IT Engineering Manager - Digital Commerce Platform

Profile : IT Manager (Engineering)

Job Description :

- A Successful candidate will have a background in building and operating large scale Digital Commerce and search capabilities and hands-on approach to leading software development, great project management and communication skills and an eagerness to grow with a team as they take on increasing responsibility.

- The IT Manager(Engineering) will work closely with the business leaders, understand short and long-term business goals, and collaborate on plans to achieve those goals by delivering leading-edge systems using best-in-class SDLC and a highly motivated team.

- Deliver the organizational goals aligning with the retail strategy.

Key Responsibilities :

- Leads teams in the development, implementation, and support of the systems for a best-in-class online experience

- Understands the systems/applications that his/her team develops technologically/ functionally, aligns with a technical roadmap of the department & AutoZone, works with the team to continuously inspect the current state, and brings innovative ideas to improve.

- Makes sure the architecture/design decisions taken by the team are aligning to AutoZone standards keeping in mind performance, scalability, resiliency, etc

- Develops technical talent and leadership capabilities in team members and ensures a highly motivated team through coaching and mentoring focusing on accountability & ownership.

- Implements systems to maximize usability, accessibility, and customer experience.

- Leverages internal and external APIs, databases, and other data sources

- Oversees the scheduling, control, and progress of system design, development, and installation activities

- Develops trusted and open relationships with key business partners at Manager and Director levels and works closely with and manages vendor partner relationships

- Coordinates between internal and external resources, ensuring effective communication between all groups and individuals involved in projects

- Leads all projects under the rules and guidelines. Ensures all documentation is produced to high standards

Education Requirements and Experience :

- Bachelors degree in MIS, Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent required

- Minimum of 8 - 20 years total experience in IT development with 5 years developing web/ mobile/webservices with high volume customer-facing 24/7 applications

- Minimum of 3 - 5 years of experience in a managerial position in a technology group with a proven track record for business capability delivery and talent development

- Hands-on experience developing systems using web applications/mobile application/ webservice technologies on Middleware like WebLogic / JBoss / Apache/Tomcat using Oracle /Postgres RDBMS in a Unix / Linux environment.

- Experience in leading the teams working on MACH (Microservices, APIs-first, Cloud-native, and Headless) architecture using Java, Spring boot will be beneficial

- Experience with developing and managing applications across multiple data centers is a plus

- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, problem-solving and analytical skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts and designs to a broad range of people

- Strong experience in using Agile (Scrum / Kanban / SAFe) project development methodologies

- Willingness to learn and adapt to changing business and technology landscapes

- Must have a contagious work ethics including high sense of urgency to resolve issues quickly, creatively and efficiently.