Manager, IT Engineering
About The Position
At KeHE, we’re obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others – and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we’re committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you’ll be embarking on a career that’s moving forward. When you join KeHE, you’re becoming part of a team that is a force for good. POSITION PURPOSE: The Engineering Manager leads the technical execution and people development for one or more product teams. They are responsible for engineering quality, architecture alignment, technical decisions, and coaching engineers. They partner closely with the Product Manager to ensure the team delivers high-value, high-quality solutions efficiently and reliably. The Engineering Manager is the primary people manager for engineers on the team and is accountable for building, developing, and retaining engineering talent. The Engineering manager is responsible for partnering with the Product Manager to ensure the value is realized. The Engineering Manager actively invests in their own professional growth by staying current with emerging technologies, leadership practices, and organizational priorities. They foster an inclusive, collaborative team culture that promotes psychological safety, continuous learning, and high performance, ensuring the team operates with trust, transparency, and shared accountability. As with all positions at KeHE Distributors, we expect that all actions will be consistent with KeHE’s Mission, Vision, and Values.
Requirements
- Proven leadership and coaching skills with ability to manage performance and develop talent.
- Expertise in Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native practices.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with ability to influence at all levels.
- Strong technical acumen in engineering, architecture, and modern development practices.
- Strategic mindset with ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes.
- Technology stock experience: IBMi Power Series.
- Openness and ability to learn other technology stacks.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or relevant experience required.
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of prior people management responsibilities
Nice To Haves
- Distribution and Transportation Systems experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and ensure architecture alignment across product teams.
- Define and enforce technical standards for engineering, ensuring best practices and continuous improvement.
- Drive modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, automation of governance, and advanced analytics capabilities.
- Coach and develop engineers, manage performance, and build high-performing teams.
- Own delivery execution, ensuring predictable velocity and quality outcomes.
- Partner with Product Manager to shape the product roadmap, prioritize technical work and ensure the value is realized.
- Drive operational reliability, monitoring SLOs and implementing DevOps/SRE practices.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with other departments to define technical requirements and build high-quality software solutions.
- Ensure smooth execution of solutions to realization of value.
Benefits
- Health/Rx
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
- Supplemental life insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Paid sick time
- Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
- Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
- Holiday pay for company designated holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
