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About the Role

The Senior Manager of Engineering owns the delivery and technical health of Grocery TV's engineering team. You will lead a team of approximately six engineers building the backend services, device platform, and applications that power a media network running across 6,500+ stores and tens of thousands of connected devices. This is a hands-on leadership seat, accountable for team output, codebase standards, and team member growth. You will partner with Product to set delivery expectations, plan cycles, and define acceptance criteria, and run the team's weekly operating cadence. You will own your team's scorecard, quarterly rocks (goals), and issue list, and report status weekly to the leadership team.

Responsibilities

Manage team through holding consistent 1:1s with every engineer on the team
Hold team members accountable to work progress and output
Support development of team through providing feedback and consistent developmental opportunities
Assess fit, develop strengths, and address gaps directly
Run quarterly conversations covering performance, growth, and expectations
Partner with the CTO on hiring, onboarding, and capacity planning
Own that the team ships committed scope on schedule, at quality
Set and own quarterly goals with clear milestones, deadlines, and distinct owners
Run the weekly team meetings: keep the scorecard current, prioritize the issue list, and drive issues to resolution
Report weekly status including goal health, and a concrete recovery plan for anything off track
Participate in code review and hold the bar on architecture and process standards
Identify, quantify, and manage down technical debt as an ongoing practice
Drive operational excellence through observability, monitoring, and incident follow-up
Champion testing by example — unit and integration coverage as a default
Partner with Product on scope, sequencing, and cycle planning
Negotiate and hold clear acceptance criteria before work starts
Translate product intent into technical plans the team can execute against

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years directly managing engineers
Track record of leading a team of 5–10 engineers delivering production software on a predictable cadence
Strong technical depth in backend and distributed systems; able to review code, evaluate designs, and push back on architecture decisions with credibility
Experience owning delivery commitments to a business, including recovering projects that have gone off track
Demonstrated ability to raise engineering standards on an existing team — testing, code review, observability, or tech debt reduction
Experience partnering closely with Product on scoping and planning
Direct, low-ego communication style; comfortable being hard on the problem and easy on the person
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Skills

Go
Android
Connected device / IoT fleets at scale
EOS or similar structured operating cadence
Retail media
Adtech
Digital signage

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

Hybrid working model - 3x a week in office

Experience Level

Senior Manager
6

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Salary/Compensations

$175,000 – $215,000

Benefits

100% medical, dental, vision coverage options for employees
$1200 annual HSA match
$1000 annual learning & development budget per employee
Unlimited PTO
12 Week Parental Leave for all new parents
DoorDash monthly lunch stipend
One $500 Work from home set up stipend

About the Company

Grocery TV is a leading in-store retail media platform.
Over 120 retailers partner with Grocery TV to modernize stores and drive incremental revenue while delivering a more engaging shopping experience.
We manage the complexities of operating an in-store media network, allowing retailers to focus on serving customers.
Reaching 1 in 4 Americans across 6,500+ stores, Grocery TV connects brands with shoppers at the moment of decision, where 90% of purchases take place.
For more information, visit www.grocerytv.com.

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