Software Development Manager

Who We Are:

Nationwide Marketing Group is the largest buying, marketing, and business support organization for independent retailers in the U.S. Our mission is to help independent retailers thrive on their own terms by providing innovative solutions, unparalleled resources, and a community of like-minded professionals. With a focus on digital transformation, we empower our members to embrace change and achieve lasting success in an ever-evolving marketplace.

We take pride in giving back to the communities where we live and work, partnering with impactful organizations like Smile Together, Take My Hand Uganda, the Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, and No Child Hungry. Additionally, we actively encourage our team members to volunteer or donate to causes they care about, fostering a culture of compassion and engagement.

As a team, we believe in building a diverse, representative, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Our values of collaboration, trust, and leadership drive everything we do, ensuring we remain committed to our members and their success.

To learn more, visit our website at nationwidegroup.org or Nationwide Marketing Group LinkedIn

Why You Want to Work Here:

At Nationwide Marketing Group, our strength comes from our people and the communities we serve. We’re committed to building teams where everyone feels valued, included, and supported to do their best work. We know that different voices and perspectives don’t just make us stronger—they help us serve our Members better.

Our culture goes beyond this commitment. We’re a community built on collaboration, respect, and a shared drive to help independent businesses thrive. Here, you’ll be part of a team that celebrates wins together, faces challenges directly, and invests in both professional and personal growth.

NMG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, please contact us at hradmin@nationwidegroup.org.

What We'll Do For You: 

• Competitive base pay and performance bonus, dependent on role. 

• Medical, Dental, Vision with low-cost Employee Only coverage options 

• Employer Paid Basic Life/AD&D 

• Employer Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability 

• MetLife supplemental insurance benefit options 

• Matching 401K with 100% vesting 

• Open PTO Policy, Paid Holidays, Paid Maternity/Paternity to help you balance work and personal life 

• Business casual work environment

• Rewards & recognition platform -- earn points & redeem for merch!

• Discounts Program on Electronics, Cells Phones, Health & Wellness, Travel, Entertainment, Home & Auto, Pet Insurance and more!

Job Summary:

Nationwide Marketing Group is seeking a Manager of Software Development to join our Product Data Management & Operations team. 

The Software Development Manager (AI/Data Platforms) is a leadership role responsible for overseeing multidisciplinary engineering teams that include software developers, data engineers, and Java-based web scraping engineers. This role combines people leadership, technical oversight, and strategic delivery ownership, with a strong emphasis on AI-enabled data acquisition, intelligent web scraping, and scalable platform development. This leader will drive execution across multiple technical domains while building high-performing teams, defining technical direction, and ensuring delivery excellence. The manager will align engineering efforts with business objectives, own delivery outcomes, establish operational excellence, and ensure scalable, secure, and compliant systems. This role requires deep experience in AI-driven web scraping, large-scale data acquisition, distributed systems, and cloud-native platforms (GCP, AWS), along with strong people leadership, organizational development, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Engineering Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of8engineers and contractors across software development, data engineering, and web scraping disciplines 
• Build high-performing, accountable, and collaborative engineering teams 
• Coach, mentor, and develop engineers at multiple career stages 
• Lead hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development 
• Create clear role definitions, expectations, and growth paths 
• Foster strong engineering culture focused on excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement

• Technical Leadership &Delivery Ownership

• Own technical delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives and platforms 
• Provide architectural guidance and technical oversight without micromanaging 
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable 
• Drive consistent engineering practices, standards, and processes 
• Balance technical excellence with delivery velocity 
• Oversee platform stability, performance, and operational reliability

• AI Web Scraping & Data Acquisition Leadership

• Design and implement AI/ML-enabled workflows and data-driven solutions
• Own &Lead AI-driven web scraping and data acquisition initiatives 
• Oversee intelligent scraping architectures using Java-based systems, or other tech stack
• Implement AI/ML techniques for adaptive scraping, data extraction, and normalization
• Ensure ethical, compliant, and legally sound data collection practices 
• Drive automation and resilience in large-scale web scraping systems 

• Platform, Cloud & Data Architecture Oversight

• Oversee cloud-native systems across AWS and GCP environments 
• Guide data platform architecture, pipelines, and integrations 
• Support scalable distributed systems and event-driven architectures 
• Partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams on CI/CD, observability, and reliability 
• Ensure platform security, compliance, and governance standards

• Strategy, Planning & Execution

• Translate business objectives into technical roadmaps and delivery plans 
• Define quarterly and annual engineering goals 
• Own delivery commitments, timelines, and execution accountability 
• Manage capacity planning and resource allocation 
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform strategy 
• Drive prioritization, sequencing, and dependency management
• Define organization-wide engineering standards

• Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Product, Data, Operations, Security, and Business teams 
• Align technical priorities with organizational strategy 
• Communicate technical strategy to non-technical stakeholders 
• Represent engineering in leadership and planning forums 
• Manage external vendors and partners

• Governance, Quality & Operational Excellence

• Establish engineering governance models 
• Define quality standards and delivery frameworks
• Drive observability, reliability, and operational excellence 
• Implement risk management and compliance practices 
• Own incident management and continuous improvement processes

Job Competencies:

• Strategic thinking 
• Technical credibility 
• Organizational leadership 
• Talent development 
• Delivery excellence 
• Change leadership 
• Business alignment 
• Operational discipline 
• Decision-making under ambiguity 
• Executive communication

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of software engineering or data engineering experience 
• 3+ years in engineering leadership or management roles 
• Proven experience with AI-driven web scraping systems  
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams 
• Strong background in Java-based systems 
• Experience with large-scale data acquisition and ingestion platforms 
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and cloud-native architectures 
• Experience with AWS and/or GCP environments 
• Experience leading delivery across multiple technical domains 
• Strong people leadership and organizational development skills 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AI/ML pipelines and data intelligence platforms 
• Experience with AI-driven web scraping 
• Experience in eCommerce or data-driven platforms 
• Experience managing hybrid teams (employees + contractors) 
• Experience with platform modernization initiatives 
• Experience building data products and operational platforms 
• Experience in technical transformation programs 
• Exposure to enterprise architecture or platform strategy roles

Work Environment:

Must be able to read, write, and communicate both verbally and in written form to express and exchange ideas. While performing the responsibilities of this job, the employee must be able to access all components of the workstation and other office equipment. Frequent typing, writing, bending, and twisting. Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds. 

General office environment with moderate noise. This position is mostly sedentary, involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. A busy environment with many unscheduled interruptions. Frequent computer use at workstation for extended periods of time. Public contact position requiring appropriate business apparel.