Manager Software Engineering

Job Description

The role reports to our Store Support Office in Phoenix, AZ, with a hybrid work arrangement requiring in-office presence Tuesday through Thursday.

• Lead the design, delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of a defined engineering product, service, or platform domain.
• Establish short-term team goals, delivery priorities, sprint plans, and accountability for operational results.
• Lead, direct, and review the work of software engineering professionals to accomplish defined departmental objectives.
• Coach direct reports and partner with Principal and senior technical leaders on architecture, engineering standards, and cross-discipline delivery.
• Review code and architecture as needed to assess tradeoffs and unblock decisions within the assigned domain.
• Improve engineering processes, systems, and team practices within the assigned job area.
• Explain technical and delivery decisions and gain cooperation from Product, Design, Data, and other partner teams.
• Hire, onboard, develop, and manage performance in accordance with company guidelines.
• Lead incident response and corrective actions for the assigned team and domain.
• Identify emerging leadership or capacity needs and recommend changes to team structure as the organization grows.

• 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including hands‑on experience prior to moving into people leadership.
• People‑leadership experience managing and coaching software engineering professionals.
• Track record owning a service, product, platform, or engineering domain end to end.
• Production proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, or Type Script.
• Knowledge of cloud‑native engineering, Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to review code and architecture and resolve difficult issues involving related systems or job areas.
• Experience with work prioritization, delivery planning, sprint execution, coaching, and process execution.
• Experience with hiring, performance management, promotion, and reward recommendations in accordance with company guidelines.

• Prior individual‑contributor experience at the Senior or Staff Software Engineer level.
• Experience working across software, data, quality, ML/AI, and site reliability disciplines.
• Working knowledge of agentic AI or large language model service architecture.
• Retail or merchandising technology experience.

• Customer Focus
• Communication
• Driving for Results
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Leading Change

In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Company paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!

• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Pre‑tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Company paid short‑term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
• Paid holidays

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