Sr Software Engineer

Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people!

If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets, people and our planet.

• We love all pets like our own
• We’re the future of the pet industry
• We’re here to improve lives
• We drive outstanding results together
• We’re welcome as we are

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong, working together across 1,500 pet care centers, 250 Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics, eight distribution centers and two support centers.   

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identifies, navigates, and overcomes technical and organizational barriers that may stand in the way of delivery;

• Constantly improves the processes and practices around development and delivery;

• Delivers reliable, highly available, and highly scalable systems in a Lean, agile, and domain driven engineering environment;

• Effectively works with Product Managers, Program Managers and other stakeholders to ensure the business is provided with appropriate solutions

• Check and confirm the accuracy of the work performed and the methods used by engineering staff

• Create detailed engineering plans, processes, and procedures for engineering staff to use and abide by

• Hire, train, and supervise engineering team members

• Propose and oversee timelines for engineering projects

• Directs leaders of scrum teams

• Develops and implements validation tools

• Fosters and facilitates Agile methodologies

• Works in an agile environment using SCRUM or Kanban

• Works with Project Managers/leads to consume product backlog and generate technical design

• Designs solutions, writes and tests code

• Mentor/groom Lead engineers to be next IT leaders.

• Manage and Lead COTS evaluation that will improve SDLC efficiency for the team

• Review and work with vendor on RFP & Technical proposals.

• Manage financials for their team (budget, accruals, invoices, forecasts…etc)

Key distinction of job level:

Sr Engineering leader, oversees quality and content of complex products and projects

Type of supervision received:

Receives minimal day to day direction, aligns to overall roadmaps and strategy

Type of supervision given:

Leads large teams of contractors, influences horizontally across the organization

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related fields, or equivalent work experience. 

• 8 years of IT and business industry work experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.

• Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and other related disciplines/processes.

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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