Job Posting for Manager, Software Engineering (DevOps) at Cars Commerce
About the Role
Cars Commerce builds solutions for automotive dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers. Our driving force is to deliver one platform to simplify everything about buying and selling cars. Our platform enables dealerships and OEMs with innovative technical solutions and data-driven intelligence to better reach and influence ready-to-buy shoppers, increase inventory turn and gain market share. To support the growth and tighter integration of our existing brands like Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, and Accu-Trade we are seeking a Senior Leader for our expanding Core Services Platform.
We’re looking for a highly-motivated and enthusiastic leader for DevOps Engineering who will lead a team of skilled engineers who support our platform development teams. This role is pivotal to leading a key part of the broader Platform strategy. Success in this role requires exceptional leadership, communication, and project management skills. You should have hands-on leadership experience, and a strong belief in transparency and accountability. You have hands-on experience that has fueled your knowledge and experience on your journey into leadership. You have experience hiring and developing the skills and talents of others. You have led teams working in AWS to support the delivery of highly reliable and scalable services.Ownership is a key characteristic you inspire your teams to ingrain in their culture.
Responsibilities
Lead mission critical team supporting Core Services engineering teams
Raise the bar on technical excellence, show thought leadership, and communicate well to different audiences
Oversee the management of a team of engineers to plan, design, and deliver complex systems
Lead by example to establish a culture of technical expertise and operational accountability
Lead large projects and cross-functional team
Work closely with business leaders to translate functional requirements into technical requirements.
Be a champion of Developer Experience focusing teams on continuous improvement
Implement and guide teams leveraging data driven metrics e.g. DORA
Identify and prioritize technical initiatives to align and integrate with business goals
Add transparency mechanisms for stakeholders into the priorities and activities of your team and larger organization
Solicit requirements from collaborators and foster excellent communication with stakeholders
Hire, coach, and manage diverse teams with varying skill sets and experience
Establish and enforce training standards and performance expectations for individual contributors
On-call escalation participation as needed
Be an ambassador of Cars.com's Core Values:
Challenge & Collaborate; Start with the Consumer; Be Bold; Build Relationships, Deliver Results; Focus on the Outcome; Stay Open
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, related degree, or equivalent practical experience required
5 years of technical experience at a senior level with 1-3 years of people management experience
Prior experience designing and implementing continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment of software applications
Experienced implementing security best practices into the development and deployment process
Extensive experience working in Cloud Native environments, specifically AWS
Experience with multi-account systems architecture and best practices
Extensive experience using modern monitoring tools (Cloudwatch, DataDog, etc) and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming, and dashboards
Extensive experience managing change management practices, policies, and procedures
Ability to author documentation for all levels of stakeholders
Experience managing and establishing automated controls for 3rd party audits (SOX, SOC-II, etc)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, SRE concepts and best practices
Experience implementing software delivery process such as Agile
Hands-on experience with modern programming languages
Previous examples of success establishing incident and security response processes
Previous experience leading incident response and resolution
Ability and willingness to manage ambiguity i.e., help shape solutions and prioritize deliverables to align with the Company’s vision
Preferred Qualifications
Strong track record of delivering results and are able to effectively prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities with various business stakeholders
Experience designing and setting operational metrics and reporting on said metrics
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