Senior Manager, Software Engineering

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Job Details

The (REMOTE) Senior Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for being a hands-on leader of one or more development teams that will be building and deploying systems that are customer-first, leveraging modern, cutting-edge design and integrations across multiple systems. This role is responsible for the execution of development tasks, coaching, training, and communicating with team members, cross-functional development managers, and leadership teams.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides formal supervision to individual employees within single functional or operational area.
• Plans and monitors appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime. Prepares and delivers performance appraisal for staff.
• Mentors and coaches team members to further develop competencies. Leads by example and models behaviors that are consistent with the company's values.
• Manage, plan, and execute web development for Web applications.
• Enforce technical and coding standards within the web development team, including security and ADA Compliance standards Delegate and systematize the administrative, process-based parts of work, enabling more focus on high-impact, strategic work.
• Ensure that all code has high test unit coverage, automation scripts, and peer code reviews.
• Provide the necessary tools and processes for the development team including but not limited to CI/CD process, Automation, etc.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional technical leads and architects to come up with solution architecture for the application.
• Collaborate with IT, Digital, E-commerce, and product teams to lead a team of developers in managing web projects ensuring timely delivery.
• Lead the building of custom JavaScript components/modules that can be reused by all developers.
• Conduct Agile Team ceremonies: daily standup, pointing, planning, review, and retrospectives.
• Follow web development best practices, processes, and procedures.
• Manage vendor contractor budget and help IT finance track digital budget.
• Communicate professionally with all internal and external contacts.
• Follow all Company policies and execute Company standards on appearance and functionality as well as appropriate brand representation.
• Researches and designs application development, infrastructure, or service standards.
• Provides tiered digital & technology support for end users. Troubleshoots technical problems such as application performance issues or network connectivity problems. Gathers and reports on support metrics in order to identify trends that warrant attention.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of financial terms and principles. Ability to calculate complex figures. Ability to forecast and prepare budgets. Conducts financial/business analysis including the preparation of reports.
• Ability to solve advanced problems and deal with a variety of options in complex situations. Requires expert level analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based multi-industry sales environment. Draws upon the analysis of others and makes recommendations that have a direct impact on the Company.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a multi-disciplinary development team, including: Front-End Developers (React, Section 508, USWDS), Back-End Developers (Azure Functions, APIM, SQL), SQL/SSIS Developers (ETL pipelines, on-prem to Azure migrations), Power BI Developers (reports, dashboards, semantic models).
• Oversee the design, development, and delivery of solutions built on: React front-end, Azure APIM, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI.
• Manage development processes, including code reviews, branching strategies, and quality gates.
• Partner with DevOps to enforce CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, ensuring automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Track progress using Agile methodologies in ADO, ensuring backlog prioritization and sprint planning.
• Cultivates leadership and ownership in direct reports.
• Complete all required training modules and certifications prior to the due date.
• Ensure all safety policies and procedures are followed to ensure a safe work environment for all.
  
  

Non-Essential Responsibilities

• Execute Company initiatives and other activities requested by supervisor
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities
• Contribute ideas on ways to optimize or improve the team, the department, and the Company
• Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; explore opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
  
  

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience required
  
  

Professional Experience

• 6-10 Years management experience required
• 6-10 Years professional website coding experience required
  
  

Skills List

• Ability to lead teams working on complex, high-impact projects with confidence
• Well-developed analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills, with an ability to influence where required to achieve desired outcomes
• Adept at planning projects, assessing risks and opportunities, creating budgets, communicating with stakeholders, and troubleshooting problems
• Skilled in initiating, structuring, and carrying out steps to complete projects and tasks
• Ability to operate with competing priorities and still deliver projects within deadline and budget
• Quality assurance/unit testing skills
• Able to automate the integration of code changes from multiple contributors into a single software project
• Ability to utilize clean semantic markup that demonstrates attention to detail
• Strong CSS skills, with full understanding of specificity and cascade
  
  

Competencies & Knowledge

• Experience with RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and serverless technologies
• UI Design, Usability, and Accessibility: High
• Web standards: High
• Modern JavaScript Frameworks: High
• Responsive Design: High
• CSS, SCSS, SASS: High
• Quality Assurance/Unit Testing: High
• HTML5: High
• React/Node/NextJS: High
• JSON: High
• SOAP/REST APIs: High
• Analytics (e.g., Google Analytics, Tealium, ContentSquare, etc.): High
• Agile Methodologies: High
• Automation Testing: High
  
  

California Residents

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable.



Benefits Included

• Excellent career growth opportunities through on-the-job training and development programs
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Mental health and life resources
• Medical, dental, prescription, and vision plans
• Get paid on-demand
• Base pay or uncapped commission
• Employee discounts on Mattress Firm sleep products and accessories
  
  

Compensation

Competitive $170,000 - $180,000 * depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities may be available and awarded at the discretion of the Company.

• Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular time.
  
  

Legal authorization to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship. We require proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

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