Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Shutterfly is a company that helps customers create products and capture moments that reflect their unique selves. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead two engineering teams in web development, focusing on AI adoption and building data pipelines to enhance user experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a diverse engineering team comprising Data Engineers, Backend/Services Engineers, and Frontend Application Engineers
• Act as a hands-on technical leader in design reviews and incident response, proposing and implementing design improvements for critical components
• Manage project goals and delivery timelines, including personnel in potential offshore locations
• Drive technical strategy and execution across application development (web/API) and high-volume data processing pipelines including leveraging AI models for inference
• Champion systems engineering and reliability best practices, ensuring the team builds scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
• Motivate, coach, and develop engineers, providing continuous feedback and guidance to enhance their technical expertise and career growth
• Interface with business teams to understand their needs and build the pipelines that support their outreach and campaign efforts
• Work closely with Product Management to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps, ensuring alignment with overall technology strategy and revenue goals
• Drive AI adoption in the company through the introduction of AI-based tools and workflows
• Inculcate a value system of customer centricity, operational rigor and ownership

Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive software development experience
• 5 years in an engineering leadership role with direct people management experience
• Proven experience managing teams that encompass Full Stack (Backend/Frontend) Application Development
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of Systems Engineering and designing highly scalable Distributed Systems
• Expertise in service architecture, API development, and data-intensive applications
• Solid background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming/design
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills—a prerequisite for managing diverse technical groups and complex stakeholder relationships
• Experience leading software development teams through multiple releases of large-scale projects
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree