Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Takeoff

QXO is building a technology platform for the building products distribution industry. The Senior Manager of Software Engineering will lead multiple squads, shape roadmaps with business leaders, and deliver system integrations and features tied to business outcomes. The role also advances AI-enabled ways of working, develops engineers, and reinforces engineering quality and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Bring clarity to ambiguous problem domains and drive solutions alongside business and technical partners
• Go deep on technical details with your team when needed, and translate that work clearly for business stakeholders
• Balance new feature delivery against operational priorities across your squads
• Mentor and grow the engineers on your team
• Identify and advance opportunities in AI/ML, personalization, and emerging technology that strengthen QXO's capabilities
• Implement and reinforce best practices for reliability, observability, performance, scalability, and incident management

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years in software engineering, including experience leading engineering teams
• Proven success delivering features to market at scale
• Strong foundation in distributed systems, event-driven architecture, data modeling, and data consistency (compensating transactions, aggregate boundaries, sagas)
• Experience leading engineering teams in eCommerce, fintech, or large-scale consumer platforms
• Experience working directly with stakeholders to identify gaps and build solutions
• Experience in an enterprise environment where your core customers are often internal