Associate Director, Software Engineering

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list. 

Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit pattern.com or email [email protected].

Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®.

We are seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering to lead the development of some foundational parts of our warehouse management systems (WMS), called Shelf. Shelf is a custom WMS that allows us to ship hundreds of thousands of boxes a day, adapt quickly to changes in the eCommerce space and continuously improve our own processes. You will lead the engineering teams that are a key part of making sure we can keep up with the operational demands of the business. You will be leading and growing international and local engineering teams to evolve these critical logistics and fulfillment systems.

• Oversee, build, and manage multiple engineering teams.
• Guide the engineering strategy and architecture for warehouse management software and related inventory systems.
• Work with product and key stakeholders to help shape the roadmap.
• Keep projects on track by discovering and removing hurdles early, changing course when necessary and keeping stakeholders in the loop.
• Participate in coding, code reviews and system design.
• Influence the architecture of the systems.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Ruby, Python, Node, Go, Java, or comparable backend languages.
• Strong experience with SQL.
• Experience hosting systems on cloud providers like AWS, GCP, etc.
• Proven experience in building and managing teams.

• Delivering projects within required timelines that meet stakeholder expectations.
• The teams you manage are high performing and like their jobs.
• High performing individuals on your teams are leveling up and advancing in their career.
• You give technical guidance that proves valuable overtime.

• You will work with a group that has a proven track record of delivering high quality software and meeting the needs of the business. The engineers, product managers and stakeholders have clear goals, are great collaborators and enjoyable to work with. You have the opportunity to do some of the best work of your career with this group delivering software products that will have a massive impact.

• We are looking for individuals who are:
• Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.
• Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.
• Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.
• Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

• Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team
• Video interview with a hiring manager
• Onsite interview with a panel of department leaders
• Technical Assessment
• Professional reference checks
• Offer

• Discuss professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples
• Provide insights on how you can add value and be the best addition to the team
• Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern
• Share experience on any side projects related to data and analytics

Why should I work at Pattern?

Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce industry! We are a company full of talented people that evolves quickly and often. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern community. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer awesome benefits that include:

- Unlimited PTO

- Paid Holidays

- Onsite Fitness Center

- Company Paid Life Insurance

- Casual Dress Code

- Competitive Pay

- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

- 401(k) match. Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred. 

Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.