Manager

Description:

Adobe has successfully transformed from a traditional desktop software vendor to software as a service provider. The Creative Cloud and Document Cloud are great demonstrations of this transformation and of our vision for how we can continue to provide even more delight to our customers. As our product and service offerings have evolved and expanded, we have also needed to transform the online purchasing experiences we provide for our customers, along with our underlying eCommerce infrastructure.

The Adobe Business Platform Commerce Engineering organization is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager. We are passionate about what we do and are looking for motivated engineering leaders to join our hardworking team. The Commerce Engineering Manager plays a relevant role in the success of the Commerce Services team and is accountable for leading the activity of development and quality to build appropriate technological solutions to meet the business expectations of the Commerce Ordering platform. Collaborate with business units and Product Owners in crafting scalable and high-performing services to improve sales and customer satisfaction. You must possess an outstanding blend of business and technical savvy, the ability to look into big-picture vision, and the aim to make that vision a reality.

In this role, you will:
Lead and manage a team of engineers through the research, technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment of purchasing-related cloud services.

Create and execute effective processes for managing projects and sprints.

Execute effective testing processes that ensure ongoing application/service quality and avoid regressions and outages.

Deliver scalable, resilient, high-availability applications and services running on robust deployment architectures with comprehensive health monitoring/alerting.

Maintain effective communication and collaboration with partner teams, both local and remote, in completing interdependent work items.

Ensure adequate visibility of project/feature status to program management, product management, and other stakeholders.

Attend to team morale; communicate effectively with team members to understand concerns and address them.

Optimize team productivity, sprint velocity, and feature turnaround time while fostering satisfying work-life balance.

Manage individual performance, employing ongoing performance feedback and coaching.

Work with each team member in identifying and making progress toward career development goals.

Requirements:
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.

Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, with a minimum of 3 years handling software engineering teams.

Proven track record of successful execution of the full product/service development lifecycle from initial planning to first release, and delivering on schedule.

Strong knowledge of and experience using agile software development techniques.

Demonstrated success in delivering large-scale, highly available web applications or services.

Extensive software development experience doing server-side (RESTful services) development.

Good knowledge and experience with Java and Spring Frameworks, databases and SQL.

Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design/programming.

Experience with frond-side (UI) technologies like Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, and frameworks such as ReactJS is a plus.

Experience with cloud-based service development, particularly using Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure is a plus.

Proven ability to effectively manage through common engineering management challenges.