Senior Technical Program Manager – Engineering Excellence & Tech Debt Modernization

What Youll Do

Lead Enterprise-Scale Tech Debt Programs

• Define and execute the Ecommerce Tech Debt and Engineering Excellence strategy.
• Establish and drive multi-quarter roadmaps for modernization platform upgrades dependency management security remediation and architecture evolution.
• Partner with engineering leaders to prioritize and execute initiatives that improve system reliability maintainability scalability and developer productivity.
• Create visibility and accountability through measurable engineering health goals and KPIs.

Drive Technical Execution

• Partner closely with Engineering Managers Architects Staff Engineers and Product teams to remove technical bottlenecks and accelerate delivery.
• Evaluate architectural decisions and provide guidance on modernization strategies.
• Review designs participate in technical discussions and contribute to technical problem-solving when required.
• Be willing to dive into code troubleshoot critical issues validate technical approaches and help unblock teams when necessary.

Champion Engineering Excellence

• Establish engineering best practices across software development lifecycle testing CI/CD observability reliability security and operational excellence.
• Drive adoption of engineering standards and ensure consistency across teams.
• Promote a culture of accountability ownership and continuous improvement.

Build Data-Driven Engineering Organizations

• Define and operationalize engineering metrics that measure code quality technical debt delivery performance reliability and developer productivity.
• Develop executive-level reporting and dashboards that provide visibility into engineering health.
• Use data to drive prioritization investment decisions and organizational alignment.

Accelerate AI Adoption Across Engineering

• Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development practices across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI for software development testing code modernization incident management documentation and developer productivity.
• Partner with engineering teams to establish best practices for responsible AI usage and measurable business outcomes.

Influence Across a Matrix Organization

• Drive alignment across platform teams architecture groups product organizations and business stakeholders.
• Represent Ecommerce engineering priorities and advocate for solutions that reflect real-world developer experiences.
• Build trusted relationships across teams and effectively influence technical decisions without direct reporting authority.

What Were Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
• 10 years of software engineering experience with progressive technical leadership responsibilities.
• 5 years leading large-scale cross-functional technical programs.
• Strong hands-on software engineering background with deep expertise in Java and modern backend technologies.
• Experience working across web mobile and backend ecosystems in large-scale consumer-facing platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to understand review and contribute to production-quality code.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems cloud-native architectures APIs microservices CI/CD and observability practices.
• Exceptional understanding of Agile software development methodologies and large-scale program execution.
• Proven experience driving modernization technical debt reduction platform transformation or engineering productivity initiatives.
• Strong experience using software engineering metrics to drive decision-making and organizational improvements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and technical teams alike.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience as an Engineering Manager Staff Engineer Principal Engineer or Technical Lead.
• Experience operating successfully within large matrix organizations.
• Experience leading engineering transformation programs in e-commerce or large-scale digital platforms.
• Experience with AI-powered developer tools and engineering productivity platforms.
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks mobile platforms cloud infrastructure and platform engineering practices.
• Experience driving adoption of developer productivity automation and engineering excellence initiatives at scale.

Leadership Characteristics

The ideal candidate:

• Leads through influence rather than authority.
• Holds themselves and others accountable for outcomes.
• Is comfortable challenging the status quo.
• Balances strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Uses data to drive decisions and priorities.
• Is willing to roll up their sleeves and solve difficult technical problems.
• Has strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrates a passion for building high-performing engineering organizations.
• Acts as a catalyst for AI-driven engineering transformation.