Manager, Software Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Recruit, retain, lead, mentor, inspire, and empower a team of software engineers and QA engineers to achieve optimal productivity.

• Cultivate an environment where creative engineering team members experience satisfaction in delivering business value on a daily basis.

• Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and ongoing learning within the team.

• Concentrate on comprehending the entire team lean value stream and manage as well as monitor performance and waste within that stream.

• Identify and implement enhancements in workflows, tools, and processes to boost team productivity by advocating lean development methodologies to maximize efficiency and reduce waste.

• Collaborate with Staff Engineers and Product Management to devise practical design proposals and development timelines. Decompose extensive tasks into manageable phases of development activities.

• Work alongside Product Management to create a lean backlog that aligns with senior leadership expectations for daily releases and smaller story sizes.

• Develop skill sets within the team through collaboration with Engineering Enablement teams, ensuring team members possess the skills and tools necessary to accomplish their team objectives.

• Accurately evaluate each engineer’s capabilities and workload, establish clear goals and expectations, while offering regular feedback and conducting performance reviews.

• Exercise discretion in assessing business urgencies and priorities, reallocating team resources to achieve improved outcomes.

• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of features and enhancements for the e-commerce platform.

• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned to support organizational objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of software engineering experience, including more than 2 years in a leadership capacity.

• Strong comprehension of e-commerce platforms and associated technologies.

• Proven track record of managing software development projects and leading cross-functional engineering teams through the entire product development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to software specification, development, testing, and successful release.

• Practical experience with agile and lean development methodologies.

• Exceptional communication, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities, with a thorough understanding of the evolving e-commerce business landscape.

• Capability to work efficiently in a remote team setting.

• Extensive experience with modern development tools and technologies (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, microservices, and event-driven architecture), including advanced deployments utilizing Kubernetes and Istio.

• Quick to learn, eager to embrace challenges, and ready to adopt new technologies.

• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and empowering team environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package, which includes health insurance, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.

• Opportunity to engage with cutting-edge technologies and drive innovation in software engineering with minimal friction in your value stream.

• A collaborative and inclusive work culture that values diverse perspectives.

• Access to ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

• An opportunity to be part of an engineering-driven organization that innovates and delivers at a scale that surpasses competitors in our industry.

• We prioritize innovation, consistent delivery, quality outputs, and finding joy in our work while excelling against our competition.