Senior Technology Manager

What You Need To Know

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more. 

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Technology Manager in Digital Engineering to spearhead our digital transformation initiatives across the Supplier Growth Portfolio. This critical role aims to enhance our digital capabilities to bolster supplier partnerships and stimulate growth. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a robust background in digital technologies and a proven track record of managing high-performing engineering teams. You will be tasked with leading the design, development, and implementation of innovative software solutions that align with our strategic objectives, while fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence.

 

Do you like building modern digital applications? Do you geek out about cloud services and cloud application architecture? Ever wanted to be part of building and shaping the engineering culture in a product driven, user-centered-design organization? Well, this is your chance. Here at Southern Glazer’s, we are embarking on a bold journey to transform and revolutionize the ways in which digital technology is used in the beverage alcohol industry. We’ve assembled a world class group of product and technology leaders that are bringing this vision to life. To do this we need to build a best-in-class digital technology engineering organization. 

 

We are building a portfolio of web and mobile applications, as well as modernizing existing applications so that we can deliver software the business needs with speed, while maintaining and strengthening quality and security. To do this, we need you. We need software engineers that think like product managers. We need software engineers that obsess over observability and know how to take advantage of all that modern cloud platform like Azure and AWS have to offer. In short, we need people that are passionate about building high-performing digital experiences, who know what it takes to build products that surprise, delight and improve the lives of users.

Specialized Skills and Technologies

• Experience managing multiple frontend and full stack development teams that support B2B / B2C applications.
• Experience in application development and support of web/mobile/cloud applications on an enterprise scale, online platforms.
• Experience in modern software development frameworks and languages including React, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, GraphQL and practical knowledge of Docker and containerization techniques.
• Experience in deploying scalable, high-performance applications using React for web and React Native for mobile platforms, ensuring excellent user experience and robust backend integration.
• In-depth knowledge of micro-frontend architecture to enhance modularity and scalability in web applications.
• Experience in developing and maintaining comprehensive design systems and pattern libraries to ensure consistency and high-quality user interfaces across platforms.
• Experience in developing and deploying Web and Mobile applications in Cloud such as Microsoft Azure (preferable), AWS or GCP.
• Strong foundation in DevOps practices, CI/CD and microservices architecture, especially using cloud-native solutions.
   

Primary Responsibilities

Scope and Impact

• Oversee the development and integration of technology solutions that influence key business metrics.
• Manage talent acquisition, training, and retention, ensuring high expertise and commitment across teams. 
• Facilitate collaboration with leaders across various disciplines to form teams that deliver reliable