Advanced Software Engineering Manager

Kroger Family of Companies • Blue Ash, OH • 3h ago

The Advanced Software Engineering Manager will support three teams responsible for backend services that power in-store fulfillment operations. Their responsibilities will include ensuring stable and reliable systems, implementing strong observability practices, and maintaining high code quality.

In addition, this person will be expected to build strong relationships with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, and other key stakeholders.

Direct & manage the software design, development, implementation & support of software engineering teams & lead engineering projects. Engage in technical design discussions & drive technical architecture. Manage multiple initiatives & be accountable for delivering multiple releases on schedule with the highest quality standards. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES - Partner & collaborate with engineering peers, product management, product design, & third parties (as appropriate) to prioritize deliverables providing the greatest value to our customers and business

Hire & manage engineers & application system analysts; assign, direct, & evaluate their work/performance by writing performance reviews & providing feedback

Present practical input for strategic technology decisions; synthesize complex problems & present simple, practical, reliable, & maintainable solutions

Drive strategic alignment of system specifications, associate requirements, & project schedules of technology services

Responsible for systems performance & resolution of production incidents, which may require 24hr/7day week coverage

Work with Product Management to prioritize, scope & plan business milestones

Support preparation of technology roadmap & provide input to business roadmap

Monitor new technologies & trends within the industry

Improve technology agility facilitating the use & creation of Cloud Services, REST APIs, design patterns, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Design (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD), version control, proper environment releases, etc.

Drive root-cause analysis of critical business & production issues to prevent future occurrences as well as review/approve potential solutions

Establish performance standards & procedures, regulatory compliance & conduct ongoing performance audits & take action

Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

Bachelors Degree computer science, information systems, or related technical field

High School Diploma or GED

Any understanding of & practice in agile software development & management

Any experience/familiarity with RDBMS, NoSQL, Big Data technologies

Any experience with web/app containers such as Apache/Tomcat, Jboss or related skill

Any direct technical experience in related disciplines

Any extensive experience building/deploying services and/or applications using: Java, Spring/Spring Boot, REST APIs, Swagger, Node, Azure, GitHub, CI/CD, Kubernetes

2+ years of experience in eCommerce, retails systems or high transaction software solutions

5+ years of experience in administrative management of technical teams and/ or extended staff

Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical & problemsolving skills

Strong leadership & negotiation skills with business & technical group

Desired

Masters Degree computer science, information systems, or related technical field

Any experience developing and/or architecting frontend experiences React, Swift (native iOS), Kotlin (native Android)

Any of experience developing and/or architecting cloudhosted backend services with Azure and/or GCP

2+ years of experience in leading engineering teams of 5+ engineers & coaching, mentoring individuals to grow their career

Experience building largescale backend services

Strong understanding of endtoend observability

Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders

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