Associate Director, Software Engineering

Associate Director, Software Engineering

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Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list.

Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, , , eBay, Tmall, Tik Tok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre.

Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®.

We are seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering to lead the development of some foundational parts of our warehouse management systems (WMS), called Shelf. Shelf is a custom WMS that allows us to ship hundreds of thousands of boxes a day, adapt quickly to changes in the eCommerce space and continuously improve our own processes. You will lead the engineering teams that are a key part of making sure we can keep up with the operational demands of the business.

You will be leading and growing international and local engineering teams to evolve these critical logistics and fulfillment systems.

• Oversee, build, and manage multiple engineering teams.
• Guide the engineering strategy and architecture for warehouse management software and related inventory systems.
• Work with product and key stakeholders to help shape the roadmap.
• Keep projects on track by discovering and removing hurdles early, changing course when necessary and keeping stakeholders in the loop.
• Participate in coding, code reviews and system design.
• Influence the architecture of the systems.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Ruby, Python, Node, Go, Java, or comparable backend languages.
• Strong experience with SQL.
• Experience hosting systems on cloud providers like AWS, GCP, etc.
• Proven experience in building and managing teams.

• Delivering projects within required timelines that meet stakeholder expectations.
• The teams you manage are high performing and like their jobs.
• High performing individuals on your teams are leveling up and advancing in their career.
• You give technical guidance that proves valuable over time.

• You will work with a group that has a proven track record of delivering high quality software and meeting the needs of the business. The engineers, product managers and stakeholders have clear goals, are great collaborators and enjoyable to work with. You have the opportunity to do some of the best work of your career with this group delivering software products that will have a massive impact.

• Game Changers—Someone who looks at problems with an open mind, shares new ideas, re-evaluates plans, attaches realistic timelines, and seeks profitable, productive and innovative contributions.
• Data Fanatics—Someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions, and tracks the effects of solutions.
• Partner Obsessed—Someone who clearly explains project status to partners, listens to partner expectations, and delivers results that exceed them.
• Team of Doers—Someone who uplifts teammates, takes initiative, supports improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team and partners.