Frontend Engineering Manager (вакансія неактивна)

About Astound Commerce

Astound Commerce is a global digital commerce company that provides end-to-end services — from creating a data-driven strategy and delivering UX services to building an e-commerce solution for a variety of clients such as L’Oréal, Crocs, Adidas, Puma, Versace, Jimmy Choo, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Boohoo, Halfords, FLOR, TOMS, and others. With 20+ years’ experience, 1,400+ e-commerce specialists, more than 3,000 projects completed, and dozens of industry accolades, we excel at maximizing the brand and business value of every digital commerce touchpoint. Astound Commerce currently operates in 14 countries with 20 offices worldwide.

Job Purpose

The Frontend Engineering Manager will be responsible for leading a part of a high-performance project-driven frontend development department. The main area of responsibilities is people management — to hire, support, develop and motivate frontend specialists.

In this role, you’ll get to

People management:

• Manage and mentor all members of distributed FE engineering team to build a highly professional and motivated group;
• Initiate new vacancies opening and make final decisions on hiring all levels of FE Engineers (from juniors to leads);
• Make decisions on engineers’ termination;
• Create a solution-oriented and thinking culture in engineering;
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and other internal communication forums;
• Conduct semi-annual performance assessments, including SMART goals setting, promotions, and compensation reviews.

Resource management:

• Allocate engineers with the right skill sets to client projects ensuring adequate project staffing;
• Track and report on resource utilization identifying any resource imbalances and meeting the team’s billable utilization goals.

Project management (no direct involvement):

• Collaborate with project and account/engagement managers to deliver projects on time, on budget, while meeting customer expectations;
• Provide proactive technical counsel to project leadership staff to ensure accuracy and completeness of technical understanding and communication.

Process management:

• Take part in the company’s strategic initiatives, e.g. contributions in the setup of new locations, internal processes creation, and improvements, adoption of best practices on the company’s level. Define, implement, manage and refine software development life cycle processes for the delivery of multiple and concurrent customer projects;
• Ensure the adherence to organizationally defined technical practices and procedures through conducting regular engineering audits;
• Define and enforce standards and tools for FE activities;
• Collaborate with other engineering managers to ensure consistency and alignment between engineering groups.

Your skills and qualifications

• 3+ years of people management experience (20+ team members);
• 2+ years of FE manager or/and project management experience (for medium-to-large software development projects with a variety of software development methodologies);
• Be an independent, self-motivated leader who is able to motivate people, instill accountability and achieve results;
• Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, and teamwork skills;
• Advanced spoken and written English skills;
• Experience with interviewing, onboarding, and coaching of FE engineers;
• Impeccable organizational, analytical, and time management skills;
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment;
• Experience in managing geographically distributed teams.

Good to have

• Good experience in frontend and/or web development;
• Experience in the development or managing/leading e-commerce solutions is highly desired;
• Experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud (DW), Intershop, Magento, Netsuite, Kibo (ML), or IBM WebSphere Commerce platforms;
• Working and managing within a small-company and/or growth environment;
• Expert knowledge of CSS, HTML, Javascript, and related frameworks for cross-platform development;
• PMP or CSM certification.

What we offer in return

• Fast-growing international company challenges for creative and result oriented professionals;
• Personalized Approach: Semi-Annual Performance Review, helpful and engaging international environment with numerous opportunities for professional growth;
• A network-style culture with geographically distributed teams;
• Coaching and reviews to support your career development;
• Internal/external engineering and business training and conferences and time for self-education;
• Free English classes and English speaking Club with a native speakers;
• Off-the-Charts Career Growth: Сlear career path and a performance review system, career coaching, training and certifications, mentoring and knowledge sharing;
• Well-being Is Top Priority: Parental leave, paid time off, comprehensive health and medical plans;
• Real Work-Life Balance: Remote, in-office, or hybrid working modes; flexible hours; work-life balance support on every stage and level and we mean it;
• Culture of Success: Culture of collaboration that encourages innovation every step of the way; 20 offices spanning four continents bring diverse perspectives that drive tangible results for our clients worldwide.

Why work for Astound Commerce?

Whether you’re working directly with our world-renowned clients or with your Astound colleagues from around the globe, you will shape the future of digital commerce, using emerging technologies and innovative approaches.

Grow your career with Astound Commerce, and discover exciting opportunities while doing the work you love!