Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager

We're looking for a Software Development Manager to lead our eCommerce engineering team — the team behind  You'll own the customer-facing storefront end to end: catalog, search, cart, checkout, account management, and the buying and selling experiences that serve Magic players worldwide. You'll build great teams and great software: a player/coach who is equal parts hands-on technologist, delivery leader, and people manager.

Your team is full-stack with a front-end heart. We run PHP/Laravel services over MySQL and Elasticsearch, behind modern JavaScript/Type Script front-ends — and we care deeply about polished, responsive, accessible experiences that perform on every device. Site speed, SEO, and a frictionless path from search to checkout are business outcomes here, not afterthoughts: when  is fast and reliable, the business grows.

You'll stay close to the work — reviewing designs, pairing on hard problems, digging into production issues alongside the team, and occasionally writing code — always in service of teaching and raising the bar. You'll partner closely with our Principal Engineer(s), who set technical direction, and you'll champion consistency and alignment across the team's solutions rather than letting one-off approaches accumulate.

Above all, you'll own predictable delivery against the roadmap: taking large, ambiguous initiatives, breaking them into incrementally shippable pieces, driving honest estimation even when information is incomplete, and leading your team to deliver reliably — quarter after quarter.

You don't need to play Magic:
The Gathering to thrive here. But if you've ever sleeved a deck, chased down the last card for a Commander build, or just love serving a passionate community of enthusiasts — you'll feel right at home.

• Technical leadership & stewardship
• Operational ownership
• Delivery & predictable execution
• People leadership & talent
• Business & cross-functional partnership

• 10+ years building software, including 3+ years at a senior level as an individual contributor
• 3–5+ years managing and growing software engineering teams
• Strong e-commerce domain experience
• A track record of decomposing large, ambiguous programs and delivering them predictably and incrementally against a roadmap
• Experience estimating and forecasting work with ranges and real delivery data
• Hands-on fluency with generative-AI tooling for software development
• Experience operating live, business-critical systems
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, modern design patterns, API design, distributed systems, and secure development practices
• Strong knowledge of modern web technologies
• Enough front-end fluency to hold a high bar for responsive, performant, accessible (WCAG), SEO-friendly experiences
• Excellent communication and collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience

• Experience with search/discovery, personalization, or recommendation systems at e-commerce scale
• Familiarity with AWS and with security practices like OWASP

• Primary:
  Seattle (Ballard)
• Secondary:
  Monroe
• Hybrid

• Full Time
• Exempt/Salary:
  Range from $185,000 - $210,000 depending on qualifications and experience

• Paid Time Off: 6 weeks accrued per year, 8 Company Holidays
• Health Benefits: Zero cost premium options for Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Retirement: 401(k) with 4% Safe Harbor match, no vesting period
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Confinement Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discount

We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class.