Sr. Manager, Software Engineer - Web

panerabread; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Panera Bread seeks a Sr. Manager, Software Engineer - Web to lead a high-impact web engineering team building customer-facing features.

You will translate business goals into actionable plans, guide architecture, and drive delivery across web platforms with a strong focus on quality and accessibility. You will mentor engineers, manage hiring, and collaborate with product/design to balance feature delivery with platform stability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional Web development experience with increasing leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams of 5+ developers and owning delivery outcomes.
• Strong foundation in scalable, maintainable software design and architecture.
• Deep proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Deep proficiency in at least one modern JavaScript SPA framework (React, Vue, or Angular), with hands-on experience leading framework migrations (e.g., Vue to React).
• Experience with server-side CSS preprocessors (e.g., LESS, SASS) and modern build tooling (e.g., webpack).
• Proficiency with package managers (e.g., npm, yarn) and code versioning tools (e.g., Git).
• Hands-on experience with modern web architecture patterns, component-based design, and state management.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity.
• Experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) into application features or workflows.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery models and tooling (e.g., Jira).
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across product, design, and platform teams.
• Experience building or maintaining ADA-compliant, accessible web applications.
• Familiarity with SEO principles and cross-browser compatibility.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the performance, delivery, and technical health of the web engineering team.
• Operates with broad autonomy within defined product and platform strategy.
• Translates organizational goals into team-level execution plans and measurable outcomes.
• Acts as a people leader first, while remaining deeply fluent in modern web engineering practices.

Skills

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Vue

Angular

Web performance

Accessibility (ADA)

SEO principles

CI/CD

Jira

Git

Webpack

NPM/Yarn

Node.js

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Tools

Jira

Git

Webpack

Node.js

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Sr. Manager, Software Engineer - Web

Job Summary

As a Senior Manager, Web Developer at Panera you have the opportunity of joining a company with several digital ecommerce channels, a large brick and mortar infrastructure, endless problems to solve and optimize, but organized in such a way that every person can feel their impact to both their immediate team and the company. You will be building new and exciting features, working with 3rd party vendors, both large and small, and working with a first-class team of developers, product managers, and designers. Additionally, the senior manager position can make an impact on the web development team by representing them in highly technical meetings, translating requirements into technical documents, and leading the team.

Location: St. Louis, MO (hybrid)

Roles and Responsibilities

Role Scope & Accountability

• Accountable for the performance, delivery, and technical health of the web engineering team
• Operates with broad autonomy within defined product and platform strategy
• Translates organizational goals into team-level execution plans and measurable outcomes
• Acts as a people leader first, while remaining deeply fluent in modern web engineering practices

Core Responsibilities People Leadership & Team Development

• Owns the overall effectiveness, engagement, and growth of a web engineering team of 5+ developers
• Leads and develops engineers across varying experience levels, including senior ICs
• Sets clear expectations for performance, behaviours, and engineering standards
• Owns hiring outcomes, including pipeline strategy, interview design, and final talent recommendations
• Accountable for onboarding, coaching, performance feedback, and career progression

Technical Ownership & Direction

• Provides technical direction and architectural guidance for Panera's customer-facing web applications
• Facilitates and guides technical design discussions, trade-off analyses, and solution decisions
• Ensures consistent adoption of web engineering best practices, architecture patterns, and coding standards
• Partners with enterprise and platform architects to ensure web solutions align with broader system strategy
• Evaluates new tools, frameworks, and technologies and determines practical adoption paths for the team
• Champions responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools and LLM/AI API integration across the team
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity
• Experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) into application features or workflows

Delivery & Execution Management

• Accountable for predictable, high-quality delivery of web initiatives
• Partners with Product and Design leaders to translate business objectives into executable feature plans
• Manages scope, sequencing, and dependencies; proposes MVP or phased approaches to maximise value delivery
• Balances feature development with technical investment and platform stability
• Escalates delivery risks, trade-offs, and timeline impacts with clarity and data

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional Web development experience with increasing leadership responsibility
• Proven experience leading engineering teams of 5+ developers and owning delivery outcomes
• Strong foundation in scalable, maintainable software design and architecture
• Deep proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Deep proficiency in at least one modern JavaScript SPA framework (React, Vue, or Angular), with hands-on experience leading framework migrations (e.g., Vue to React)
• Experience with server-side CSS preprocessors (e.g., LESS, SASS) and modern build tooling (e.g., webpack)
• Proficiency with package managers (e.g., npm, yarn) and code versioning tools (e.g., Git)
• Hands-on experience with modern web architecture patterns, component-based design, and state management
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity
• Experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) into application features or workflows
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery models and tooling (e.g., Jira)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across product, design, and platform teams
• Experience building or maintaining ADA-compliant, accessible web applications
• Familiarity with SEO principles and cross-browser compatibility

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with automated testing strategies and frameworks (e.g., Mocha, Jest)
• Experience with server-side JavaScript (e.g., Node.js, Express) and microservice integration
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with web performance monitoring and error/crash reporting tools (e.g., Quantum Metric, Dynatrace)
• Ability to triage production issues effectively using platform monitoring tools.