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Software Engineer Lead

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Aug 2026

About the role

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.

Job Summary

Acuity is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer Lead to join our Enterprise Product team, focusing on Product Information Management (PIM), Product Catalog, and Product Configuration systems. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining scalable enterprise-grade software solutions, integrating with ERP, PLM, CPQ, and third-party platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in .NET, C#, Python, JavaScript and object-oriented programming, cloud-native architecture, Elasticsearch, Graph/NoSQL databases, DevOps practices, and AI-driven catalog enrichment.

This role also requires collaborating with product managers, stakeholders, and multinational teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, ensuring performance, scalability, and operational efficiency of product data systems.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade software solutions for Product Information Management (PIM), Product Catalog, and Product Configuration systems using .NET, C#, Python, JavaScript and DevOps technologies.
Implement and manage integrations between internal systems, third-party applications (Salsify, MuleSoft), and Azure cloud-based platforms.
Build data-driven features and pipelines using Databricks, Python, SQL, EventHub, Service Bus and NoSQL/Graph databases to enhance product insights, catalog completeness, and operational efficiency.
Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, including pricing, catalog management, and item-level data enrichment.
Develop RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows for high-performance product data processing across systems.
Develop User Experience using JavaScript, CSS to manage data in PIM, PDM and MDM systems.
Ensure software solutions meet performance, security, and scalability standards in cloud-native environments (Azure, AWS).
Participate in Agile development practices including sprint planning, code reviews, and CI/CD.
Supervise work performed by contract engineers, provide technical guidance, and promote best practices in software engineering, system design, and product data management.
Build seamless product data flows between engineering (PLM), commerce (PIM), integration (MuleSoft), ERP, MDM, and customer-facing applications.
Establish and standardize processes for creating, managing, enriching, and distributing high-quality Product Master Data, including catalog attributes, pricing, and item-level metadata.
Drive integration architecture using MuleSoft, RESTful APIs, or similar platforms to ensure robust, secure, and scalable connectivity across enterprise systems.
Incorporate monitoring and analytics tools (e.g., Elasticsearch, Grafana, Power BI) to support operational transparency, data quality, and product data reliability.
Explore and apply Generative AI for accelerating attribute creation, catalog enrichment, component matching, and intelligent metadata transformation.
Partner with security, data governance, and business stakeholders to enforce standards, ensure compliance, and support scalable innovation.
Perform duties with minim