Manager, Software Engineering

## Manager, Software Engineering Apply:
SSC Irving TX:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
R26 _5573
* 7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to  activate awesome  and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.
* 7-Eleven’s Store Technology organization is seeking an experienced Store Systems Engineering Manager to lead the software engineering strategy and delivery for point-of-sale and related store technology platforms.

This leader will manage engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting reliable POS software used in a high-volume retail environment. The role partners with Product, Store Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, maintainable, and easy-to-support software for stores.

The ideal candidate combines strong people leadership with deep experience in POS or transaction-processing software, cloud-native engineering, distributed systems, integrations, and modern software delivery practices.
** KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES****:
*** Lead, coach, and develop software engineering teams delivering POS software and Store Systems capabilities across the full product lifecycle.
* Define and execute the engineering roadmap for POS applications, services, integrations, APIs, and supporting platforms.
* Establish technical direction and architecture for secure, reliable, scalable, and highly available POS software.
* Lead solution evaluation, technical design, architecture reviews, code reviews, testing strategy, release planning, production support, and continuous improvement.
* Partner with Product and Store Operations to translate business and store requirements into clear technical solutions and delivery plans.
* Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform modernization, maintainability, resiliency, and total cost of ownership.
* Identify technical risks, dependencies, resource needs, and delivery timelines; communicate trade-offs clearly to stakeholders and senior leadership.
* Improve software development practices, engineering standards, quality controls, and operational readiness across the team.
* Drive adoption of Agile/Scrum and SAFe practices from design through development, testing, implementation, production, and support.
* Define and execute the cloud technology strategy for Store Systems, aligned with enterprise Dev Ops, architecture, security, and digital priorities.
* Drive adoption of CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, containerized deployments, automated testing, and disciplined release management.
* Partner with Cyber Security & follow architecture guidelines to implement security controls, governance, disaster recovery, resilience, and compliance requirements.
* Establish and track engineering KPIs and OKRs, including delivery predictability, quality, reliability, availability, incident reduction, and business value.
* Build a high-performance engineering culture through hiring, mentoring, career development, knowledge sharing, and structured learning plans.
* Research and evaluate technologies that improve POS software performance, store reliability, developer productivity, and operational efficiency.
* Present delivery outcomes, investment needs, risks, and technical recommendations to executives and business stakeholders.
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* EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

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* EDUCATION:

** Bachelors/4 Yr…