About this role
Senior Manager of Software Engineering will lead one or more engineering teams focused on building and operating scalable, reliable commerce data services, own end-to-end delivery, and drive the technical roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead engineering teams
- Own end-to-end delivery (system design, API design, data modeling)
- Define and drive domain technical roadmap
- Enforce engineering excellence (CI/CD, testing, observability)
- Mentor engineers and integrate AI/ML solutions
Technical Overview
Role requires designing distributed systems, API contracts and data models, working with cloud-native tech, implementing CI/CD, and safely integrating AI/ML-enabled solutions across domains.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior engineering leader with 8+ years of software development experience and 3+ years of people management, who can define and drive the technical roadmap for a commerce data platform, mentor engineers, and safely integrate AI/ML-enabled solutions.
Must-Have Skills
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level; Technical Degree Preferred8+ years of relevant professional experience3+ years of people management experienceExperience leading software engineering teamsOwnership of one or more services or systemsSystem design (LLD)API designdata modelingExperience with modern programming languagesframeworksand cloud-native technologiesAbility to set technical direction and drive execution
Nice-to-Have Skills
Advanced degree in Computer ScienceEngineeringor related fieldExperience designing large-scale distributedhigh-availability systemsTrack record of building high-performing engineering teamsObservabilityreliabilityand operational practices (SLOsincident managementetc.)Familiarity with AI-driven systems and applying AI/ML concepts
Required Skills
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level; Technical Degree Preferred8+ years of relevant professional experience3+ years of people managementexperience leading software engineering teamsownership of services or systemssystem design (LLD)API designdata modelingmodern programming languagescloud-native technologiestechnical roadmap definitioncross-functional collaborationCI/CDobservabilityautomated testingincident responseoperational readinessAI/ML conceptsAI-enabled solutions
Hard Skills
API designData modelingSystem designLow-level design (LLD)Distributed systemsCI/CDObservabilityAutomated testingIncident responseOperational readinessAI/ML conceptsAI/ML enabled solutions
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentoringCross-functional collaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingStrategic thinkingData-driven decision making
Keywords for Your Resume
senior managersoftware engineeringcommerce dataaimlai/mldata modelingapi designsystem designlow-level designlldcloud-nativeci/cdobservabilityincident responseoperational readinessleadershipmentoringcross-functional collaborationdistributed systemsproductionlarge-scaleai-driven systemsai-enabled solutions
Deal Breakers
8+ years of relevant professional experience, 3+ years of people management experience, Location in Chicago / onsite requirement
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