What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager- Digital Engineering, Web position at Inspire Brands?
We are seeking a Manager–Web to join our Digital Engineering team and lead the delivery of enterprise-scale, multi-brand digital web applications. This role blends technical leadership with people management—ideal for a hands-on manager who can both guide engineering direction and grow a high-performing web development team.
As Manager–Web, you will be accountable for the architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of our React-based applications. You will develop and manage a team of web engineers, fostering a culture of quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. With strong technical expertise and leadership skills, you will ensure our customer-facing platforms deliver world-class performance, security, accessibility, and reliability.
Exposure to GitHub Copilot (or similar AI-powered developer tools) and Generative AI (GenAI) is a plus, particularly in driving team productivity and innovative customer experiences.
This position is an onsite 80% role at the Atlanta Global Support Center.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Development
- Build, develop, and manage a team of web engineers, ensuring continuous growth, mentorship, and career development.
- Serve as a hands-on manager, balancing people management with technical contributions.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation across geo-distributed teams.
- Recruit, onboard, and retain top web engineering talent.
Architecture & Systems Design
- Guide the architecture and evolution of React-based enterprise web applications with scalability, performance, and accessibility in mind.
- Apply modern frontend patterns: micro-frontends, component-driven architecture, state management (Redux, Zustand, Recoil), and server-side rendering (Next.js).
- Ensure best practices in responsive design, accessibility (WCAG 2.1), and internationalization.
- Drive secure integration with backend APIs (REST/GraphQL), identity management solutions (Auth0, Azure AD B2C), and observability platforms.
- Optimize global web performance through edge delivery and caching strategies.
- Explore opportunities to integrate GenAI-driven features such as personalization, conversational UI, and intelligent search.
Delivery & Execution
- Provide leadership in delivery execution, ensuring projects meet business goals, timelines, and quality standards.
- Drive adoption of CI/CD practices (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), automated testing, and observability.
- Champion automation-first engineering and enforce high standards in performance and security.
- Establish coding standards, design system adoption, and enforce code review practices.
- Encourage the adoption of productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar AI-assisted coding solutions.
Collaboration & Influence
- Partner with backend, product, and design teams to align on technical roadmaps and release strategies.
- Facilitate cross-functional workshops, design reviews, and proof-of-concept initiatives.
- Influence decision-making across global teams, balancing business priorities with long-term sustainability.
- Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to identify and integrate GenAI use cases into web features.
Qualifications
- 8 years of professional software engineering experience, with 2 years in an engineering management role.
- 4 Year Degree and/or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale React-based applications with global reach.
- Strong hands-on expertise in:
- React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6 ), HTML5, CSS3 (SASS, Tailwind, CSS-in-JS).
- State management (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, or equivalent).
- Frontend performance optimization and Core Web Vitals.
- Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, testing frameworks, and automation practices.
- Experience integrating with backend APIs (REST/GraphQL) and secure authentication solutions.
- Familiarity with GitHub Copilot or AI-assisted coding tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Generative AI applications in customer-facing web products.
- Familiarity with multi-brand or multi-tenant digital platforms.
- Knowledge of design systems (Storybook, Material UI, or similar).
- Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Application Insights, Grafana, Prometheus).
- Strong communication skills to articulate technical trade-offs to both executives and engineers.
- Awareness of responsible AI practices (cost optimization, bias mitigation, governance).
- A high-performing web engineering team that is motivated, collaborative, and continuously improving.
- Web applications that deliver exceptional performance, scalability, accessibility, and security.
- AI-assisted development accelerates productivity and improves code quality.
- GenAI-powered features drive personalization, engagement, and innovation.
- Clear coding standards and design system adoption ensure long-term platform sustainability.
- Recognition as a hands-on leader and technical authority in web engineering across the organization.
We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.