Senior Software Engineering Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

The Senior Software Engineering Manager leads engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and AI-powered platforms that support retail store operations, associate productivity, and customer experience. This role partners closely with Product and Business teams to translate product requirements into high-quality engineering solutions, while ensuring strong execution, operational excellence, and system reliability across both new and existing platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 12+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years in engineering leadership roles
• Experience leading teams of 8+ engineers
• Strong expertise in microservices architecture, data structures & algorithms, cloud platforms, and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI / AI-enabled development
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins)
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Hands-on experience with messaging systems (Kafka)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end engineering execution for multiple concurrent initiatives
• Translate product and business requirements into technical designs and deliverables
• Drive predictable, high-quality delivery across teams
• Ensure adherence to code quality standards, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Conduct system design reviews to ensure scalability and alignment with architecture
• Partner with Product and Business teams to understand customer and operational needs, refine problem statements, and influence technical solutions
• Provide visibility into scope, effort, trade-offs, and resource needs
• Support prioritization decisions based on business value, technical feasibility, and delivery timelines
• Build and enable AI-driven applications and automation features, working with Generative AI, AI agents, and machine learning components
• Contribute to solutions for store operations optimization, inventory intelligence, and associate productivity tools
• Promote the use of AI-assisted development tools and intelligent automation frameworks
• Ensure systems are production-ready and highly reliable
• Lead engineering teams in platform support, incident management, and root cause analysis (RCA)
• Define and track system reliability metrics, performance benchmarks, and delivery KPIs (velocity, cycle time, defect rates)
• Improve system resilience through monitoring and alerting, observability practices, and continuous improvement
• Lead and grow a team of software engineers and technical leads, driving hiring, onboarding, mentorship, and performance management
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning
• Enable teams through clear delegation, documentation, and tooling and development frameworks
• Champion Agile/Lean methodologies and facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and release management
• Coordinate across teams through scrum-of-scrums and cross-team planning
• Drive efficiency through automation, tooling improvements, and process optimization
• Lead cost optimization efforts, including cloud cost management, infrastructure efficiency, and licensing optimization
• Ensure adherence to security standards, compliance requirements (e.g., SOX), and data governance practices

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made 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 full of prizes, food and fun!
• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Company paid short-term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
• Paid holidays
• DailyPay - access earned wages before payday

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior