Sr. Manager, Software Engineering (digital Front-end Engineering)

Petco Petco · Retail · SSC

This role is for a Sr. Manager of Software Engineering focused on the digital front-end for Petco's e-commerce platform. The responsibilities include long-range technology strategy, defining vision and architecture, managing policy development, partnering with product development, advocating for enterprise technology initiatives, identifying interdependencies and trends, creating roadmaps, and coordinating outsourced engineering efforts. The role requires hands-on experience with React.js, Node.js, Next.js, frontend architecture, component design for high-traffic websites, AWS, and application observability, with a minimum of 8 years of experience in IT and business industry work.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for long-range technology strategy planning for our commerce platform and integrated systems
  2. Works with technical leaders to define and refine vision, architecture, and stack; leads efforts to make timely technical decisions
  3. Manages policy development to address complex business issues, provides leadership to cross-functional teams.
  4. Partners with Product Development team to influence what is built for business consumption
  5. Advocates for enterprise technology initiatives in the enterprise technology backlog structure

Skills

Required

  • react.js
  • node.js
  • next.js
  • frontend architecture
  • component design
  • high traffic website experience
  • AWS
  • Application observability
  • IT and business industry work experience
  • managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects
  • influencing senior level management and key stakeholders
  • software development life cycle
  • quality assurance
  • project management

Nice to have

  • e-commerce related experience

What the JD emphasized

  • Hands on experience with react.js, node.js, and next,js
  • Experience with frontend architecture, component design for high traffic website (prefer e-commerce related)
  • AWS & Application observability
  • 8+ years of IT and business industry work experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.