Sr. Manager, IT eCommerce Solutions Development

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on IT Development Manager to lead our eCommerce development team. This role will oversee the execution and optimization of our digital commerce platforms, ensuring robust, scalable, and innovative technology solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development in e-commerce platforms, complex system integrations and agile methodologies, with a keen focus on quality solution delivery and platform security.
 

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of eCommerce platforms, operational workflows, and product lifecycle management, as well as the ability to lead cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious objectives.

The position will report to VP of IT eCommerce.

We are open to the right person working a hybrid schedule and being primarily remote (willing to come into our home office in Manchester, CT a handful of days/quarter).

Who We Are

At Bob’s, we have fun, we love what we do, and it shows in our expansive growth! Bob’s Discount Furniture is more than just a furniture store. We are one of the fastest growing omni-channel furniture retailers in the country with over 190 stores!

How We Will Support You

At Bob’s we understand there are many companies you can choose to work for, so, along with exceptional opportunities for career growth we offer a fun team-oriented work environment and great benefits! Let us tell you more.
 

Benefits & Perks- We’ve got you covered! We believe in supporting our employees and their families in the best ways possible is a top priority. We focus on three core wellness pillars: Emotional, Physical and Financial. Below are just some of the benefits that we offer:

• Feeling under the weather, we’ve got you covered! We offer Nationally provided Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

• Paid Vacation, Personal Days, Sick Days, Holidays, work anniversary and your Birthday! After all, your birthday should be a holiday

• 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan with a Generous Company match!

• Pet Insurance to help keep your furry friends happy and healthy

• Life insurance – Employer-paid basic Life Insurance, with the option to add Voluntary Life Insurance as well!

• Financial Planning, Voluntary Legal Benefits and Wellness Plans

• We already offer value priced furniture, but on top of that we offer a Generous Employee Discount starting on your 1st day!

• Additional Employee Discounts through the “Hays Perks discount program” offering hundreds of online discounts from your favorite merchants.

• And so much more!
   

Culture and Core Values- At Bob's we have a set of core values that shape the decisions we make every day and help define our company culture. These values comprise what we call "The Bob's Way." Honesty, Integrity, Transparency, Community, Safety, Diversity, Accountability and Fun.

DIVERSITY IS A CORE VALUE AT BOB’S

At Bob’s Discount Furniture, we want you to feel at home. Whether you’re shopping with us or a part of the Bob’s team, we want you to know that you are valued, appreciated, and free to be who you are.

We are committed to creating a place as diverse as the communities we serve.

Learn and Grow- We believe in developing our team members and helping them grow both personally and professionally! We promote Professional Development: In-person, virtually and offer an infinite library of on-demand classes in Workday Learning. We also offer Tuition Reimbursement as well as the BDF Education Foundation Scholarship Program open to employees and their dependents. Want to grow at Bob’s professionally? We look to promote from within our organization by having robust succession planning in place to ensure that our team members have the opportunity to advance their careers.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of developers, including vendor onshore / offshore developers, planning resource capacities and ensuring high-quality code and best practices.

• Collaborate with product owner and BAs for the business requirements, work with architects on the technical design, and support run and maintain team on production incident resolutions.

• Oversee with the design & development of e-commerce websites, mobile applications, and integrations with backend and third-party systems.

• Expect at least 50% hands-on with the design and development activities, including code review, PR approval and deployment.

• Responsible for the maintenance of the lower and production environment with integrated applications.

• Responsible for creating implementation plan and oversee the release deployment.

• Responsible for relationship with key software vendors, resolving platform related issues and escalating critical incidents

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Ecom content, marketing, operations, customer services, to align IT development with business goals.

• Assist in technical strategies, roadmaps, and architectural frameworks to leverage out of the box features and enhance platform capabilities.

• Ensure system scalability, security, and performance optimization.

• Manage and optimize development processes, ensuring adherence to Agile and DevOps methodologies.

• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of development initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and regulatory standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in software development in web development technologies using Java 11/18, J2EE, JSP, Ajax, XML, XSD, Spring MVC, OCC, Tomcat -server, JUnit, Unix, DevOps

• Strong experience with e-commerce platforms (SAP Commerce Cloud, Salesforce, Shopify, Magento, etc.), also in areas of account management, order management, pricing & promotions, B2B/B2C commerce.

• Expert in designing APIs, microservices architecture, and third-party integrations to enhance our eCommerce platform's functionality, security, and performance.

• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and version control systems (Git, Bitbucket).

• Strong problem-solving, project management, and leadership skills.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Supervisory Responsibility: Team size of 8+, including minimum 2-3 internal resources and direct reports.

• Work Environment: Remote acceptable but expect to be in CT home office 3-5 days per quarter.

• Expected Hours of Work and Travel: Minimum 40 hours a week, with less than 5% of travelling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experiences in product & content management using CMS solution such as Bloomreach

• Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

• Knowledge of SEO, digital marketing analytics, and conversion rate optimization.

• Experience with security and CDN providers (Akamai) and AWS S3/CloudFront experience is a strong plus.

Physical Requirements

n/a

Expected Base Pay Not Including Potential Commissions, Incentive, Bonus, etc. Opportunities:

130k-160k base salary + bonus target

It is policy of Bob’s Discount Furniture, Inc., to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment. No person shall be discriminated against or harassed because of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, veteran or military status, or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state or local law.

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