About GPC Global Technology Center
Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company (GPC) is a leading global service organization specializing in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. GPC's commitment to innovation and technology is evident in the GPC Global Technology Center in Krakow, established in 2022. This center serves as a hub for research and development, supporting GPC's digital transformation efforts. The center's team of highly skilled IT engineers focuses on developing advanced technologies and solutions that enhance GPC's operations and growth. Their work spans across various areas, including e-commerce and data platforms, supply chain solutions, selling systems, and cyber security. Learn more at genpt.com.
Position Purpose
This is an engineering leadership role with responsibility for implementing the technology strategy and execution for our digital platforms (e-commerce) that align with our product strategy and meet our business goals.
She/He must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrate the focus on customer experience, and must have a proven record of accomplishment of modern software development and delivering strategic solutions.
Close collaboration and alignment with a wide variety of both internal stakeholders and external vendors will be required. As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required. High-level communication and presentation skills are required. The ability to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent will be critical.
Responsibilities
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Partnering with the cross-functional GPC team, implement the strategy and roadmap for modernizing digital e-commerce platforms
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Implement the technology platforms architecture and execute on a roadmap to support build out the new commerce-related capabilities needed for the unified commerce strategy
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Overall engineering accountability for the Product Domain from a Product Search/Lookup standpoint.
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Responsible for delivery and support of the Platform
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Responsible for simplifying the complexity of current Search platforms and reducing the technical debt and optimal total cost of ownership.
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Partner with peer leaders to accelerate and embed agile methodologies across the organization to increase customer-backed problem-solving, increase pace of solution delivery, accelerate innovation, and to enhance cross-functional collaboration
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Recruit, manage, and motivate a team of engineers to develop best-in-class solutions
Requirements
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At least 8 years of experience in software engineering delivery (including 3+ years in a leadership role).
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Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields, or equivalent work experience.
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Consistent track record of leadership, teamwork, and delivering high-impact results.
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Extensive experience building enterprise-grade systems/applications supporting business priorities.
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Experience managing 15+ FTE teams of internal and extended delivery resources.
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Experience with e-commerce platforms.
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Technical Leadership experience with JavaScript (React) and Node.js languages.
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Experience in setting up and working with component-based frontend architecture.
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Experience with GraphQL and related technologies.
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Experience with public cloud offerings is a plus.
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Ability to effectively share technical information, and communicate technical issues and solutions to all levels of business.
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Able to juggle multiple projects - can identify primary and secondary objectives, prioritize time, and communicate timelines to team members.
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Exceptional communication skills, team building, and associate growth and development experience.
Location
Krakow/Hybrid
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GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
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What We Do
Genuine Parts Company (GPC), founded in 1928, is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. We serve hundreds of thousands of customers from a network of more than 10,000 locations in 14 countries and have approximately 50,000 employees.
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