• Job Description

  Req#: 1671

  Senior Manager, Engineering - NextGen - MAX Digital

  Toronto, ON, Canada Req #1671

  Monday, May 8, 2023

  ACV’s mission is to build and enable the most trusted and efficient digital marketplaces for buying and selling used vehicles with transparency and comprehensive data that was previously unimaginable. We are powered by a combination of the world’s best people and the industry’s best technology. At ACV, we are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and rewarded with a work environment that enables each teammate to impact the company from day one. ACV’s network of brands includes ACV Auctions, ACV Transportation, MAX Digital and ACV Capital within its Marketplace Products as well as True360 and Data Services.

  The MAX Digital team supports our Saas-based retail car dealership software platform providing inventory management, digital marketing, mobile applications, and other software solutions for the $350 billion U.S retail car industry. As the Senior Engineering Manager for the MAX Digital team , you will be responsible for architecture and development of strategic and operating models for the engineering team, including mentoring, and empowering your team to deliver world class solutions to software problems. You will bring deep technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, an action-based philosophy to solving hard software engineering problems as well as leadership skills to the role.

  What you will do:

  As a Senior Software Manager, Engineering for the NextGen team you will be leading, managing, recruiting, mentoring, and empowering your team to deliver world class solutions in a Product driven SDLC. You bring deep technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and an action-based philosophy to solving hard software engineering problems.

  • Manage, mentor, and grow a team of front end and back end software engineers at all different stages of their careers
  • Oversee your team's daily performance, ensuring clarity, addressing obstacles, removing blockers and highlighting their impact. Regularly update leadership on initiative progress and required business support
  • Accelerate the Software Development Life Cycle through continuous improvement of internal processes
  • Discover areas for continuous improvement within both our systems and teams
  • Evaluate, hire, and on-board software engineers based on organizational need, technical skill set and cultural fit
  • Ensure that work is scoped, prioritized and assigned appropriately to meet business objectives and schedules
  • Respond to emerging incidents and lead the effort to resolve any issue with direct impact to our customers.
  • Grow your team’s knowledge of their domain and of the technical expertise required to support the MAX business
  • Guide and participate in architecture discussions and system designs
  • Lead efforts to adapt, modernize and scale a market-leading software system
  • Work with other engineering leaders across MAX to coordinate feature releases and platform migrations
  • Ensure your team holds a high quality bar for its systems, including test coverage, observability, monitoring, alerting

  What You Will Need:

  • 6+ years of experience managing software engineering teams and 7+ years of experience in a web focused software engineering role
  • Experience in cloud-based environments (AWS)
  • Demonstrated track record of project and program delivery in a SaaS environment
  • Significant experience in managing remote engineering teams
  • Proficient in leadership, mentorship, and people management
  • Skilled in communication, collaboration, and problem-solving
  • Experience with some of the technologies in use by the team: Javascript / TypeScript, NodeJS, VueJS, GraphQL, Apollo Server, MongoDB, SQL Server, AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, SQS, SNS), Vercel, Sentry, New Relic, CI/CD automation tools

  Nice To Have

  • Experience working in the automotive industry

  • NativeScript

  What we will offer:

  • Comprehensive benefits offerings for benefits eligible Teammates
  • Unique culture that truly values each and every Teammate
  • Career development and Future Growth Opportunities
  • Learning & Development Opportunities
  • We love to see our engineers grow and learn and have invested heavily in our internal Learning and Development program, which provides access to PluralSight, Frontend Masters, as well as in-person conferences
  • Annual Hackathons with some amazing prizes
  • Career development and future growth opportunities

  At ACV, we are committed to an inclusive culture in which every individual is welcomed and empowered to celebrate their true selves. We achieve this by fostering a work environment of acceptance and understanding that is free from discrimination. ACV is committed to being an equal opportunity employer regardless of sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires reasonable accommodation, please let us know.

  
  

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  Other details

  • Job Family Product & Technology
  • Job Function Engineering Mgmt
  • Pay Type Salary

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