Sr. Manager of Software Engineering

• Lead the eCommerce and Integration engineering teams, including internal employees, technical leads, contractors, and offshore development partners.
• Oversee the software development lifecycle, including planning, design, development, testing, implementation, and ongoing maintenance.
• Develop and execute software engineering strategies and roadmaps aligned with business priorities and technology standards.
• Provide technical guidance, ask insightful questions, challenge assumptions, and lead collaborative troubleshooting of complex application and integration issues.
• Partner with enterprise architects to guide solution design, application modernization, cloud adoption, and technology decisions.
• Lead the adoption of AI-assisted software engineering practices to improve development productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and delivery speed.
• Guide the delivery of AI-enabled business solutions using multiple models and technologies, including generative image capabilities, product-data enrichment and cleanup, and other retail use cases.
• Promote effective use of AI coding assistants and emerging development tools across the engineering teams.
• Oversee the design and delivery of API-led, event-driven, batch, SaaS, and third-party vendor integrations.
• Ensure software solutions meet established standards for quality, performance, scalability, maintainability, and security.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Quality Assurance, and other cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Manage external development partners and offshore resources, ensuring clear expectations, accountability, quality, and alignment with internal engineering practices.
• Recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent while fostering a collaborative, accountable, and innovative culture.
• Lead performance management, succession planning, team structure, and resource and capacity planning.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering standards, Agile delivery practices, DevOps processes, CI/CD capabilities, and development metrics.
• Stay current with emerging software engineering, AI, cloud, eCommerce, and integration technologies and assess their potential business value.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education and relevant professional experience.
• At least 10 years of progressive software engineering experience, including at least 5 years leading development teams or technical leads.
• Strongly preferred experience in retail or eCommerce, including exposure to digital customer experiences, product and catalog management, merchandising, order management, inventory, store/POS systems, and fulfillment.
• Demonstrated experience leading both eCommerce development and enterprise integration capabilities.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled solutions and incorporating AI-assisted tools into software engineering practices.
• Understanding of generative AI, multi-model solutions, image generation, and AI-enabled product-data enrichment or cleanup.
• Strong technical knowledge of .NET technologies, including C#, SQL, API development, application modernization, and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, CI/CD practices, and modern DevOps tools and processes.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional software initiatives and deliver results within demanding timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to provide meaningful technical direction and lead troubleshooting without serving as the primary hands-on developer.
• Experience managing offshore development teams, contractors, or external technology partners.
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to continuous learning and the practical application of emerging technologies.

Pulled from the full job description

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance, At Boscov’s, we value our employees, and that’s why we provide a competitive compensation and benefits package. As a Full-Time member of our team, you will be eligible to receive:
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical/dental/vision
• Short term disability/ Long term disability- voluntary
• Life Insurance (company paid)
• 401(k) w/ company match
• Weekly Pay
• Paid vacation
• Liberal employee discount