Software Engineer Manager, Supply Chain Sourcing (REMOTE)

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Position Purpose:

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead high-performing engineering teams responsible for building and supporting scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native solutions for mission-critical Supply Chain and Retail platforms. You will drive modern engineering practices, including AI-enabled development, data-driven operations, and engineering excellence, while partnering with Product, Architecture, and business stakeholders to deliver innovative, high-impact technology solutions. Additionally, you will mentor engineering talent, guide technical strategy, and manage key vendor partnerships that support product and platform success.

Key Responsibilities:

• 30% Delivery & Execution:
• 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
• Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases
• 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
• Contributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive testing, automation, and engineering empowerment
• Evaluates new technologies for adoption across the enterprise
• Participates in and leads review board sessions to drive consistency across the enterprise
• Fills in on product teams for engineers who are out of the office
• 10% Support & Enablement:
• Fields questions from engineers, product teams, or support teams
• Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams
• Provides application support for software running in production
• Acts as a technical escalation point for the engineers on the team
• 50% People:
• Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to Software Engineers
• Attracts, retains, and develops top talent to build a world class Software Engineering Team
• Conducts annual and mid-year reviews by reviewing individual development plans and team feedback
• Fosters collaboration with team members to drive consistency across product teams, and finds opportunities to expose engineers to career interests
• Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices
• Guides team members in strategy, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks within and across product teams
• Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)
• 10% Learning:
• 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

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

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

Travel Requirements:

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

Physical Requirements:

• 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.

Working Conditions:

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

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams and large-scale technology initiatives
• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering organizations delivering cloud-native, highly scalable, secure, and resilient software solutions
• Strong expertise designing, developing, and operating Java-based applications, microservices, and REST APIs supporting high-volume, mission-critical systems
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for Order Processing, Commerce, Supply Chain, Store Systems, or Selling platforms
• Demonstrated success driving AI-enabled software development practices, engineering automation, and engineering productivity initiatives
• Experience implementing Machine Learning-enabled business capabilities within enterprise-scale applications
• Strong understanding of Spec-Driven Development, modern software engineering methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Agile delivery frameworks
• Expertise with cloud-native architectures, containerization technologies, and public cloud platforms
• Advanced proficiency with relational databases, SQL, performance tuning, and data-driven engineering operations
• Strong troubleshooting, system monitoring, observability, and incident management expertise
• Proven ability to quickly understand complex business domains, distributed architectures, and enterprise technology ecosystems
• Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers and engineering leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Experience translating enterprise technology strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps and successful execution plans
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage team capacity, prioritize investments, and balance workloads across multiple initiatives
• Experience partnering with Product Management and Architecture teams to define technical vision, solution strategy, and long-term platform evolution
• Experience managing strategic vendor relationships and evaluating third-party technologies to support engineering and business objectives
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional leaders and drive alignment across technical and business teams

Minimum Education:

• 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.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

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

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