Director of Engineering, Shopping and E-commerce

The Role: We are seeking a Director of Engineering, Shopping and E-commerce to lead our core e-commerce and broader digital customer experiences. This pivotal role focuses on driving innovation, enhancing performance, and guiding significant architectural evolution across the critical systems that power customer acquisition, engagement, and conversion. You'll have the opportunity to transform the end-to-end customer journey on Minted.com, from product discovery to successful checkout, while making a substantial business impact through technology. This leader will oversee a team of approximately 25 engineers, directly managing an engineering leadership team within that broader organization. A primary focus will be providing strategic direction and pragmatic execution to modernize and optimize our entire marketing and e-commerce flow. If you are driven by transforming technology stacks and thrive on leading significant engineering initiatives that directly impact customer experience, this role offers a compelling challenge. You will:

• Actively foster a culture of effective and efficient collaboration with product management, UX, analytics, business partners, and other engineering and product teams to achieve shared goals
• Be responsible for the successful completion of our ongoing migration from a legacy monolithic architecture to a modern Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Lead engineering efforts for strategic business initiatives, including optimizing traffic channels, modernizing search and discovery, and revamping core business logic like pricing and promotions
• Build and manage a process for sustained engineering and operational excellence, continuously elevating practices, promoting robust testing, and data-driven decisions
• Provide leadership and mentorship to Engineering Managers and a Principal Engineer, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement within the engineering teams
• Guide critical technical decisions across the Shopping and Discovery engineering stack, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability for the platform
• Oversee the development and optimization of all commerce-related features, enhancing key performance indicators for the customer journey
• Manage third-party vendors and partnerships, ensuring accountability for the total cost of ownership of our e-commerce systems
• Actively contribute to talent development and acquisition, attracting, hiring, and growing top-tier engineering talent and leaders

You are:

• A highly collaborative leader who builds strong, trusting relationships across functions, driving effective partnerships with product, design, and business stakeholders to achieve strategic outcomes
• A seasoned engineering leader with extensive experience in software development and proven success managing engineering teams, including front-line managers
• Technically astute, having previously held a Staff+ Engineer or Architect role, capable of guiding complex architectural decisions for high-volume, high-performance consumer web applications
• Cognizant of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming engineering practices, e-commerce personalization, and operational efficiency
• A change-maker who identifies opportunities for architectural evolution, proactively addressing technical debt and leading large-scale transformations
• Passionate about the end-user experience, consistently striving to improve site performance and overall reliability for a consumer-facing platform
• An exceptional mentor who excels at fostering the growth and career development of highly technical teams and leaders
• A clear and effective communicator, able to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Comfortable and effective working in a highly product driven organization

You have:

• Proven experience in guiding teams through large-scale architectural transformations, specifically migrating from monolithic systems to Service-Oriented Architectures
• Hands-on experience with modern web technologies such as React (front-end) and Python (back-end)
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and technologies like AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Fastly, and LaunchDarkly
• Prior experience building and operating high-volume, high-performance consumer websites

Bonus Points:

• Experience working in a rapidly evolving e-commerce environment
• Experience integrating with data pipelines
• Background with A/B testing frameworks and experimentation in a consumer product context

Compensation: The compensation range for the role applies to employment offers from Minted. Our employment offers fall between the minimum and midpoint of the range to allow for continued salary growth during your employment at Minted. The upper half of the range accommodates this growth and supports our intention to create an environment that encourages lasting relationships between Minted and our employees. Geo Base Full Salary Range 0 - Includes SF Bay Area - $240,000 - $315,000 Geo Base Full Salary Range 1 - All non-SF CA, DC, NY - $220,800 - $289,800 Geo Base Full Salary Range 2 - Includes CO, IL, MA, MD, NJ, OR, RI, TX, VT, VA, WA - $204,000 - $267,750 Geo Base Full Salary Range 3 - Includes AL, AK, AZ, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NH, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, WI - $187,200 - $245,700 Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, associated job responsibilities, and/or other business or organizational needs. This role is eligible for bonus and stock options. Benefits:  Benefits will be effective the first of each month following your initial hire date.    - Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits - Employer Funded Health Savings Account - 10 Paid Holidays - Paid Time Off and Sick Leave - Paid Parental Leave - Employer Paid Wellbeing Apps (e.g. Headspace and Calm) - Monthly Gym/Wellness Reimbursement - 401(k) retirement savings plan - Employer Funded Commuter Benefits - Employee Discount - Friends and Family Discount About Minted: Artists shape culture. They spark conversation, create connection, and bring beauty into the world. Minted is where they come together to reach further. Our marketplace empowers a thriving community of independent artists to sell and scale their work. We nurture self-expression, cultivate community, and bring the best in visual art to a global audience. We’re building a new way to discover the world’s best creative talent. We’re here for the emerging talent ready to take off, the local favorites ready to grow, and the established artists ready to dream bigger. At Minted, our people don’t just believe in the power of art–we live it. We have our finger on the pulse of what’s new and now. We’re obsessed with great design, art, and interiors. We’re in galleries, at fairs, and constantly finding inspiration online. We seek undiscovered talent that deserves to stand up and stand out. We connect with artists that have something to say, and we collaborate to amplify their work.  The Minted community’s art, stationery, and textiles products have reached over 75 million homes worldwide. Our marketplace brings the best in independent design to consumers everywhere. We recognize the challenges independent artists face, and we leverage our resources to level the playing field and create a platform that gives artists the freedom to develop their craft and grow their business. We are headquartered in San Francisco, CA and currently employ 350+ full-time employees, plus additional temporary workers during the holiday season. We have raised over $300M from top-tier investors including Benchmark Capital, T. Rowe Price, Permira, Ridge Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Norwest Venture Partners.  Angel investors include Marissa Mayer, Jeremy Stoppelman, Julia & Kevin Hartz, Yishan Wong, and more. Minted is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Minted participates in the E-verify program. How Our Process Works: Minted uses technology and innovative practices to bring unique, best-selling design to market at scale. Using its crowdsourcing technology, consumers are empowered to vote for the designs they love and want to see sold, ensuring that Minted always sells continuously fresh and trend-forward product. The winning designs are manufactured by Minted, enabling artists from around the world to share and sell their work while letting Minted do the rest. Since launch in 2007, the company has expanded to serve consumers in new categories including wall art, textiles, digital content and home decor, as well as serve major retailers and consumer products brands with data-backed design through licensing and wholesale partnerships.