Senior Manager, Software Engineering

About Gap Inc.

At Gap Inc., we create culture as much as we create clothes. Our ambition is to become a high-performing house of iconic American brands that shape culture.

Our portfolio-Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta-each brings a distinct point of view to how we show up in the world and serve our customers.

Old Navy democratizes style with quality and value for all. Gap champions originality through essential pieces that celebrate individuality. Banana Republic is rooted in a spirit of discovery, creating modern pieces inspired by craftsmanship and travel. Athleta champions the Power of She through confidence, strength, and movement.

We're driven by a shared purpose: to bridge gaps-between people, perspectives, and possibilities-to create a better world.

We're building a team that performs at a high level-people who think boldly, take ownership, and turn ideas into impact. If you're ready to learn fast and help shape what's next, you'll fit right in.

About the Role

Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement in building and maintaining cloud data solutions. Define the technical roadmap and strategy for the cloud data platform, leveraging Azure services such as Databricks, Storage Accounts, Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Kafka, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and data architecture principles.

Collaborate extensively with Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), Information Security (Info Sec), Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Network teams to ensure the data platform adheres to best practices in security, compliance, governance, and operational efficiency. Oversee cloud cost monitoring, forecasting, and optimization for the Data and AI vertical, implementing strategies to maximize resource utilization and minimize expenditure across all cloud services.

Evaluate and explore emerging technologies and services within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Big Query, Data Proc, Dataflow, and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), to identify opportunities for platform transformation, improved performance, and cost efficiencies. Establish and enforce engineering best practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring frameworks, to ensure the reliability and maintainability of the data platform.

Manage vendor relationships and evaluate new tools and technologies to enhance the capabilities and efficiency of the cloud data platform. Communicate complex technical concepts and strategies effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, influencing decision-making and driving consensus. 20% domestic travel required. Must appear in office 2 days per week; WFH permissible 3 days per week.

Salary Range: $233,770 - $272,600

Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

What You'll Do

1. Hands-On experience on specified technology stack - Azure Databricks, Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Kafka, SQL, No

SQL Databases in Azure, AWS or GCP cloud;

2. CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins, Git Hub, Azure Dev Ops;

3. Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, and Real-Time Data Streaming architectures;

4. Ability to collaborate effectively with various engineering partners to probe/ask questions, gather required information for cloud platform requirements, and participate as a value added cross-functional partner;

5. Knowledge of distributed data cloud platform with data governance, security, and compliance best practices;

6. Familiarity with Software Delivery Life Cycle, Agile and Scrum methodology; and

7. Cloud services cost, monitoring and optimization.

Who You Are

Bachelor's degree or foreign degree equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or related field and ten (10) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related role.

Benefits at Gap Inc.

* Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.

* One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
* * Employees can take up to five "on the clock" hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
* * Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee's base pay.
* * Employee stock purchase plan.
* * Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
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* For eligible employees

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and…