Staff Software Engineer Mobile & Web in Chicago, Illinois, United States (# 2480)

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Job Description

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead and oversee multiple mobile development teams responsible for building cutting-edge mobile applications using both native and hybrid technologies. This is a critical leadership role responsible for driving the success of our engineering teams. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be expected to create and foster a sense of Joy in the creative process within the Mobile Product Engineering teams. You will oversee a group of cross-functional software engineers while ensuring the delivery of business value through lean development practices. Your focus will be on enabling the team’s success, mentoring individuals, and creating scalable processes that support our e-commerce business goals.

Additionally, you will ensure that systems are built in a resilient and stable manner with high observability, fostering confidence in their operation. This enables teams to focus on their families and personal lives outside of work hours, knowing their systems are reliable and performant.

Responsibilities

• Hire, retain, manage, mentor, inspire and enable a team of software engineers and QA engineers to achieve maximum productivity. This is achieved by creating a productive enabling environment and assuring resilient, self-healing software products with maximum quality.
• Create an environment where creative engineering team members find joy shipping business value on a daily basis.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning within the team.
• Focus on understanding the full team lean value stream and manage and monitor performance and waste within that value stream.
• Identify and implement improvements in workflows, tools, and processes to enhance team productivity by promoting lean development methodologies to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
• Partner with Staff Engineers and Product Management to come up with realistic design proposals and development schedule. Break down a large body of work into multiple phases of development tasks.
• Partner with Product Management to develop a lean backlog that matches senior leadership expectations for daily release and small story size.
• Build skillsets within the team through partnership with Engineering Enablement teams and assure team members have the skills and tools necessary to achieve their team mission.
• Accurately assess each engineer’s capability and capacity, Set clear goals and expectations while providing regular feedback and performance reviews.
• Exercises judgement in evaluating business urgencies and priorities, adjust team resources to achieve better results.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of e-commerce platform features and enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of Mobile e-commerce platforms and technologies.
• Strong expertise in mobile development using both native (e.g., Swift, Kotlin) and hybrid technologies (e.g., Flutter).
• Solid understanding of mobile application architecture, performance optimization, and user experience design principles.
• Proven capability of managing software development projects and leading cross-functional engineering teams for the entire cycle of the product development, from requirements gathering, to producing software specification, developing and testing software, until successful release of the projects.
• Hands-on experience with agile and lean development methodologies.
• Extensive work experience with modern development tools and technologies (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, microservices and event-based architectures), including advance deployments with Kubernetes and Istio.
• Quick learner, willing to meet the challenge and take on new technology.
• Passion for fostering an inclusive and empowering team environment.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with precise comprehension of ever-changing e-commerce business processes
• Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment.

EEOC

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted.