Director, Software Engineering (Store Applications)

Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people! If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you. Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets, people and our planet.

• We love all pets like our own
• We’re the future of the pet industry
• We’re here to improve lives
• We drive outstanding results together
• We’re welcome as we are

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. We’re focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe what’s good for pets, people and our planet is good for Petco.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for long-range technology strategy planning for our commerce platform and integrated systems
• Work with technical leaders to define and refine vision, architecture, and stack; lead efforts to make timely technical decisions
• Manage policy development to address complex business issues; provide leadership to cross-functional teams
• Partner with Product Development to influence what is built for business consumption
• Advocate for enterprise technology initiatives in the enterprise technology backlog structure
• Identify interdependencies and emerging trends across interrelated technology efforts to continuously improve products and services
• Partner with Program/Project and Tech SMEs to create realistic roadmaps and set expectations with customers; stay close to the product and guide the process to ensure accurate and timely delivery
• Leverage engineering, problem solving and influencing skills to ensure process and risk management solutions are technically sound
• Coordinate outsourced engineering effort from teams with differing skill sets

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 12+ years of IT and business industry experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders
• Hands-on experience with Lambda, DynamoDB, Django, Python, and SQL
• Advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and related disciplines/processes

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

The pay ranges outlined below are presented in accordance with state-specific regulations. These ranges may differ in other areas and could be subject to variation based on regulatory minimum wage requirements. Actual pay rates will depend on factors such as position, location, level of experience, and applicable state or local minimum wage laws. If the regulatory minimum wage exceeds the minimum indicated in the pay range below, the regulatory minimum wage will be the minimum rate applied.

$194,600.00 - $291,900.00 per year

For a more detailed overview of Petco Total Rewards, including health and financial benefits, 401K, incentives, and PTO - see https://careers.petco.com/us/en/key-benefits

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Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Retail