Engineering Manager, Product Catalog Technology

Are you passionate about people, entrepreneurship, and community?

At CCA Global Partners, we connect independent, family-owned businesses with the scale, resources, and innovation they need to compete in today's big-box world.

If this resonates with you, your next great opportunity might be just around the corner!

We are excited to invite applications for the role of Engineering Manager, Product Catalog Technology in our IT department at our St.

Louis office.

As an Engineering Manager, Product Catalog Technology, you’ll be a hands-on technical leader responsible for engineering delivery, architecture, and team development across CCA’s product data systems.  You’ll manage both engineers and architects, guiding them through design, development, and delivery within a growing Agile environment.  The Engineering Manager will lead architecture discussions, make key design decisions, and occasionally act as the architect for complex projects.  You’ll mentor and hold architects accountable for sound design, scalability, and performance, while fostering a culture of agility, accountability, and continuous improvement.

This role is ideal for a technically strong leader who thrives in an evolving Agile organization and enjoys building structure, consistency, and engineering excellence within a fast-moving modernization effort.  In this role, you will provide :

• Architecture & Technical Leadership Lead architectural planning, design reviews, and modernization initiatives across all PCT systems.   Serve as both an architectural leader and, when needed, the hands-on architect for high-impact projects.  Collaborate with architects to ensure solutions align with enterprise reference architecture and modernization principles (SOA, event-driven, API-first).  Oversee and guide the implementation of technical standards, performance tuning, and cost optimization in Azure.  Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies to improve scalability and delivery speed.  Agile Delivery Leadership Champion Agile practices across the PCT team, ensuring consistent sprint planning, retrospectives, and delivery cadence.  Coach engineers and architects on Agile principles such as iterative delivery, backlog refinement, and team accountability.  Partner with project managers and product owners to translate roadmap priorities into actionable, well-defined user stories.  Continuously improve engineering throughput and predictability through metrics-driven delivery management.  Help shape the ongoing Agile transformation within the technology organization, building scalable delivery processes that balance flexibility and discipline.  Team Leadership & Development Manage and develop a blended team of in-house and outsourced engineers and architects.  Mentor architects and senior engineers to strengthen technical leadership and solution ownership.  Create a culture of accountability, transparency, and collaboration where engineers take pride in delivering quality solutions.  Establish clear goals, conduct regular 1 : 1s, and ensure ongoing skill development aligned with PCT’s modernization journey.  Partner with leadership to assess and optimize the mix of internal and external engineering capacity.    Continuous Improvement & Governance Drive cross-team initiatives such as Tech Debt Reduction, CI / CD improvement, and Automated Testing.  Partner with DevOps and QA to enhance build automation, testing coverage, and deployment reliability.  Use metrics (build success rate, defect trends, velocity) to identify improvement areas and guide corrective action.   Ensure solutions and teams operate within CCA’s architectural, security, and compliance standards.  Are you a match?

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