Job Specifications
Your Opportunity at ARC'TERYX:
As the Engineering Manager at Arc'teryx, you will be for leading and managing a team of software developers and leads in the development and maintenance of our web and payment gateways. In this role, you will use your advanced technical skills and expertise in web development and payments to guide the team and ensure that projects are completed efficiently and to a high standard. You will also play a key role in the technology strategy across the end-to-end headless systems that deliver our e-commerce guest experience via web and payment gateways, ranging from our front-end user experience to our middleware and backend integrations with our ERP. Additionally, you will be an integral part of the technology strategy for Arc'teryx digital properties, contributing your insights and expertise to guide the direction of our web and payment gateways. Overall, your technical leadership and mentorship will be crucial in driving the success of our digital properties.
This role is primarily based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet your future team:
You will have the opportunity to join a dynamic and talented team of web application developers at Arc'teryx. Our team has a diverse range of skill sets and works collaboratively in cross-functional agile squads to develop and deploy new features, fix bugs, and create an exceptional e-commerce experience for our guests. We are passionate about what we do and are always looking for ways to improve and innovate. We believe that diversity of thought and experience is key to our success and are committed to fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.
If you were the Engineering Manager now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
Providing direction and coaching to the web and payments development teams in all phases of the project life cycle
Attracting, retaining, and developing top talent to build a world-class software engineering/ web development team, developing career pathways for your team members and help them grow through coaching, mentoring, goal setting and ongoing assessment
Inspiring each team members' creativity and problem-solving abilities
Developing functional specifications and designs for future focused complex applications or modifying/maintaining complex existing applications
Consistently reviewing the designs and code of team members, often in collaboration with software engineering managers, colleagues and architects
Helping design, code, debug and test unit test solutions as required
Partnering with product management and software engineering managers to define a multi-year vision, strategy, and technical product roadmap and backlog to support the continued growth of e-commerce and payment gateways
Executing code analysis, requirements analysis, identification of code metrics, system risk analysis, and software reliability analysis
Remaining committed to a service-oriented design and analysis
Conducting regular unit testing and quality assurance
Executing performance tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation
Working to support, maintain and document new and existing solutions
Continuing to identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation
Acting as a technical escalation point for the web developers or architects on teams
Ensuring the team are knowledgeable and available to provide application support for software running in production 365/24/7; and joining the team in handling incidents that require escalation
Collaborating and contributing to the continuous improvement of Arc'teryx SDLC, Project and other methodology
Remaining up to speed with new developments of web and mobile capabilities
Working with project managers and program managers on project resourcing by ensuring developers are available at the right time, with the right skill set
Checking in with project managers and technical leaders to ensure team performance and direction is on track to achieve project goals to scope, time and budget
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
Contributing to and owning technical design decisions that positively impact the software architecture of the Arc'teryx e-commerce and web application platform
Building and delivering maintainable, high-quality software to support the growth and maintenance of a best-in-class ecommerce experience
Implementing best in class developer experiences through team building events, knowledge sharing sessions, and other initiatives
Contributing to our Engineering Guild and helping raise the technical bar at Arc'teryx
Are you our next Engineering Manager?
You have 5+ years' experience leading front end and back-end developers
You have 5+ years' development experience in an Agile/Scrum environment
You have 7+ years' experience in Full Stack web development
You have 3+ years' experience in payment gateways
You have strong organization
About the Company
Arc'teryx is a Canadian company born in the Coast Mountains, where our passion for the outdoors drives us to push the boundaries of performance and durability. We design gear that not only survives extreme conditions but elevates your experience in them. With over 2,400 retail locations worldwide, our impact goes beyond gear--it's about designing for a better future. What truly sets Arc'teryx apart is the community behind the "Bird." We're more than a team--We're a collective of problem-solvers, makers and explorers, united ...
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