Commerce Software Engineering Lead

Re:Car, Inc; Washington; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Slate is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the engineering team building our Commerce experiences. We’re building a direct-to-consumer EV brand from the ground up, and this role will help shape how customers discover, customize, purchase, and receive products from Slate.

You’ll hire, develop engineers, and set engineering standards to deliver high-quality software. You will lead technical strategy and decision-making for Commerce, balancing customer experience, business priorities,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience delivering customer-facing software.
• 5+ years of leading and developing software engineering teams.
• Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with modern ecommerce architectures and integrations across catalog, cart, payments, order management, and fulfillment.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, architecture, development, and delivery of Slate’s Commerce software.
• Build and develop a high-performing engineering team with clear direction, coaching, feedback, and career development.
• Lead technical strategy and decision-making for Commerce, balancing customer experience, business priorities, engineering velocity, and long-term technical excellence.
• Relentlessly simplify with innovation, creativity, and judgment on challenging technical problems.
• Collaborate with UX and Product teams to build and invent new customer-first solutions.
• Be a trusted technical leader who drives alignment across engineering and business teams.
• Drive awareness of business impact and balance technical leadership with business judgment.
• Establish and maintain a high bar for engineering quality, reliability, performance, and operational excellence.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Tools

APIs

Cloud platforms

Job description

Slate is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead the engineering team building our Commerce experiences. We’re building a direct-to-consumer EV brand from the ground up, and this role will help shape how customers discover, customize, purchase, and receive products from Slate.

You’ll hire, develop engineers, and set engineering standards to deliver high-quality software. You will lead technical strategy and decision-making for Commerce, balancing customer experience, business priorities,