7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to "activate awesome" and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.
7-Eleven’s Store Technology organization is seeking an experienced Store Systems Engineering Manager to lead the software engineering strategy and delivery for point-of-sale and related store technology platforms.
This leader will manage engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting reliable POS software used in a high-volume retail environment. The role partners with Product, Store Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, maintainable, and easy-to-support software for stores.
The ideal candidate combines strong people leadership with deep experience in POS or transaction-processing software, cloud-native engineering, distributed systems, integrations, and modern software delivery practices.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES :
Lead, coach, and develop software engineering teams delivering POS software and Store Systems capabilities across the full product lifecycle.
Define and execute the engineering roadmap for POS applications, services, integrations, APIs, and supporting platforms.
Establish technical direction and architecture for secure, reliable, scalable, and highly available POS software.
Lead solution evaluation, technical design, architecture reviews, code reviews, testing strategy, release planning, production support, and continuous improvement.
Partner with Product and Store Operations to translate business and store requirements into clear technical solutions and delivery plans.
Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform modernization, maintainability, resiliency, and total cost of ownership.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, resource needs, and delivery timelines; communicate trade-offs clearly to stakeholders and senior leadership.
Improve software development practices, engineering standards, quality controls, and operational readiness across the team.
Drive adoption of Agile/Scrum and SAFe practices from design through development, testing, implementation, production, and support.
Define and execute the cloud technology strategy for Store Systems, aligned with enterprise DevOps, architecture, security, and digital priorities.
Drive adoption of CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, containerized deployments, automated testing, and disciplined release management.
Partner with Cyber Security & follow architecture guidelines to implement security controls, governance, disaster recovery, resilience, and compliance requirements.
Establish and track engineering KPIs and OKRs, including delivery predictability, quality, reliability, availability, incident reduction, and business value.
Build a high-performance engineering culture through hiring, mentoring, career development, knowledge sharing, and structured learning plans.
Research and evaluate technologies that improve POS software performance, store reliability, developer productivity, and operational efficiency.
Present delivery outcomes, investment needs, risks, and technical recommendations to executives and business stakeholders.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION: Bachelors/4 Yr Degree, bachelor’s with 12+ years of experience or master's degree with 10+ years of experience in computer science
YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: 12+ years
YEARS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE: 5+ years
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS :
Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience or master's degree with 10+ years of experience in computer science
12+ years software…