Manager Information Technology

Floor & Decor • Atlanta, GA

18d • Hybrid

About The Position

Floor & Decor is building a dedicated Application Platforms team to provide software development teams with capabilities to build, deploy, and run applications reliably and securely. As the founding leader, the Manager Information Technology will establish platform strategy, hire and develop engineers, and build the first generation of services. This is a player-coach role that begins with hands-on work designing pipelines, configuring tooling, and solving problems while establishing the team’s charter, technology choices, operating model, and culture.

The role is based at Floor & Decor’s Store Support Center in Atlanta and is in-office three days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday); it is not remote. The team will develop its capabilities in phases, beginning with CI/CD services and development tools, then observability, and later runtime and integration services. The manager will treat the platform as a product, with developers as customers, and sequence the team’s work as it grows.

In the first 90 days, the manager is expected to assess the current CI/CD and developer-tooling landscape, build relationships with development teams, and publish a prioritized roadmap. Within six months, the role is expected to deliver improvements to pipelines and developer tooling, establish SOX-aligned controls with Internal Audit, and hire the first engineers. Within the first year, success includes measurable improvements in developer experience and deployment reliability, observability capabilities underway, and a plan and capacity to take on Runtime and Integration.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE.
• At least 3 years leading engineers or technical teams.
• Recent hands-on experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub, or Argo.
• Understanding of how delivery controls support compliance.
• Strong understanding of developer tooling and engineering practices, including testing frameworks, application frameworks, and security scanning in the pipeline.
• Working knowledge of observability practices and tools such as Dynatrace, Grafana, or OpsGenie.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and container-based runtimes.
• Familiarity with integration patterns and technologies such as APIs, messaging, and streaming.
• Demonstrated ability to build a team from a small base, set priorities, and deliver with limited resources.
• Strong communication skills and credibility with engineers and senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a SOX-regulated environment and direct work with audit teams.
• Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience with platform-as-a-product practices and developer-experience metrics.
• Familiarity with MCP and AI-assisted development tooling.
• Retail or multichannel commerce experience.
• Experience managing vendors and tool budgets.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision, roadmap, and operating model for Application Platforms, treating the platform as a product and developers as customers.
• Design, build, and operate early CI/CD and developer-tooling capabilities while the team is small.
• Recruit, hire, and develop a team of platform engineers, including coaching the associate engineer currently on the team.
• Sequence work across the five platform functions and make build, buy, and partner decisions as team capacity grows.
• Partner with application development leaders to gather requirements and feedback, and measure platform adoption and developer experience.
• Work with Internal Audit and Security to maintain SOX-compliant change and deployment controls without slowing delivery.
• Manage vendor and tool relationships, including licensing, renewals, and roadmap alignment.
• Define and track service levels, reliability targets, and costs for platform services.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Data, and Enterprise Architecture on standards and shared capabilities.
• Establish documentation, self-service patterns, and golden paths that reduce the load on the platform team.
• Assess the current CI/CD and developer-tooling landscape, build relationships with development teams, and publish a prioritized roadmap during the first 90 days.
• Deliver improvements to pipelines and developer tooling, establish SOX-aligned controls, and hire the first engineers within the first six months.
• Advance observability capabilities and establish a plan and capacity for Runtime and Integration during the first year.

Benefits

• Bonus opportunities and career advancement opportunities at every level.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Referral Bonus Program.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and other insurance plans, subject to eligibility criteria.
• Paid vacation and sick time for eligible associates.
• Paid holidays plus a personal holiday.
• Paid Volunteer Time Off starting on Day 1.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed