Senior Manager, Digital Engineering

Day In The Life:

The Senior Manager, Digital Engineering is accountable for multiple projects and works to identify and support the growth of needed capabilities for successful delivery – be they app development, data integration, test automation, etc.

The Manager’s primary goal is to lead team members and facilitate their work while feeding a culture that emphasizes customer experience, quality engineering, and innovation in a global delivery setting.

What You Will Do:

• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required
• Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews
• Drive innovation at a software product level and contribute ideas to the product roadmap
• Enable predictable and iterative software delivery by providing leadership in an Agile team environment
• Bring expertise in investigation and resolution of technical problems within the organization
• Design and develop world-class software applications to bring industry-leading shopping experiences to market
• Ensure software architecture aligns with user needs to bring high-value products to market
• Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
• Negotiate, plan and manage all release activities
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed expectations
• Maintain awareness of industry trends and evaluate the applicability of new software technologies for ensuring the best possible consumer experience
• Work with release engineers to understand impacts of branches and code merges
• Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks
• Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.
• Build a culture of pride and ownership over code quality, scalable architecture, security, and data privacy
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process
• Forward plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio
• Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans
• Mentor junior managers and emerging leaders
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
• Develop scripts and automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms
• Be responsible for weekly release reporting
• Maintain a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
• Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
• Maintain the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.

What You Will Need:

• NewRelic / DataDog / Splunk
• CI / CD pipelines
• 7+ years of experience in software development, with a focus onhands-on systems architecture, interoperability, and data integrity.
• Server-side programming: NodeJS / ReactJS / Javascript / Scala / Java
• Deep hands-on technical and architectural experience with current ability to write significant code, build systems from scratch, and maintain or re-architect legacy in-house built systems
• CircleCI / Jenkins / GoCD
• Automated testing frameworks and TDD
• Relevant experience in optimizing data flows between multiple systems, architecting data integrity, single source of truth, and providing the right digital solution for internal stakeholders
• Deep understanding and experience with many of the following technologies:
• Docker / Kubernetes
• Natural problem solver who understands how to start from the why, and uses first principles to get to a meaningful what and how
• AWS products and architecture
• An exceptional leader with an ownership mentality
• Data-driven, analytical, strong communicator, who understands and relishes in the big picture, but understands the importance of every detail
• Steeped in understanding and practice of agile software development
• 3+ years leading teams of engineers
• Consummate collaborator that seeks to find optimal trade-offs, and provide confidence in myriad stakeholders to whom your team will provide solutions

What You Can Expect:

• An amazing associate discount of up to 40% off top brands
• A living Well Program that provides a variety of offerings and resources to enhance your physical, mental, and financial wellness, including corporate gym membership rates.
• A ways of Working Program that enables you to work where you are most effective
• A competitive benefits package including unlimited paid vacation, medical, dental, vision, parental leave top up coverages, retirement savings and more
• An opportunity to work with highly supportive teams to help you build the career you want and leave your Stripe at The Bay
• A People-first culture where One Team spirit and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are celebrated and promoted at every step of the way

About The Bay:

As Canada’s oldest startup, The Bay is a digital-first, purpose-led retailer. Our mission is to help Canadians live their best style of life.

The Bay is on a high-growth trajectory to become one of the largest digital retail businesses in Canada through TheBay.com and its Marketplace. If you are looking to join an iconic brand, create impactful change and be recognized for your work, we want you to join our team.

At The Bay, smart, high-performing team members will challenge you to learn and grow every day. We value ambitious work and great ideas grounded in data and insights. We are looking for talented people who love a fast-paced environment, embrace change and are looking to make an impact with groundbreaking ideas.

We are a digital-first company and brand for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to reach our potential. Come and join a winning team that supports collaboration and demonstrates innovation, energy, creativity and vision every day.