What are the responsibilities and job description for the ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER - SCMF position at Kroger Tech & Digital?
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.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
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
- 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