Advanced Software Engineering Manager

The Software Engineering Manager will support the Kroger Payments Area. Kroger is building a set of new services that will be used for eCommerce and in-store payment transactions and reporting. 

The leader will operate in a high-energy, product-centric organization, supervising 2-4 in-house software development scrum teams. The leader will set technical direction for the teams; manage goals and performance of direct reports; collaborate with Product Managers on objectives and deliver timeline. The leader will ensure operational excellence of production systems. 

Direct & manage the software design, development, implementation & support of software engineering teams & lead engineering projects. Engage in technical design discussions & drive technical architecture. Manage multiple initiatives & be accountable for delivering multiple releases on schedule with the highest quality standards. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

- Partner & collaborate with engineering peers, product management, product design, & third parties (as appropriate) to prioritize deliverables providing the greatest value to our customers and business 
- Hire & manage engineers & application system analysts; assign, direct, & evaluate their work/performance by writing performance reviews & providing feedback 
- Present practical input for strategic technology decisions; synthesize complex problems & present simple, practical, reliable, & maintainable solutions 
- Drive strategic alignment of system specifications, associate requirements, & project schedules of technology services 
- Responsible for systems performance & resolution of production incidents, which may require 24hr/7day week coverage 
- Work with Product Management to prioritize, scope & plan business milestones 
- Support preparation of technology roadmap & provide input to business roadmap 
- Monitor new technologies & trends within the industry 
- Improve technology agility facilitating the use & creation of Cloud Services, REST APIs, design patterns, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Design (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD), version control, proper environment releases, etc. 
- Drive root-cause analysis of critical business & production issues to prevent future occurrences as well as review/approve potential solutions 
- Establish performance standards & procedures, regulatory compliance & conduct ongoing performance audits & take action 
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation 
 

Minimum 
- Bachelor's Degree computer science, information systems, or related technical field 
- High School Diploma or GED 
- Any understanding of & practice in agile software development & management 
- Any experience/familiarity with RDBMS, NoSQL, Big Data technologies 
- Any experience with web/app containers such as Apache/Tomcat, Jboss or related skill 
- Any direct technical experience in related disciplines 
- Any extensive experience building/deploying services and/or applications using: Java, Spring/Spring Boot, REST APIs, Swagger, Node, Azure, GitHub, CI/CD, Kubernetes 
- 2+ years of experience in eCommerce, retails systems or high transaction software solutions 
- 5+ years of experience in administrative management of technical teams and/ or extended staff 
- Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical & problem-solving skills 
- Strong leadership & negotiation skills with business & technical group 

-5+ experience with micro service architecture and high-throughput processing

Desired 
- Master's Degree computer science, information systems, or related technical field 
- Any experience developing and/or architecting front-end experiences � React, Swift (native iOS), Kotlin (native Android) 
- Any of experience developing and/or architecting cloud-hosted backend services with Azure and/or GCP 
- 2+ years of experience in leading engineering teams of 5+ engineers & coaching, mentoring individuals to grow their career 

• Understanding of Software Engineering process and design patterns
• Experience with a modern architecture – Java microservices and Power BI/Analytical reporting, 
• Experience overseeing high-throughput, resilient software, ideally microservices deployed to the cloud
• Proven People Management skills
• Time Management and prioritization in a high paced environment

 

 

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