Staff Engineer - Tech Lead

Staff Engineer – Tech Lead – R&D

Overview

7-Eleven is looking for a Staff Engineer – Tech Lead to join the Digital Innovation and R&D Team!

At 7Next, we’re creating the next generation of convenience, and we know that the best way to do that is with great people. If you get excited about working on challenging problems and owning a solution from concept to implementation, read on.

About the job:

You’ll be joining a multidisciplinary team of product managers, marketers, designers and engineers who research and innovate on the latest technologies to create awesome digital products that millions of people will experience every day.

Staff Engineers at 7Next have a large amount of experience across multiple areas and lead system architecture, guiding developers and communicating progress against the technical roadmap and backlog. They can plan, coordinate, and deliver large tasks spanning multiple systems, and are strong communicators. They actively coach and mentor developers on their development team and can identify and resolve issues with technology and software development processes.

As a Staff Engineer, you will not only help teams navigate technical problems, but grow and coach developers on your team to write scalable, resilient, and robust software and systems. Note that most engineers will typically spend up to 30-50%  of their time designing and building software, with their remaining time being committed to architecting/planning, mentoring, and technical exploration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the research, prototyping, and development of software solutions for retail problems
• Evaluate and grow techncial talent throughout R&D, with a focus on subject matter expertise
• Represent R&D in cross-functional meetings with other technical teams
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and learn new technologies/libraries/frameworks
• Learn and partner with peers across multiple disciplines, such as computer vision, machine learning, and systems design
• Deliver on time with a high bar on quality of research, innovation and engineering

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience working in a technical role, with 1 to 2 years in a senior technical role
• 3+ years of experience building apps, digital products, hardware, or machine learning systems
• React, node, angular, typescript, AWS,
• 2+ years of experience reviewing and refining architecture and conducting code reviews
• 2+ years of experience leading a team of engineers in a technical lead capacity
• Familiarity with cloud-based architectures
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science/Engineering/Math, or relevant experience

Extra Credit:

• Experience delivering production quality systems leveraging emerging technologies

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