Sr. Manager, Software Engineer - Web
Panera Bread•Saint Louis, LA
•$127,461 - $152,953•Hybrid
About The Position
As a Senior Manager, Web Developer at Panera, you will have the opportunity to join a company with several digital ecommerce channels, a large brick and mortar infrastructure, and numerous problems to solve and optimize. You will be building new and exciting features, working with 3rd party vendors, and collaborating with a first-class team of developers, product managers, and designers. This role involves representing the web development team in technical meetings, translating requirements into technical documents, and leading the team. The position is located in St. Louis, MO and is a hybrid role.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional Web development experience with increasing leadership responsibility.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams of 5+ developers and owning delivery outcomes.
- Strong foundation in scalable, maintainable software design and architecture.
- Deep proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Deep proficiency in at least one modern JavaScript SPA framework (React, Vue, or Angular), with hands-on experience leading framework migrations (e.g., Vue to React).
- Experience with server-side CSS preprocessors (e.g., LESS, SASS) and modern build tooling (e.g., webpack).
- Proficiency with package managers (e.g., npm, yarn) and code versioning tools (e.g., Git).
- Hands-on experience with modern web architecture patterns, component-based design, and state management.
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity.
- Experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) into application features or workflows.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery models and tooling (e.g., Jira).
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across product, design, and platform teams.
- Experience building or maintaining ADA-compliant, accessible web applications.
- Familiarity with SEO principles and cross-browser compatibility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with automated testing strategies and frameworks (e.g., Mocha, Jest).
- Experience with server-side JavaScript (e.g., Node.js, Express) and microservice integration.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- Experience with web performance monitoring and error/crash reporting tools (e.g., Quantum Metric, Dynatrace).
- Ability to triage production issues effectively using platform monitoring tools.
- Experience integrating with REST web services, middleware applications, and data models.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for the performance, delivery, and technical health of the web engineering team.
- Operates with broad autonomy within defined product and platform strategy.
- Translates organizational goals into team-level execution plans and measurable outcomes.
- Acts as a people leader first, while remaining deeply fluent in modern web engineering practices.
- Owns the overall effectiveness, engagement, and growth of a web engineering team of 5+ developers.
- Leads and develops engineers across varying experience levels, including senior ICs.
- Sets clear expectations for performance, behaviors, and engineering standards.
- Owns hiring outcomes, including pipeline strategy, interview design, and final talent recommendations.
- Accountable for onboarding, coaching, performance feedback, and career progression.
- Provides technical direction and architectural guidance for Panera's customer-facing web applications.
- Facilitates and guides technical design discussions, trade-off analyses, and solution decisions.
- Ensures consistent adoption of web engineering best practices, architecture patterns, and coding standards.
- Partners with enterprise and platform architects to ensure web solutions align with broader system strategy.
- Evaluates new tools, frameworks, and technologies and determines practical adoption paths for the team.
- Champions responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools and LLM/AI API integration across the team.
- Accountable for predictable, high-quality delivery of web initiatives.
- Partners with Product and Design leaders to translate business objectives into executable feature plans.
- Manages scope, sequencing, and dependencies; proposes MVP or phased approaches to maximize value delivery.
- Balances feature development with technical investment and platform stability.
- Escalates delivery risks, trade-offs, and timeline impacts with clarity and data.
Benefits
- Competitive Pay $127,461 - $152,953 annually
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
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