Software Engineering Manager - Frontend & Full-Stack

Software Engineering Manager
Frontend & Full-Stack Engineering (Hands-On)
Location: Onsite in Tampa, FL, Mesquite, TX, or Seattle, WA

Help Build the Future of Ashley's Digital Experience

Ashley is one of the world's largest furniture manufacturers and retailers, serving millions of customers every year. We're investing heavily in modernizing our digital platform, embracing AI across our business, and building an engineering organization focused on innovation, speed, and technical excellence.

We're looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager who enjoys building software as much as building teams.

Initially, you'll spend roughly 60% of your time writing code while leading a team of 5-7 engineers. As the organization grows and additional technical leaders join the team, your focus will naturally evolve toward technical strategy, mentoring, and organizational leadership.

If you're passionate about modern frontend architecture, enjoy solving complex technical problems, and want to help shape the engineering culture of a company investing heavily in digital transformation and AI, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Be Working On

Modernizing Ashley's customer-facing digital platform used by millions of shoppers
Building highly performant frontend experiences using modern web technologies
Shaping engineering best practices, architecture, and development standards
Growing and mentoring a high-performing engineering team
Collaborating closely with Product, Design, Data, and AI teams to deliver exceptional customer experiences

What We're Looking For

Strong Frontend Engineering Experience (Most Important)

We're looking for someone who has spent years building modern web applications and still enjoys writing code.

You should have:

8+ years building modern frontend or full-stack applications
Expert-level JavaScript and TypeScript
Strong experience with React and/or Next.js
Experience with modern frontend frameworks (Svelte/SvelteKit experience is a plus, but not required)
Deep understanding of frontend architecture, performance optimization, and scalable web applications
Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and/or GraphQL
Full-stack experience with Node.js or C#

Engineering Leadership

You're an engineering leader who enjoys coaching others while remaining technically involved.

You bring:

3+ years leading software engineering teams
Experience managing teams of frontend and full-stack engineers
A passion for mentoring, hiring, and developing engineers
Strong experience leading code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical decision-making
A collaborative leadership style that builds trust and accountability

E-Commerce & Digital Product Experience

Experience building customer-facing digital products is essential.

We're looking for experience with:

Retail, e-commerce, or other high-traffic consumer web platforms
Modern commerce architectures
Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
Performance optimization and Core Web Vitals
Headless commerce or composable architecture

Experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud is preferred but not required. Experience with platforms such as Shopify, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, or similar modern commerce solutions is equally valuable.

You'll Also Bring

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
CI/CD and modern DevOps practices
Docker and Kubernetes
Test automation and engineering best practices
Agile software development
Experience working with distributed engineering teams

Nice to Have

Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Svelte/SvelteKit
AI-assisted software development
Micro-frontends
Design systems
Accessibility (WCAG)
Edge computing and CDN technologies
Infrastructure as Code
Mobile development
Open-source contributions

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to make a significant technical and organizational impact.

You'll help modernize one of the largest retail websites in the industry while influencing the future of Ashley's engineering organization. You'll work alongside talented engineers, help shape technical direction, introduce modern engineering practices, and play a key role in Ashley's journey toward becoming an AI-first company.

If you enjoy solving challenging technical problems, leading exceptional engineers, and still writing meaningful production code, this role offers the opportunity to do all three.

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