IT Engineering Manager - Frontend & Full-Stack

Ashley Furniture Industries•Tampa, FL

56d

About The Position

About Ashley: Ashley is a global leader in furniture manufacturing and retail. Our technology team drives digital transformation, developing cutting-edge e-commerce solutions serving millions of customers worldwide. We're building modern, scalable platforms that redefine the furniture shopping experience. Position Overview: We're seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead an engineering team (frontend, full-stack, QA) while remaining actively involved in technical delivery. This role balances strong technical expertise with proven leadership experience, requiring 20-30% hands-on coding alongside strategic team management.

Requirements

3+ years managing engineering teams (frontend, full-stack, QA)
Proven track record hiring, developing, and retaining talent
Successful delivery of complex, multi-team projects
8+ years as individual contributor in frontend/full-stack development space
Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript
Modern frontend frameworks: Svelte/SvelteKit (required or willing to learn) React/Next.js (required)
Full-stack development: Backend: Node.js, or C# RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL Database design (SQL and NoSQL)
Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC) experience: SFCC architecture and APIs (SCAPI, OCAPI) SFCC PWA Kit or headless commerce Business Manager configuration (preferred)
Progressive Web App (PWA) expertise: Service Workers, offline functionality Core Web Vitals optimization (LCP, FID, CLS) Mobile-first development Performance optimization and Lighthouse
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
Monitoring: Grafana, PowerBI
Strong understanding of software architecture and design principles
Experience with test automation (TDD, unit, integration, e2e)
Agile/Scrum methodology expertise
Analytics implementation experience (GA4, Amplitude, etc.)
Performance optimization and security best practices
Distributed team management experience

Nice To Haves

Salesforce Commerce Cloud certifications
Headless/composable commerce architecture experience
E-commerce platform experience (Shopify, Adobe Commerce, SAP)
Micro-frontends or microservices experience
CDN/edge computing knowledge (Fastly, Cloudflare)
Mobile development (React Native, Flutter)
Design systems and component libraries
Accessibility standards (WCAG)
PCI compliance and e-commerce security
Open-source contributions

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of engineers (frontend, full-stack, QA)
Build high-performing teams through hiring, onboarding, and professional development
Conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning
Manage team capacity, sprint planning, and resource allocation
Foster collaboration, innovation, and engineering excellence
Actively contribute code to critical features (20-30% of time)
Lead code reviews and provide technical guidance
Design and architect scalable frontend and full-stack solutions
Debug complex issues and prototype new technologies
Drive technical decisions and proof-of-concepts
Optimize SDLC for speed and quality
Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines
Establish engineering metrics (velocity, quality, deployment frequency)
Lead incident response and post-mortems
Drive best practices in testing, deployment, and monitoring
Define technical roadmap and architecture
Make technology stack decisions
Balance technical debt with feature delivery
Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability
Collaborate with Product, Design, and Analytics teams
Lead geographically distributed teams across time zones
Establish effective communication for remote/hybrid teams
Build inclusive team culture regardless of location