Director, Software Engineering

American Freight is looking for an experienced dynamic leader to develop and execute strategies to enhance our online presence, grow with the business and optimize the e-commerce experience for our customers.

The ideal candidate will bring a wealth of expertise in web development, e-commerce, people leadership and promoting a digital strategy to drive our brand to increased success.

Responsibilities:


* Lead team members through the technical phases of designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining new features and products across various web platforms and integrations


* Collaborate with the product owner, business partners and leadership to deliver scalable, maintainable, resilient, and secure solutions focused on business value


* Work closely with technical leads to design and implement enterprise class platforms using industry best practices in a cloud-native environment


* Implement and enforce coding standards, security policies, testing practices, and code reviews


* Coach, mentor and manage a team of Software and QA Engineers with responsibility for your team’s deliverables


* Implement quality assurance processes to identify and resolve defects


* Translate product roadmaps and business requirements into technical designs and implementation strategies


* Identify and evaluate new technologies that will improve customer experience, time-to-market and engineering functions


* Willingness and agility to learn new technologies, adapt to and drive change, and embrace an Agile culture


* Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment

Requirements:


* 3+ years’ experience in technical leadership roles with increasing responsibility


* 5+ years’ demonstrable experience within e-commerce space


* 8+ years of experience with modern coding languages or frameworks with preferred familiarity of React and Java


* Familiarity with cloud-native architecture and design principles and best practices


* Familiarity with relational, NoSQL, and cache data concepts; experience with Redis and MySQL, a plus


* Knowledge on building, maintaining, and troubleshooting a robust CI/CD pipeline, including incorporation of test automation


* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with cross-functional stakeholders, engineers, and leadership


* Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment


* Familiarity with Agile methodologies and development practices


* Familiarity with software observability tools such as the AWS Suite, Elastic, Prometheus, and Grafana is a plus

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, American Freight provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting.

Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and cultural fit.

The range of starting pay for this role is $150,000 to 175,000 per y...