Sr. Manager, Software Engineering (Digital Front-end Engineering)

PetCo • San Diego, CA

156d • $166,300 - $249,400

About The Position

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents, and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico, and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics, and eight distribution centers. We're focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe what's good for pets, people, and our planet is good for Petco.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related fields, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of IT and business industry work experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.
• Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and other related disciplines/processes.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, navigates, and overcomes technical and organizational barriers that may stand in the way of delivery.
• Constantly improves the processes and practices around development and delivery.
• Delivers reliable, highly available, and highly scalable systems in a Lean, agile, and domain-driven engineering environment.
• Effectively works with Product Managers, Program Managers, and other stakeholders to ensure the business is provided with appropriate solutions.
• Check and confirm the accuracy of the work performed and the methods used by engineering staff.
• Create detailed engineering plans, processes, and procedures for engineering staff to use and abide by.
• Hire, train, and supervise engineering team members.
• Propose and oversee timelines for engineering projects.
• Directs leaders of scrum teams.
• Develops and implements validation tools.
• Fosters and facilitates Agile methodologies.
• Works in an agile environment using SCRUM or Kanban.
• Works with Project Managers/leads to consume product backlog and generate technical design.
• Designs solutions, writes and tests code.
• Mentor/groom Lead engineers to be next IT leaders.
• Manage and Lead COTS evaluation that will improve SDLC efficiency for the team.
• Review and work with vendor on RFP & Technical proposals.
• Manage financials for their team (budget, accruals, invoices, forecasts… etc).

Benefits

• Health and financial benefits
• 401K
• Incentives
• PTO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree