Software Engineering Associate Manager
About the position Support the vision and guide a team of engineers to build and support digital products and applications (DPA) across S&T core priorities. Drive partnerships with User Experience, Product Management, IT, Data & Analytics, Emerging Tech, Innovation, and Process Engineering teams to deliver the Digital Products portfolio. Develop software development strategy utilizing industry standards. Create roadmap and timing of implementation of the roadmap based on business requirements and strategy. Lead multi-discipline, high-performance work teams distributed across remote locations effectively. Build, manage, develop, and mentor a team of engineers. Interact with executives across the company to lead the narrative around software engineering. Develop and expand DPA capabilities through a customer obsessed, services-driven digital solutions platform that leverages data and AI to deliver automated and personalized experiences. Manage and appropriately escalate delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to the stakeholders. Interact with key business partners to recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business. Support production issues and provide timely resolution. Telecommuting permitted 40%: work may be performed within normal commuting distance from the PepsiCo office in Plano, TX. Responsibilities • Support the vision and guide a team of engineers to build and support digital products and applications (DPA) across S&T core priorities. • Drive partnerships with User Experience, Product Management, IT, Data & Analytics, Emerging Tech, Innovation, and Process Engineering teams to deliver the Digital Products portfolio. • Develop software development strategy utilizing industry standards. • Create roadmap and timing of implementation of the roadmap based on business requirements and strategy. • Lead multi-discipline, high-performance work teams distributed across remote locations effectively. • Build, manage, develop, and mentor a team of engineers. • Interact with executives across the company to lead the narrative around software engineering. • Develop and expand DPA capabilities through a customer obsessed, services-driven digital solutions platform that leverages data and AI to deliver automated and personalized experiences. • Manage and appropriately escalate delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to the stakeholders. • Interact with key business partners to recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business. • Support production issues and provide timely resolution. Requirements • Position requires a Bachelor’s degree (US or Foreign Equivalent) in Computer Science or Software Engineering and seven (7) years of experience in Software Development or Engineering Management OR a Master's Degree (US or Foreign Equivalent) in Computer Science or Software Engineering and five (5) years of experience in Software Development or Engineering Management. • Must have seven (7) years of experience (or 5 with Master’s) with the following: working knowledge of multiple programming languages including Java and JavaScript; building APIs and microservices; JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React-Redux or other front-end frameworks; Collaborating effectively with regional and global teams across functions; Architect, deploy, integrate, and configure cloud services to enhance platform scalability, performance, and reliability and Ensure high code quality through thorough functional testing, unit testing, and peer code reviews. • Must have five (5) years of experience with Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, and cloud-specific PaaS/SaaS solutions.