Manager, Software Engineering

Commerce; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 164,800 - 247,200; Full time

Job summary

Commerce is seeking a senior software engineering leader to build and operate a high‑performing team. You will balance aggressive product delivery with performance and reliability, while elevating engineering practices and mentoring peers.

You will partner with product managers across offices to align objectives, scale systems, and ensure secure, efficient software for our ecommerce platform.

Qualifications

• Lead and grow a high-performing software engineering team.
• Balance product roadmap with system performance and stability goals.
• Establish engineering best practices and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build an open, positive and energized culture.
• Lead and hire a high-caliber team of software engineers.
• Drive our technical roadmap and direction of our stack.
• Lead and inspire your team to build premier e-commerce products.
• Encourage innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure technical decisions support quality, performance, scalability, reliability, and security.

Skills

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

PHP

Go

Python

Typescript

Angular

Ruby

gRPC

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

RabbitMQ

Caching solutions

UNIX / LAMP stack

Job description

About the Company

Welcome to the Agentic Commerce Era. At Commerce, our mission is to empower businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive with our open, AI‑driven commerce ecosystem. As the parent company of BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and Makeswift, we connect the tools and systems that power growth, enabling businesses to unlock the full potential of their data, deliver seamless and personalized experiences across every channel, and adapt swiftly to an ever‑changing market.

As a Commerce brand, Feedonomics is a leading product feed management platform that helps brands, retailers, and agencies list and optimize products across top e‑commerce channels worldwide. Feedonomics manages everything from onboarding to ongoing feed optimization, enabling our clients to scale faster with less effort. Feedonomics has earned a strong reputation for a full‑service model and powerful technology—rooted in a commitment to excellence.

About the Role

This role is for a person who thrives at building and operating a high‑performing software engineering team and is passionate about empowering engineers to achieve the best work of their careers. A well‑respected leader, coach, manager, and engineer, this person will balance driving our aggressive product roadmap, improving the performance and stability of our system, introducing engineering best practices into the organization, and leading/mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build an open, positive and energized culture
• Build, lead and hire a high‑caliber team of software engineers
• Drive our technical roadmap and direction of our stack
• Lead and inspire your team and other engineers to build the best e‑commerce products on the planet
• Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement
• Ensure that technical decisions support our goals of quality, performance, scalability, reliability, availability and security

Management Responsibilities

• Be both a highly technical hands‑on coder and an effective people manager
• Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert and have strategic influence
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers and stakeholders in all corporate offices to promote communication and coordination
• Establish team objectives in alignment with business goals
• Organize and facilitate regular 1:1’s with your team for coaching and mentoring
• Execution of performance improvement plans for under‑performers
• Continued enforcement of best practices to improve engineering quality and efficiency
• Establish a sense of urgency and direction; set expectations
• Create and participate in an on‑call rotation for incident management

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in building systems in PHP, Go, Python, Typescript, Angular, Ruby, etc.
• Think iteratively by breaking down problems into smaller, deliverable / deployable pieces.
• Quality is the top priority.
• Knowledge of gRPC, RabbitMQ, and familiarity with caching solutions
• 2+ years managing engineering teams, including demonstrated track record of growing senior talent and building team structure from the ground up
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or Cloud Computing desirable
• Experience with relational database systems and external services integrations
• Experience with backend and frontend (UI) development
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and leading sprint ceremonies.
• Experience with SaaS platforms or Cloud Computing highly desirable
• Solid UNIX / LAMP knowledge (ideally 2+ years working experience with PHP, MySQL, and Linux)
• Prior experience at a commerce software company is a plus
• Have an excellent ability to communicate and to coordinate
• Will speak up when something just doesn’t feel right with productive feedback
• Have excellent problem solving, critical thinking and debugging skills
• Has strong bias to action and the drive to make a difference
• BS degree required or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Compensation

(Pay Transparency Range: $164,800 - $247,200)

The national base salary range for this role is posted above in this job post. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications and geographic location. We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams. Where applicable, this role may also be eligible for variable compensation (such as bonus or commission), equity, and benefits in accordance with local policies. Details will be shared during the hiring process. We are committed to equitable and transparent pay practices that align to market data, internal equity, and individual contribution.

Inclusion and Belonging

At Commerce, we believe that celebrating the unique histories, perspectives and abilities of every employee makes a difference for our company, our customers and our community. We are an equal opportunity employer and the inclusive atmosphere we build together will make room for every person to contribute, grow and thrive.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about the Commerce team, culture and benefits at https://www.commerce.com/careers/

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