Software Engineer Manager, Merchandising (Remote)

As a Software Engineer Manager, you will be given a chance to contribute to the products we create and help grow the next generation of engineering talent.
In addition, you will be given the chance to work with our most strategic vendors to ensure that 3rd party tools and applications are readily available to all product teams that are interested in using them.

• Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases
• Evaluates new technologies for adoption across the enterprise
• Participates in and leads review board sessions to drive consistency across the enterprise
• Collaborates and pairs with product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions
• Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
• Fills in on product teams for engineers who are out of the office
• Contributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive testing, automation, and engineering empowerment
• Works with vendors and partners for the successful implementation of critical tooling and platforms
• Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively

• Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams
• Provides application support for software running in production
• Fields questions from engineers, product teams, or support teams
• Acts as a technical escalation point for the engineers on the team

• Fosters collaboration with team members to drive consistency across product teams, and finds opportunities to expose engineers to career interests
• Attracts, retains, and develops top talent to build a world class Software Engineering Team
• Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to Software Engineers
• Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)
• Guides team members in strategy, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks within and across product teams
• Conducts annual and mid-year reviews by reviewing individual development plans and team feedback
• Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices

• Learns, through reading, tutorials, and videos, new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations
• Builds relationships with technology leaders at other companies to learn best practices and elegant solutions to common problems

• Typically reports to the Software Engineer Sr. Manager, Technology Director or Sr. Director.

• Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Mastery of an object oriented programming language (preferably Java)

• Proficient in effective troubleshooting and issue resolution techniques
• Capable of understanding complicated systems quickly
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience
• Experience with translating high level strategy to tactical execution
• Experience in guiding more junior team members through Software Engineering fundamentals in a professional setting
• Experience balancing workloads across teams
• Experience managing and growing team members in a professional setting
• Mastery of modern product development processes and pipelines
• Mastery of a modern web application framework such as Spring MVC, and Node.js
• Proficient in effective system monitoring and log analysis techniques
• Experience managing vendor relationships
• Mastery of writing SQL queries against a relational database

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

• No additional education

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• No additional years of experience

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• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders
• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals
• Drives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action
• Attracts Top Talent: Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs
• Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear
• Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences