Senior Manager Software Engineering

Sprouts Farmers Market•Phoenix, AZ

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager Software Engineering leads a large, multi-discipline engineering team responsible for a defined product, service, or platform domain. The role owns team objectives, delivery priorities, and operating plans with a timeframe of at least one year; develops team leads and senior engineers; and partners with Principal and senior technical leaders to set architecture, engineering practices, and delivery across disciplines. The position reports to the Store Support Office in Phoenix, Arizona, and follows a hybrid arrangement requiring in-office presence Tuesday through Thursday. The manager leads the design, delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of the assigned domain, owns operational results and headcount planning, manages vendor and co-build partner relationships, and serves as the domain escalation point for incident response and corrective actions.

Requirements

At least 7 years of relevant software engineering experience, including hands-on experience before moving into people leadership.
People-leadership experience managing team leads or senior engineers across software, data, quality, ML/AI, and site reliability disciplines, or experience leading a team of ten or more.
Track record of owning a product, platform, or multi-service engineering domain end to end.
Production proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, or TypeScript.
Knowledge of cloud-native engineering, Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD practices.
Ability to review code and architecture and resolve difficult issues involving related systems or job areas.
Experience with work prioritization, multi-quarter delivery and resource planning, coaching, and process execution.
Experience with hiring, performance management, promotion, and reward recommendations in accordance with company guidelines.

Nice To Haves

Prior individual-contributor experience at the Senior or Staff Software Engineer level.
Working knowledge of agentic AI or large language model service architecture.
Retail or merchandising technology experience.
Experience managing vendor or co-build partner engagements.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of a product, service, or platform domain across disciplines and sub-teams.
Establish multi-quarter team goals, delivery priorities, and operating plans; contribute to department planning and own operational results.
Lead, direct, and review the work of engineering professionals and team leads across software, data, quality, ML/AI, and reliability disciplines.
Coach and develop team leads and senior engineers; partner with Principal and senior technical leaders on architecture, engineering standards, and cross-discipline delivery.
Review architecture and major technical decisions to assess tradeoffs, and review code as needed.
Improve engineering processes, systems, and team practices across the assigned domain.
Explain technical and delivery decisions and gain cooperation from Product, Design, Data, and senior leadership.
Hire, onboard, develop, and manage performance and succession in accordance with company guidelines.
Serve as the escalation point for incident response and corrective actions across the assigned domain.
Own headcount planning, build the team-lead layer, and recommend organizational structure changes as the organization grows.
Manage vendor and co-build partner relationships and deliverables.

Benefits

Competitive pay.
Sick time plan for the employee or immediate family members.
Vacation accrual plan.
Opportunities for career growth.
15% discount for the employee and one other household family member on purchases at Sprouts.
Flexible schedules.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
401(k) retirement savings plan with a generous company match.
Company-paid life insurance.
Contests and appreciation events throughout the year.
Bonus based on company and/or individual performance, subject to eligibility requirements.
Affordable medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility requirements.
Health Savings Account with company match, subject to eligibility requirements.
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, subject to eligibility requirements.
Company-paid short-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility requirements.
Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, subject to eligibility requirements.
Paid holidays, subject to eligibility requirements.
DailyPay access for eligible employees, allowing transfer of earned wages before payday at no extra cost.