Engineering Manager/ Senior Manager, Narvar
Post-purchase software for online retail
Open for applications
Post-purchase software for online retail
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help retailers treat customers the way they’ve always wanted to—but didn’t know how.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in online data engineering, real-time infrastructure, or technical leadership roles
- Experience managing cross-functional teams, balancing both technical leadership and people management responsibilities
- Proven expertise with distributed real-time processing systems (e.g., Google Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Apache Beam, Apache Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming)
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Rust or Go
- Strong foundation in real-time data processing and optimization of large-scale online systems like Cassandra, Bigtable etc
- Experience with cloud platforms like GCP or AWS for building scalable online architectures
Desirable
- Experience in high-growth environments or startups, focusing on scaling online systems
- Familiarity with modern real-time data architectures at scale
- Expertise in event-driven architectures and DevOps practices
- Strong business acumen to align technical projects with overall business strategy
What the job involves
- Narvar is growing! Narvar’s DNA (Data and Analytics) team is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Online Infrastructure team
- In this role, you will oversee the design, development, and optimization of scalable, high-performance real-time systems that power our customer-facing products
- Your leadership will be pivotal in driving innovation, ensuring system reliability, and enhancing the customer experience. You will manage a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of accountability and agility in a fast-paced environment
- Lead the Online Infrastructure Team: Manage and mentor a high-performing engineering team responsible for real-time systems
- Develop Scalable Systems: Oversee the development and implementation of scalable, high-performance online infrastructure
- Collaborate Cross-functionally: Work closely with product, analytics, and other engineering teams to integrate real-time data insights into business strategies
- Drive Innovation: Stay current with industry trends in real-time data engineering and cloud technologies to enhance our capabilities
- Ensure System Reliability: Continuously improve the quality, performance, and reliability of online systems
- Project Management: Utilize agile methodologies to ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with organizational goals
- Strategic Planning: Partner with senior leadership to shape the technical vision and roadmap for online infrastructure
Our take
The process that retailers go through to deliver products to customers is becoming increasingly complicated due to convoluted shipping networks and a global customer base. This means customer experience suffers as retailers must offer an overwhelming range of delivery options. Narvar aims to improve this situation with an integrated delivery and returns platform for retailers, providing analytics on client data to the retailer and optimises shipping channels for customers.
Narvar is a market leader in this sector, active in almost every country and territory worldwide and having made more than 2 billion shipments since its founding in 2012. Its post-purchase customer experience platform is used by over 1200 companies including household name retailers such as Sephora, GAP and Levis, among many others.
Narvar has secured many strategic partnerships such as linking up with Rise.ai, a leading gift card and store credit platform. This allows stores to simplify returns by enabling merchants to issue Rise's store credit as part of the returns process. While Narvar is currently focused on retailers providing shipping solutions for their customers, the company plans to expand to offer a B2B product in the near future.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2018
$30m
SERIES C
Jun 2016
$22m
SERIES B
Total funding: $64m
Company benefits
- Mentorship programme
- Parental leave
- Flexible time off
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Be humble - We’re good listeners and pragmatic problem solvers. We show more than we tell. We’re humble but make no mistake: we live our purpose serving everyday needs and delivering work that has a giant impact
- Embrace ambiguity - We’re not afraid to navigate into the unknown. We thrive on learning through pure discovery. We are quick to start and quick to adapt; we get things done. We make decisions without knowing all the answers.
- Do great things together - We’re all in this together. We teach and learn from each other, we share our point of view. We take ownership and recognize successes, while building authentic camaraderie. We are citizens of the company
- Take smart leaps - We nurture a mindset of innovation. We learn from failure, and boldly move with intention. We take time to reflect on our work, to understand the big picture, and to use that understanding to guide our vision for the future.
Company HQ
Downtown, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
Amit Sharma
(CEO)Amit is a hands-on executive with expertise in multi-channel retail and supply chain operations. They have over 18 years of industry experience and their thought leadership in shipping and delivery is still reverberating through the halls of Apple and Walmar.
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