Lead Digital Application Modernization Across the Upper-Funnel
Define and execute the roadmap for upper-funnel digital experiences across brands.
Modernize CMS and Search platforms toward composable, cloud-native, API-first architecture.
Enable scalable experimentation, personalization, and content orchestration.
Drive performance optimization, SEO enablement, and conversion improvements.
Establish the foundation for composable commerce, event-driven architecture, and modern data platforms.
Deliver Customer-Centric Digital Experiences
Ensure browse, discovery, and content delivery are fast, resilient, and scalable.
Partner with Product and UX to improve engagement, search relevance, and conversion metrics.
Integrate seamlessly with Transact & Retain and Omni-Channel value streams.
Champion accessibility as a core design principle, ensuring inclusive experiences for every customer.
Build and Scale High-Performance Engineering Teams
Attract, develop, and retain top-tier engineering talent with a strong focus on inclusion and global capability building.
Lead cross-functional product engineering squads with clear ownership and accountability.
Embed AI, DevSecOps, CI/CD, test automation, and SRE best practices.
Coach engineering managers and senior engineers to deliver with speed and quality.
Champion Engineering Excellence and Culture
Embed a product-engineering mindset that prioritizes business outcomes, customer experience, and rapid learning cycles.
Drive responsible AI adoption to enhance engineering productivity, quality, and innovation.
Improve DORA metrics and engineering performance benchmarks.
Reduce technical debt and modernize legacy components.
Strengthen platform reliability, security, and observability.
Foster a culture of innovation, psychological safety, and continuous improvement across distributed teams.
Be a Hands-On Technical Leader and Architecture Coach
Stay deeply engaged in architecture and design decisions—able to whiteboard, code-review, and challenge assumptions.
Mentor senior engineers and architects to ensure alignment between business strategy and technical delivery.
Create frameworks that balance enterprise standardization with purposeful innovation.
Partner Across the Business to Deliver Scalable Digital Solutions
Collaborate with product, data, infrastructure, and business leaders to convert strategic goals into scalable tech capabilities.
Enable differentiated experiences through personalization engines, modular front ends, real-time APIs, and fulfillment innovation.
Support brand differentiation while leveraging shared enterprise platforms.
Act as a strategic advisor on digital discovery and experience capabilities.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive engineering leadership, including 5+ years leading enterprise-scale modernization in retail, digital commerce, or consumer tech environments.
Deep expertise in modern web architectures, headless CMS, APIs, and microservices.
Strong experience with Search platforms (Elastic, Constructor, or similar).
Proven success modernizing digital platforms in retail or eCommerce environments.
Demonstrated ability to lead distributed, high-performing engineering teams.
Deep experience with modernizing complex legacy systems and launching new digital capabilities.
Familiarity with core retail systems (eCommerce, ERP, POS, OMS, loyalty) and their integration with customer-facing experiences.
Demonstrated success leading global, distributed engineering teams and driving measurable business impact.
Ability to translate business goals into technical strategy in fast-paced, agile environments.

Benefits

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

digital application modernizationcloud-native architectureAPI-first architectureperformance optimizationSEO enablementcomposable commerceevent-driven architectureAI adoptionDevSecOpsCI/CD

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcollaborationinnovationpsychological safetycontinuous improvementmentoringaccountabilityinclusionstrategic advising