Software Architect

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion at Getty

Getty believes diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are essential to our excellence and to the execution of our mission. The Getty community values differences in the pursuit of inquiry and knowledge, mutual understanding, respect, trust, transparency, and cooperation. We are committed to creating a welcoming workplace that reflects the various backgrounds of the communities we serve and includes individuals who bring a diversity of values and experiences. Individuals of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Job Summary

At Getty Digital we believe that the best software is built by teams with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. We strive to provide a collaborative environment where all team members have the opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to the software we build and our overall vision. 

 

We are looking for an engineering manager to lead an existing team of software engineers focused on the narrative, interpretive, and visitor-focused experiences across Getty. This team is in charge of supporting and improving the core Getty.edu website, which includes exhibitions, digital publications, and other initiatives. They also maintain Quire, Getty’s open-source digital publication platform.

 

As an engineering manager reporting to the Digital Visitor Experience Director, you’ll manage a team of seven software engineers, empowering and supporting them in their work to build software products. We are looking for an experienced manager who can build and reinforce a team culture that emphasizes strong collaboration, accountability, and strategic prioritization. This is a hybrid role, with a current schedule of one day a week on-site at Getty’s main campus in Los Angeles and the other days remote.

 

In this role, you’ll work closely with the Getty.edu product manager and our UX team. You will work with them to align the team, provide career development, and collaborate on developing and implementing our product roadmap, aligning engineering resources with the project schedule and ensuring that the engineering perspective is represented in discussions. You’ll handle setting day-to-day priorities, team management, work estimation, and task assignment, as well as overseeing the work of external consultants and developers as needed. You’ll also be in charge of team growth—helping existing staff grow, providing advice and guidance in their professional development, and leading hiring searches as positions become available. This role will also help represent the work of the team outward—both within the organization and externally, showcasing Getty’s work in both software and cultural heritage. You’ll also write code as time permits, often through collaboration or by focusing on areas where you can use your expertise to make the team more effective.

 

Our primary software stack is Vue.js and Nuxt with occasional backend implementations in Python, Node, REST APIs, and custom search interfaces using Elasticsearch. Our applications are hosted in AWS and built within Docker containers. Our primary infrastructure tools are Github, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Jira, and Confluence.

 

Getty is among the most prestigious cultural heritage organizations in the world, dedicated to furthering the study of the history of art. You will work on an amazing campus amongst fabulous art, architecture, and archives, collaborating with world-class scientists, curators, librarians, archivists, and academics. We offer 4 weeks of vacation a year, every other Friday off, excellent benefits, and a very strong dedication to balancing work and personal life.

Major Job Responsibilities

• Manage a team responsible for an ecosystem of applications that provide interpretation, access, and storytelling around Getty and its campuses, collections, exhibitions, and publications
• Identifying and estimating the tasks required for successful, timely delivery of the product roadmap through leading a collaborative process with the rest of the team, UX/Design, and the product manager
• Monitor the effectiveness of engineering resources and develop strategies to enhance the team’s ability to meet their commitments
• Guide technical solutions to ensure they align with business needs and timelines
• Oversee and manage the process of creating technical specifications and design documents for new features and applications
• Balance product support, feature development, experimentation, and professional development
• Perform code reviews and provide feedback to peer developers
• Support the team in following Getty policies and best practices for software development to write maintainable, testable, and human-readable code, and advise on ways to enhance those processes
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