Software Development Manager, Commerce

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the definition, design, architecture, development, and delivery of Slate’s Commerce software.

• Build and nurture a high-performing engineering team through guidance, coaching, feedback, and career advancement.

• Direct technical strategy and decision-making for Commerce initiatives.

• Balance customer experience, business objectives, engineering efficiency, and long-term technical integrity.

• Tackle complex technical and business challenges through simplification, innovation, creativity, and sound judgment.

• Collaborate with UX and Product teams to create customer-centric solutions.

• Foster alignment between engineering and business teams.

• Make challenging technical and organizational decisions.

• Increase awareness of the business implications and consequences of technical decisions.

• Set and maintain high standards for engineering quality, reliability, performance, and operational excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

• Over 10 years of experience in building and delivering customer-facing software.

• At least 5 years of experience leading and developing software engineering teams.

• Strong technical leadership experience, including architecture, navigating complex technical trade-offs, and driving engineering decisions across teams.

• Experience in designing and operating reliable, scalable distributed systems, including web services, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and modern software development practices.

• Familiarity with contemporary ecommerce architectures and integrations involving product catalogs, cart/checkout processes, payments, order management, and fulfillment systems.

• Understanding of marketplace or multi-vendor commerce models and the technical challenges they present.

• Proven capability to lead through uncertainty, simplify intricate problems, and deliver high-quality solutions in dynamic environments.

• Experience working closely with Product, UX, and Program Management teams to deliver customer-driven software products.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders at all levels.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

• Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures.