Your New Role…
CNN Digital Commerce is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a talented and innovative engineering team building the next generation of web applications and commerce products. This manager will work closely with a cross-functional team to develop, enhance, and scale platforms like CNN Underscored. You will be responsible for leading the development of high-quality, customer-facing products and tools that power CNN’s e-commerce initiatives. As an engineering leader, you will foster a culture of excellence, mentorship, and continuous improvement.
Your Role Accountabilities…
- Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team, fostering collaboration, innovation, growth, and technical excellence while promoting continuous learning and career development.
- Drive technical strategy and oversee the development of scalable, high-performance web applications for CNN Digital Commerce.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration to align engineering, product, and business teams for data-driven decision-making and streamlined product development.
- Lead efforts to improve engineering workflows, tooling, and processes for operational excellence.
- Implement and advocate for agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum or Kanban) and support continuous delivery practices.
- Drive initiatives around monitoring application health, infrastructure, and code performance to ensure system reliability and optimal user experiences.
- Drive innovation by adopting modern technologies, optimizing architecture, and ensuring long-term maintainability through code reviews and refactoring.
Qualifications & Experience:
- B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (M.S. preferred).
- 10+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
- Proven track record in leading teams responsible for building and scaling e-commerce platforms or consumer-facing products.
- Extensive experience in modern web technologies, with deep expertise in JavaScript (Node.js, Vue.js), TypeScript, Fastly and Python.
- Proficiency in cloud services such as AWS (Serverless/SAM, etc.), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure management (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL), search engines (Elasticsearch), and caching solutions (Redis).
- Experience with high-performance, high-availability applications in production environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and inspire engineers to meet ambitious technical goals.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and business teams.
- Deep familiarity with Agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines and supporting incremental delivery of business value.
Bonus Skills
- Experience in non-procedural programming or applying functional-style programming concepts.
- Previous involvement in building e-commerce, affiliate platforms, or consumer media applications.
- Experience in mentoring junior engineers, conducting technical interviews, and contributing to talent acquisition efforts.
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