Senior Manager – Engineering

Senior Manager – Engineering

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in a leadership role
• Proven track record of managing and leading engineering teams in a fast-paced, e-commerce environment
• Familiarity with modern programming languages and frameworks (Preference for Next.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, and Kafka)
• A desire to solve complex problems in the most simple and efficient ways possible
• An appreciation for mentoring other engineers through thoughtful code and architecture reviews, sharing best practices, and being equally ready to dive into the code yourself
• An ability to reevaluate anchors and in doing so weigh tradeoffs, risks, and rewards in using or changing different technologies

Responsibilities

• Working closely with other engineering leaders, product managers, and business stakeholders to define team roadmaps, assess technical feasibility, and drive planning and implementation of various customer-facing initiatives across the stack
• Leading by example to ensure the high quality and on-time execution of multiple simultaneous projects
• Driving strategy and intentional decision making that balances support of high priority business goals while minimizing technical debt
• Serving as both a resource and mentor to empower your reports and other engineers to own and execute on their work, and navigate their professional development
• Evolution of org-wide process improvements in service of efficient execution and high quality site experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Agile and excited to work in collaborative and cross-functional team environment
• Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and can communicate ideas clearly in both written and verbal form
• A team player who is willing and happy to help
• Belief in our mission and understand the importance of giving-back
• Inquisitive, love to learn, embrace failure, and never give up
• Comfortable working in an open office environment while staying focused