we help some of the world’s most recognized fashion, beauty, and home brands decide what to stock, what to promote, and what to charge — and we help them do it with AI. As a (Senior) Data Scientist / Consultant , you’ll pair deep analytical expertise with a consulting mindset: building advanced models and working directly with the clients who rely on them, so your analysis ends in decisions that move the business. It’s a strong fit if you enjoy solving hard problems, can explain a complex method in plain language, and like working with international teams to deliver solutions that break new ground. What You’ll Do Customer & Project Engagement Partner with project managers, consultants, and clients across the full arc of an onboarding project. Turn business processes and customer requirements into concrete data transformations and modelling approaches. Make technical concepts land with non-technical stakeholders clearly. Data & Model Ownership Own the technical conversation: you are the go-to contact for data science and data engineering topics. Keep data flows accurate, stable, and well documented Design, prepare, and analyze A/B tests that settle open questions with evidence. Train and validate statistical and machine learning models that quantify what pricing, promotions, and inventory decisions really do to the business. Collaboration & Delivery Prototype with product management and take the good ideas all the way to efficient, well-tested code in Python. Track project-specific effort and keep solution documentation reliable and complete. Align customers and partners on data formats and transmission schedules. What You Bring Must-Haves Excellent SQL skills and outstanding analytical instincts. 3+ years in data analytics, ideally in retail or consumer products. Hands-on experience with Python (Pandas, NumPy, Statsmodels). Strong communication skills in English, and the ability to make data concepts clear to a non-technical audience. A degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, physics, economics, or a related field. Perfect-to-Haves Experience with big data environments such as PySpark. Familiarity with statistical modeling or behavioral price effects. Additional languages beyond English. Why Join Us Competitive salary and benefits. A multifaceted role with real responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities at the forefront of applied AI. Varied, challenging work that keeps your technical skillset growing. The flexibility of remote work, alongside a dedicated and motivated global team with deep expertise in pricing and inventory optimization. If this sounds like your next step, we would be glad to hear from you. Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.

About Centric Software: Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market. Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional. OUR VISION FOR THIS ROLE: In your new role as Site Reliability Engineer , you will support us right in the heart of our SaaS, as an integral member of the Site Reliability Engineering team. You will be responsible for the Shoppingfeed product, working in close relations with our software developers and infrastructure engineers, but also with our security and QA colleagues. YOUR CURRENT TASKS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW – WHAT WILL YOUR LIFE AT CENTRIC SOFTWARE LOOK LIKE? In your everyday work you have a diverse range of tasks with lots of space for development: Diagnose and resolve application-level reliability and performances issues across the pull request path (nginx -> php-fpm -> application -> database/cache) Tune and scale the web-serving layer under production load — php-fpm pool sizing and process management, nginx timeouts/buffering/upstream keepalive, capacity planning. Solid experience configuring and troubleshooting nginx as a reverse proxy / web server (timeouts, buffering, upstream keepalive, diagnosing 502/504s). Proven experience diagnosing and resolving performance and scaling problems under load (latency, worker/pool saturation, capacity planning). Develop, maintain, and support our own Docker-based workloads Own the product deployment and upgrade process end to end Support and troubleshoot running customer-facing services Work 50% of your time with our product teams, ensuring much-needed improvements get defined, explained, worked on and rolled out Continuously helping to improve both our product and the infrastructure underneath, by taking the responsibility together with your team Define reliability metrics and ensure they are kept by all the systems you oversee Be part of our On-Call and On-Duty rotations YOUR PROFILE – WHAT DO YOU NEED TO FIT IN? Minimum qualifications 2+ years proven experience with Linux CLI 2+ years proven experience with Docker or other container technology Strong hands-on experience with PHP applications and their runtime (php-fpm process management), able to read and debug application code 5+ years proven experience with GIT You have good knowledge over a multitude of technologies (from Linux Kernel and Load Balancing to PHP, AWS S3, from container orchestration to MySQL/MariaDB and Elasticsearch) B2 English Preferred qualifications 3+ years proven experience with configuration management tools (Ansible; Saltstack; Puppet; Chef etc) 1+ years proven experience with Kubernetes 3+ years proven experience managing clustered Linux servers 2+ years experience working in a team, on large GIT projects 3+ years proven experience with CI/CD tools (ideally Github Actions or similar tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins) with a monitoring tool (ideally Datadog or prometheus/grafana or kibana/elasticsearch) 2+ years proven experience managing Elasticsearch clusters 2+ years proven experience managing MySQL / MariaDB Proven experience troubleshooting complex issues [ 3+ proven experience with at least one cloud provider (ideally AWS) 3+ proven experience with IaC tools (ideally Terraform) proven experience with RabbitMQ is a plus YOUR PERSONALITY – BE A PART OF OUR RELENTLESS PIONEER STRATEGY: Communication: you like to share your knowledge with your colleagues and to document your work Curiosity: You want to find out the root cause of problems and fix them permanently You enjoy introducing innovations and implementing improvements You are interested in exciting current trends and technological developments in the cloud environment like Docker and Docker Swarm, Ansible, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and AWS services Customer first: we are here to support our customers and do all in our power to help them Initiative and Ownership: you make it, you run it, you break it, you fix it SOME GOOD REASONS TO JOIN OUR TEAM: We offer you a versatile job with high personal responsibility and global challenging tasks You can work in a professional, international working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths We live a co-operative and respectful corporate culture with fun at work and room for own ideas You have the chance to learn, develop and grow with support of our whole international team A collegial and appreciative corporate culture with fun at the task and room for own ideas Flexible work schedules Remote or Office based Competitive salary Corporate healthcare insurance plan (after probation period) Access to Company Mobility Program Entitled to extra paid leave days package, starting with 25 days yearly total and growing with seniority in the Company We provide possibility of therapy sessions, as part of the Employee Assistance Program A modernly equipped and pet-friendly workplace Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.

About Centric Software: Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market. Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional. OUR VISION FOR THIS ROLE: In your new role as Site Reliability Engineer , you will support us right in the heart of our SaaS, as an integral member of the Site Reliability Engineering team. You will be responsible for the Shoppingfeed product, working in close relations with our software developers and infrastructure engineers, but also with our security and QA colleagues. YOUR CURRENT TASKS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW – WHAT WILL YOUR LIFE AT CENTRIC SOFTWARE LOOK LIKE? In your everyday work you have a diverse range of tasks with lots of space for development: Diagnose and resolve application-level reliability and performances issues across the pull request path (nginx -> php-fpm -> application -> database/cache) Tune and scale the web-serving layer under production load — php-fpm pool sizing and process management, nginx timeouts/buffering/upstream keepalive, capacity planning. Solid experience configuring and troubleshooting nginx as a reverse proxy / web server (timeouts, buffering, upstream keepalive, diagnosing 502/504s). Proven experience diagnosing and resolving performance and scaling problems under load (latency, worker/pool saturation, capacity planning). Develop, maintain, and support our own Docker-based workloads Own the product deployment and upgrade process end to end Support and troubleshoot running customer-facing services Work 50% of your time with our product teams, ensuring much-needed improvements get defined, explained, worked on and rolled out Continuously helping to improve both our product and the infrastructure underneath, by taking the responsibility together with your team Define reliability metrics and ensure they are kept by all the systems you oversee Be part of our On-Call and On-Duty rotations YOUR PROFILE – WHAT DO YOU NEED TO FIT IN? Minimum qualifications 2+ years proven experience with Linux CLI 2+ years proven experience with Docker or other container technology Strong hands-on experience with PHP applications and their runtime (php-fpm process management), able to read and debug application code 5+ years proven experience with GIT You have good knowledge over a multitude of technologies (from Linux Kernel and Load Balancing to PHP, AWS S3, from container orchestration to MySQL/MariaDB and Elasticsearch) B2 English Preferred qualifications 3+ years proven experience with configuration management tools (Ansible; Saltstack; Puppet; Chef etc) 1+ years proven experience with Kubernetes 3+ years proven experience managing clustered Linux servers 2+ years experience working in a team, on large GIT projects 3+ years proven experience with CI/CD tools (ideally Github Actions or similar tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins) with a monitoring tool (ideally Datadog or prometheus/grafana or kibana/elasticsearch) 2+ years proven experience managing Elasticsearch clusters 2+ years proven experience managing MySQL / MariaDB Proven experience troubleshooting complex issues [ 3+ proven experience with at least one cloud provider (ideally AWS) 3+ proven experience with IaC tools (ideally Terraform) proven experience with RabbitMQ is a plus YOUR PERSONALITY – BE A PART OF OUR RELENTLESS PIONEER STRATEGY: Communication: you like to share your knowledge with your colleagues and to document your work Curiosity: You want to find out the root cause of problems and fix them permanently You enjoy introducing innovations and implementing improvements You are interested in exciting current trends and technological developments in the cloud environment like Docker and Docker Swarm, Ansible, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and AWS services Customer first: we are here to support our customers and do all in our power to help them Initiative and Ownership: you make it, you run it, you break it, you fix it SOME GOOD REASONS TO JOIN OUR TEAM: We offer you a versatile job with high personal responsibility and global challenging tasks You can work in a professional, international working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths We live a co-operative and respectful corporate culture with fun at work and room for own ideas You have the chance to learn, develop and grow with support of our whole international team A collegial and appreciative corporate culture with fun at the task and room for own ideas Flexible work schedules Remote or Office based Competitive salary Corporate healthcare insurance plan (after probation period) Access to Company Mobility Program Entitled to extra paid leave days package, starting with 25 days yearly total and growing with seniority in the Company We provide possibility of therapy sessions, as part of the Employee Assistance Program A modernly equipped and pet-friendly workplace Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.

About Centric Software: Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market. Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional. Senior ML Ops Engineer Experience 5+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, or a related field, including at least 2 years of building and operating production ML or other data-intensive systems. Demonstrated ownership of cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines, including Infrastructure as Code, AWS or Azure, CI/CD, and containerized applications. Strong Python programming skills and hands-on experience with modern data and ML platforms such as Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow. A production-first engineering mindset, with experience in testing, observability, debugging, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and delivering enterprise ML systems that meet operational SLAs. Strong system design and communication skills, with the ability to define clean interfaces, evaluate architectural trade-offs, and make sound technical decisions in ambiguous environments. Experience working in international, cross-functional organizations, supporting the full product lifecycle from pre-sales demonstrations through production deployment for global enterprise customers. What You Will Work On Design, build, and operate production-grade ML platforms and infrastructure across AWS and Azure in a globally distributed environment. Bridge the gap between research prototypes and production systems by improving software quality, deployment workflows, automation, and operational processes. Contribute to the technical architecture by identifying production risks, proposing pragmatic alternatives, and improving system reliability and scalability. Improve engineering transparency through architectural decision records, dependency mapping, operational documentation, and post-incident reviews. Mentor engineers across the team, promote engineering best practices, and help cultivate a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Nice to Have Experience with ML Ops platforms, model lifecycle management, feature stores, model monitoring, or AI evaluation infrastructure. Experience deploying and operating LLM-based or agentic AI systems in production. Familiarity with engineering maturity frameworks or organizational models such as CMMI, Cynefin, or similar approaches. Experience working through periods of significant organizational or technical change, including mergers, platform migrations, or large-scale reorganizations. What This Role Is Not This is not a narrowly scoped implementation or ticket-driven engineering role. We are looking for an engineer who can work across software, infrastructure, ML systems, and engineering processes, helping shape technical direction while remaining hands-on. Success in this role requires sound technical judgment, ownership, and the ability to balance immediate delivery with long-term maintainability. Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.

About Centric Software: Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market. Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional. Position: Senior DevOps Engineer Location: Campbell, CA / Remote USA (PST Time Zone) Position Overview We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to partner closely with development and engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate scalable, secure, highly available applications across cloud and on-premises environments. This role requires strong hands-on DevOps experience, a passion for automation, and the ability to actively guide development teams through application onboarding, production readiness, and adoption of DevOps standards and best practices . Candidates should also be comfortable leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools and automation to improve DevOps efficiency, troubleshooting, and delivery velocity. Responsibilities Build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar platforms. Partner with development teams to onboard applications and implement consistent DevOps, deployment, security, observability, and operational standards. Guide development teams on production readiness, including HA, scaling, monitoring, logging, health checks, security, backup, and supportability. Automate infrastructure, application installation, upgrades, backup, and operational procedures using Bash, Python, Terraform, Helm, APIs, and related technologies. Manage Kubernetes, Rancher, Docker, and containerized workloads across cloud and on-premises environments. Architect and support deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Implement monitoring, logging, performance monitoring, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, New Relic, or similar tools. Troubleshoot microservices and distributed systems including Kafka, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and MongoDB. Perform root cause analysis and continuously improve reliability, scalability, security, performance, and deployment processes. Leverage AI coding assistants, LLMs, AI agents, and AI-assisted automation to accelerate scripting, infrastructure development, CI/CD, troubleshooting, log analysis, documentation, testing, and repetitive operational tasks. Identify opportunities to safely automate DevOps workflows using AI while maintaining appropriate validation and engineering oversight. Requirements Strong experience supporting 24×7, highly available production environments. Strong Bash and Python scripting and automation skills. Strong Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, and Helm experience. Experience with Kubernetes certificate management, TLS, and service mesh technologies. Strong CI/CD experience, preferably with Jenkins. Strong Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience. Experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP. Experience with Kafka/RabbitMQ and SQL/NoSQL databases. Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, New Relic, or similar observability platforms. Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills. Demonstrated experience working directly with development teams to onboard applications and drive adoption of DevOps processes, standards, and production-readiness requirements . Experience using AI-assisted development or DevOps tools to improve engineering productivity and automation. Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.