Sr. Director Software Engineering
H-E-B is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas with approximately $32 billion in revenue and 117,000+ Partners. Founded in 1905, H-E-B operates more than 400 stores in a number of formats, including superstores, supermarkets and gourmet markets. H-E-B is the #1 food retailer in the Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley markets. Our company is the largest private company in Texas and one of the 15 largest privately held companies in the U.S.
Our employees are called Partners. That's because we work together to build our company and create a sense of community here in Texas.
Working here is more than a job. It's a chance work with many great people and blaze an exciting career path.
Job Description
Responsibilities
As a Director of Infrastructure Engineering, this Partner is accountable for the design, development, budget, and maintenance of reliable, scalable, and secure hosting platforms for use by Digital and all other value chains within H-E-B. The successful candidate should have demonstrable experience in successfully leading teams that work in both Operational and Software Engineering roles. This leader must be a curious problem solver and must encourage themselves and others to approach all efforts with an SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) mindset. The Director will be responsible for performance optimizations, major incident response and follow-through, capacity planning, and the golden signals* of our hosting products to ensure they meet the needs of our internal stakeholders. Finally, this Partner must balance their Head for Business and Passion for Results with the Heart for People representative of H-E-B thus making their team a place where smart people want to work.
Do you have a:
HEART FOR PEOPLE... a collaborative workstyle, and a passion for leadership?
HEAD FOR BUSINESS... ability to provide leadership that helps deliver large / complex technical systems to impact business?
PASSION FOR RESULTS... ability to thrive when priorities and objectives shift?
Example areas of ownership are (but not limited to): Public Cloud hosting products, Datacenter hosting products, Edge hosting products, etc.
As a Director in Platform Engineering, you will:
- have several years of experience as a leader of leaders responsible for multiple, related initiatives
- be well poised in communication/conflict resolution within a team, across multiple teams, and across the org
- demonstrate the ability to cater crisp, concise communication to audiences of different tenures, expertise, and backgrounds
- instill confidence in their Reliability minded, scientific approach to decision making and conversations
Success of this Director is measured by:
- their natural personification of H-E-B’s Core Values: Heart, Drive, Innovation, Service, Community, and Commitment
- the quality and impact of deliverables from their teams
- the reduction of toil associated with maintaining an Observable and Resilient ecosystem
- the wellbeing and continued, well-earned progression of the Partners on their teams
- the responsible management of costs associated with the systems of ownership for their teams
- the net-positive impact of their Partnership with our customers and stakeholders
Why Join Us?
- Work on cutting-edge technology in the grocery retail space.
- Lead a team of talented developers in building innovative merchant systems.
- Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for career growth.
Once you're eligible, you'll become an Owner in the company, so we're looking for commitment, hard work, and focus on quality and Customer service. 'Partner-owned' means our most important resources--People--drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H-E-B The Greatest Omni-channel Retailing Company.
