Key Responsibilities
- Lead multiple teams responsible for software products with company-wide impacts and outcomes, in partnership with key stakeholders
- Provide strategic direction for the team and associated product area, ensuring alignment with organizational and portfolio goals
- Coach and develop managers, senior managers, and associate directors on their team who are themselves responsible for their teams and outcomes
- Ensure the quality and integrity of the SDLC for their teams and identify opportunities for improvement in how the teams work, through usage of recommended tools and practices
- Conduct 1:1s with their direct reports, and skip-level discussions for team members to assess team health, promote cohesion and camaraderie, and identify and solve issues across the organization
- Work with product teams to broadly prioritize and scope work
- Ability to triage and manage complex, high-pressure production issues
- Contribute to architecture by asking the right questions to ensure architecture matches business needs for the area
- Demonstrate a test/learn/iterate mindset, emphasizing progress over perfection
- Can connect the larger organization strategic goals directly to their team's tactical goals and can effectively communicate that to their teams
Basic Requirements
- 11+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree OR equivalent relevant professional experience. Including:
- 6+ years of experience managing and leading engineering teams
- 1+ years of managing managers
- Experience building highly scalable and performant web-based software systems.
- Experience with one or more modern technology stacks that systems are built on:
- Java, ReactJS, Python, REST, JSON, NodeJS; CI/CD technologies; Kubernetes/OpenShift and Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure); Front-end frameworks (AngularJS, VueJS, React); mobile app development (iOS, Android)
- Comfortable navigating through ambiguity and working in a fast-paced environment
- Leading, coaching and inspiring a team of engineers, while creating an inclusive team culture that enables all team members to succeed.
- Identifying skills and capabilities needed on the team and work to fill those roles by hiring and training a diverse team
- Understanding funding mechanisms and managing budgets
- Excellent communication skills, especially when working with distributed teams
- Bringing a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community
Preferred Requirements
- Experience working in an omni-channel retail environment
- Experience with automation/IaC frameworks (Terraform, Git)
- Experience with Machine Learning, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs)
About Best Buy
BBY India is a service provider to Best Buy and as part of the team that will work on Best Buy projects and initiatives, you'll help us fulfill Best Buy's purpose to enrich lives through technology. You will bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in Best Buy stores, online and in Best Buy customers homes.
Best Buy is THE place where techies can make technology more meaningful in the lives of millions of people, to enable our purpose of enriching lives through technology. Our unique culture unleashes the power of our people and provides fast-moving, collaborative, and inclusive experiences that empower employees of all backgrounds to make a difference, learn and grow every day.
Best Buy's culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees and other team members who make it all possible. Best Buy is committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, Best Buy aims to provide a place where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.
