**Please note: This is a hybrid role based at our Corporate Support Center in Irving, Texas. On-site Monday through Thursday, with remote work on Fridays**

In this role, you will manage a team of Software Engineers to build and maintain exciting experiences for our customers that differentiates Michaels in the e-commerce space. You’ll be a partner to our Product and Design teams, helping to bring light to engineering challenges such as scalability and robustness while continually supporting the growth of the engineers on your team. Successful candidates will be strong people leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of developing teams and delivering results.

Responsibilities

• Manage highly skilled team of software engineers
• Collaborate with engineering teams to advocate for and drive change on behalf of your team
• Be willing to dig in and provide hands-on support building software when needed to help support your team and Michaels.
• Have a high level of comfort with analytical approaches and quantitative methods
• Develop and execute systems strategies to support business goals
• Develop and leverage internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals
• Ensure team goals are achieved
• Partner with product managers, designers, and analytics to ensure that your team is delivering value for customers
• Facilitate continuous learning and improvement for your team
• Participate in end-to-end recruiting process, hiring and on-boarding exceptional engineering talent
• Be responsible for the growth of the team including individuals' career growth, skill set development, and hiring the right resources

Education Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field of study

Minimum Technical Skills

• Experience with large scale web traffic and data structures, Algorithms, Linear Algebra.
• Knowledge of programming languages including Java, Python, C, C++. MongoDB, and MySQL
• Experience in building search systems such as Elastic, SORL, Lucene , Algolia and large-scale data pipelines
• Experience with cloud services, such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure.
• Experience in machine learning/computer vision/natural language processing applications
• 7+years of experience in software development
• 4+ years leading engineering teams with growing responsibility

Preferred Experience:

• Ability to navigate a rapidly changing landscape, while handling multiple responsibilities
• Curious about new technology and always looking to acquire new knowledge
• Computer Science fundamentals experience in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Experience as a successful tech leader building, managing and mentoring engineering teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Be an action oriented, independent, self-starter comfortable working in an unstructured, fast paced environment
• Proven ability to manage multiple, time-sensitive products and competing priorities simultaneously with minimum guidance and high attention to detail

At The Michaels Companies Inc, our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity. As the leading creative destination in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.com and Michaels.ca. The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise, and MakerPlace by Michaels, a dedicated handmade goods marketplace. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit www.michaels.com

At Michaels, we prioritize the wellbeing of our teams by providing robust benefits for both full-time and part-time Team Members. Our benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, generous employee discounts, and much more. For more information, visit mikbenefits.com.

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.

Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Michaels will assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the job, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Customer Care at 1-800-642-4235 (1800-MICHAEL).

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.