Senior Engineering Manager - Seller Marketplace

Senior Engineering Manager - Seller Experience

About Styli Marketplace

Role Overview

Marketplace Systems Development

• Lead engineering for critical marketplace domains:
• Build intuitive, feature-rich portals for sellers to manage their listings, inventory, and operations.
• Develop dynamic inventory and pricing systems, incorporating algorithms for real-time updates, demand forecasting, and competitive pricing.
• Create centralized solutions for operational and financial management, including reporting, invoicing, and compliance.
• Build scalable APIs and integration frameworks to connect with external systems (e.g., ERP, logistics providers, and payment gateways, 3rd party platforms).
• Develop UX related to multi-seller listings, buy-box algorithms, personalization

Technical Leadership

• Define the technical roadmap for marketplace systems, ensuring alignment with business priorities and scalability requirements.
• Drive platform scalability, reliability, and security while meeting performance goals.
• Collaborate with data science and analytics teams to integrate machine learning models for recommendations, demand forecasting, and fraud detection.
• Foster a DevOps mindset, automating deployments and improving CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, including code quality, design patterns, and system architecture.

Team Management

• Lead and mentor a team of engineering managers, principal engineers, and individual contributors.
• Build a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability within the teams.
• Set clear objectives and key results (OKRs) for engineering teams to track progress and impact. Accountable for overall squad velocity, including developer, tester and site reliability.
• Partner with HR to attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent. Project, Process & Collaboration:
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software projects.
• Ensure that projects are completed on time, within scope, and meet quality standards.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to define the engineering strategy, set technical goals, and prioritize projects that align with the company's vision and business objectives.
• Collaborate with operations, finance, and other business units to align technology investments with company growth strategies.
• Provide regular updates to executive stakeholders on project milestones, risks, and roadmaps.
• Identify and implement processes that improve team efficiency, product quality, and time-to-market.
• Advocate for best practices in software development, including Agile methodologies.
• Manage engineering budgets, including headcount and infrastructure costs.
• Ensure efficient use of resources to meet engineering and business goals.

Technical Expertise

• 14+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years in managing large, cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience in building and scaling marketplace platforms or B2B systems
• Deep understanding of modern web and mobile development, cloud platforms, and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with with integration frameworks, ERP, WMS systems, and third-party logistics systems.
• Familiarity with data platforms, machine learning, and analytics tools Leadership and Collaboration:
• Demonstrated success in building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and develop engineering talent.
• Strong ability to balance long-term strategic goals with short-term delivery milestones.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in working with globally distributed teams and managing vendors or external partners.
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile development practices and tools.