Engineering Manager

IT Engineering Manager - Digital - Front End (HTML, CSS & JavaScript)

What you'll discover

• Inclusive culture and career growth opportunities
• Global IT Organization which collaborates across U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia, click here to learn more
• Challenging, collaborative, and team-based environment

What you'll do
The Digital Solution Delivery organization at TJX focuses on the customer-driven experiences across the globe, including all of our eCommerce domains, mobile apps, loyalty programs, in-store digital experiences, and more. We are builders and innovators extending TJXs renowned treasure hunt experience to new audiences and fans.

The Ecomm team designs and develops and tests the website which sees millions of pounds worth of orders placed every week. We are looking for a talented, motivated and experienced Engineering Manager to help us take Ecomm to the next level in terms of tools, frameworks and technologies.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be an expert in Front End technology. You will have direct people management responsibility for a team typically consisting of engineers at various levels of seniority and may also include team members from other disciplines, depending upon team type, size, and scope of responsibility. You'll coach, lead and develop our engineering talent for one or more product or technical domains operating in an Agile environment.

Working within an established SAFe framework, in this role you will work with the various scrum teams to ensure that designs are being adhered to as well as reviewing the quality of the code being provided by the developers. Acting as a technical mentor and coach you will also be supporting the more junior members of the development team to oversee their progression.

You will be focused on standards and areas of improvement within the Front End such as accessibility and page speed performance.

What you'll need We are looking for teammates who share our passion for building excellent customer experiences using agile methodologies and the latest in cloud technology. We need more smart, agile, and intellectually curious people who love delivering things that will delight our customers.

Key Skills

• Extensive experience of working in a lead role with Front End technologies; HTML, CSS and JavaScript (ideally Vue.js)
• Strong experience of working within an Agile framework (SAFe would be preferable)
• Working knowledge of Jira/Confluence/BitBucket
• Line Management experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Team oriented approach and strong interpersonal skills
• Experience working in a collaborative manner with a combination of nearshore and offshore teams (potentially provided by multiple suppliers)
• Demonstrable experience of having delivered strategic FE improvements for a site; eg significant improvements in page speed performance