[Remote] Manager, Software Engineering
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Commerce is a company focused on empowering businesses through an open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem. The Manager of Software Engineering will build and lead a high-performing team of software engineers, drive the technical roadmap, and ensure the delivery of high-quality ecommerce products while fostering a positive team culture.
Responsibilities
- Build an open, positive and energized culture
- Build, lead and hire a high-caliber team of software engineers
- Drive our technical roadmap and direction of our stack
- Lead and inspire your team and other engineers to build the best ecommerce products on the planet
- Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement
- Ensure that technical decisions support our goals of quality, performance, scalability, reliability, availability and security
- Be both a highly technical hands-on coder and an effective people manager
- Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert and have strategic influence
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers and stakeholders in all corporate offices to promote communication and coordination
- Establish team objectives in alignment with business goals
- Organize and facilitate regular 1:1’s with your team for coaching and mentoring
- Execution of performance improvement plans for under-performers
- Continued enforcement of best practices to improve engineering quality and efficiency
- Establish a sense of urgency and direction; set expectations
- Create and participate in an on-call rotation for incident management
Skills
- 5+ years experience in building systems in PHP, Go, Python, Typescript, Angular, Ruby, etc
- Think iteratively by breaking down problems into smaller, deliverable / deployable pieces
- Quality is the top priority
- Knowledge of gRPC, RabbitMQ, and familiarity with caching solutions
- 2+ years managing engineering teams, including demonstrated track record of growing senior talent and building team structure from the ground up
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform or Cloud Computing desirable
- Experience with relational database systems and external services integrations
- Experience with backend and frontend (UI) development
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and leading sprint ceremonies
- Experience with SaaS platforms or Cloud Computing highly desirable
- Solid UNIX / LAMP knowledge (ideally 2+ years working experience with PHP, MySQL, and Linux)
- Prior experience at a commerce software company is a plus
- Have an excellent ability to communicate and to coordinate
- Will speak up when something just doesn't feel right with productive feedback
- Have excellent problem solving, critical thinking and debugging skills
- Has strong bias to action and the drive to make a difference
- BS degree required or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform or Cloud Computing desirable
- Experience with SaaS platforms or Cloud Computing highly desirable
- Prior experience at a commerce software company is a plus
Benefits
- Variable compensation (such as bonus or commission), equity, and benefits in accordance with local policies
- Details will be shared during the hiring process
- We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates
- If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs
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