Gap Inc. · 1 month ago
Sr. UI Engineering Manager - CMS UI
4440 Rosewood Drive
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelGap Inc. is seeking a Sr. UI Engineering Manager to lead the CMS UI engineering team responsible for building and maintaining React-based components for their e-commerce sites. The role involves providing technical direction, architecture oversight, and managing a distributed team to ensure high-quality delivery and collaboration.
ApparelE-CommerceFashionLifestyleRetail
Responsibilities
Establish and guide the technical vision for our CMS UI components using modern React, TypeScript, and scalable front-end engineering patterns
Provide architectural direction on component structure, state management, API integration, accessibility, and performance optimization
Review code and mentor engineers to maintain consistent engineering standards and high-quality delivery
Drive adoption and evolution of the design system, ensuring CMS components follow reusable UI patterns, design tokens, and brand guidelines
Lead delivery of the new CMS UI component set, partnering closely with Product Managers, designers, architects, content authors, and brand teams
Define and maintain best practices for component documentation, testing, versioning, and integration with our headless CMS platform
Collaborate with architecture to ensure components integrate cleanly with content models
Promote automation, CI/CD workflows, testing practices, and build optimizations to improve productivity and reliability
Foster innovation by bringing forward improvements from emerging UI technologies and industry trends
Represent engineering in cross-functional discussions and influence decisions in a matrixed environment
Manage a distributed team, provide coaching, support contractor transitions, and hire as needed
Build a positive, accountable, and collaborative team culture across time zones
Qualification
Required
Strong expertise in modern frontend development: React, TypeScript, JavaScript fundamentals, component-driven architecture
Experience with design systems, Storybook, scalable CSS approaches, design tokens, and building reusable UI components
Understanding of integrating UI components with headless CMS platforms and supporting flexible content authoring needs
Knowledge of performance optimization, accessibility standards (WCAG), SEO considerations, and responsive design
Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners and influence decisions through strong reasoning
Experience managing or leading UI engineering teams, including coaching, planning, and supporting distributed teams
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to lead through ambiguity and deliver results
Preferred
Experience working in e-commerce or other large-scale, customer-facing environments
Company
Gap Inc.
Gap Inc., a house of iconic brands, is the largest specialty apparel company in America.
Founded in 1969
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.25B2020-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Richard Dickson
Chief Executive Officer
Sven Gerjets
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
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