ABOUT US:

At ShopRunner, our mission is to help retailers thrive by sparking and deepening connections between shoppers and the brands they love.

Our 4.4M members receive exclusive benefits such as free 2-day shipping, free returns, 2-click checkout and special promotions across our network of 140+ retailers. Our retailers enjoy the power of cross-retailer network effects in the form of new customers and increased purchase frequency.

With people in offices in Chicago and Conshohocken, PA, we’re perpetrators of good vibes and great experiences for our customers, our merchants and each other.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Software Engineering Manager at ShopRunner, you’ll be driving technology and architecture decisions across the organization, while managing a high performing engineering team. We’ll be looking to you to empower engineers to build high quality features at a fast and sustainable cadence.

ABOUT WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Manage an engineering team practicing Scrum as part of a 2 week sprint
• Analyze and evaluate existing technologies in order to plan and lead architectural improvements
• Mentor engineers and own performance management of your team
• Shape the culture of the organization by being a champion of software engineering best practices

ABOUT WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• 7+ years’ experience as a software engineer; experience being a leader on an agile software engineering team is a plus
• Experience working as a Scrum Master in order to guide an engineering team’s agile practice
• Experience communicating and convincing key stakeholders of technological change
• Expertise on a variety of programming languages, such as Java/Groovy, Python, or JavaScript
• Expertise in key programming concepts like memory management, optimization techniques, API design, relational mapping frameworks, and distributed applications.
• A solid understanding of database concepts and experience writing SQL in a relational database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Experience optimizing larger applications to increase speed, scalability, and extensibility.
• Experience scoping out high level engineering and product initiatives in order to facilitate team level planning and prioritization
• Experience breaking down large, complex features into functionality that can be delivered incrementally in order to provide consistent value as part of a 2 week sprint

We want you to bring your whole human self to work every day. We accept you for who you are and consider everybody on an equal opportunity basis without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.