FIGS is looking for a Software Development Manager (SDM) to lead our e-commerce Engineering team! Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the SDM will plan, execute, and direct activities related to the development and management of our direct-to-consumer website. You will be responsible for managing technical requirements, leading architectural strategy, and ensuring overall quality of our e-commerce solutions. Our ideal candidate has prior experience leading an engineering team in executing complex product and technical roadmaps. This person will need to be a skilled proactive communicator, experienced working in a fast-paced public company that thrives in a highly technical, customer-focused environment.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and direct the engineering team owning Upper Funnel and Personalization of our e-commerce, consumer facing website
- Drive business outcomes by creating an environment of operational excellence, ongoing optimization and strategic project investment planning
- Provide expertise, management and support to ensure applications and tools are functional, effective, fully-utilized, secure, compliant and continuously improving
- Leverage existing knowledge of socialization and prioritization best practices in Engineering to drive continuous improvement across direct reports
- Define, communicate and track work milestones, service level agreements, and resource allocation to department business leaders, support staff, and partners
- Review performance of supported applications to determine operating costs, productivity levels, and upgrade requirements, execution
- Direct research on potential applications, solutions and technologies in support of new requests, initiatives and opportunities
- Manage expectations, resources, time commitments and relationships with stakeholders, vendors, and business partners
About you:
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering
- 2+ years of Engineering management experience and a progressive background as a software engineer working in backend technologies
- Expert in Java & AWS technologies
- Superior written and verbal communication; the ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language to drive process optimization
- Proven ability to engage with business stakeholders to develop requirements, plans, test strategies, implementation planning and to deliver on plan
FIGS Compensation and Benefits
Pay Range
- At FIGS, your base salary is one part of your total compensation package. This role's base salary range is between $165,000 and $185,000. Actual base salary is determined based on a number of factors, including but not limited to your relevant skills, qualifications, and years of experience.
Additional Compensation and Benefits
- Equity: All FIGS employees have the opportunity to own shares of FIGS stock through our new-hire equity program. Additionally, FIGS provides a discount when purchasing FIGS stock voluntarily through our FIGS Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Annual bonus: This position is eligible to participate in the FIGS annual bonus program
- Other compensation and benefits offered include:
- Comprehensive benefits and perks package focused on your well-being, including premium medical, dental and vision coverage, and full access to wellness services through Breethe and Classpass. 100% FIGS-sponsored life insurance and disability insurance
- Amazing 401(k) program, with a company match up to the first 6% of your contribution
- Generous paid time off - We have 12 company holidays. For salaried team members, we offer flexible vacation. For our hourly team members, we offer up to 3 weeks of accrued vacation
- Meaningful time away for baby bonding, including parental leave, new parent care meals, and a transition back to work for primary caregivers
- FIGS sponsored Uber Eats voucher for in-office weeks
- Personalized discount code for 50% off all FIGS products, along with a separate code to share with family and friends to enjoy a 25% discount site-wide
- Access to FIGS Vet, Discounted Pet Daycare, Discounted Pet Insurance, and so much more…
*Benefits eligibility is determined by hour requirements and length of service
A little bit about us…
FIGS, Inc. is a founder-led, direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. We redefine what scrubs are by creating technically advanced apparel and products that feature an unmatched combination of comfort, durability, function and style, all at an affordable price. With the largest DTC platform in healthcare apparel, we sell our products to a rapidly growing community of loyal customers. Through these customer relationships, FIGS has built a community and lifestyle around a profession, revolutionizing the large and fragmented healthcare apparel market and becoming the industry’s category-defining healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand.
Our Threads for Threads initiative is integral to our mission to improve the lives of healthcare professionals on a global scale. Founded alongside FIGS in 2013, Threads for Threads donates scrubs to healthcare professionals working in resource-poor countries around the world.
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