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Panera Bread

Sr. Manager, Software Engineer - Web

$127K–$153K

Saint Louis Support Center · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026

Experience
10+ years of professional Web development experience; increasing leadership responsibility.

About the job

Leads Panera’s web engineering team, guiding people development, technical direction, and delivery of customer-facing web applications.

What you'll do

  • Leads and develops a team of 5+ developers, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management.
  • Provides architectural guidance and promotes engineering standards, evaluating tools and frameworks for adoption.
  • Plans and delivers web initiatives with Product and Design, managing scope, dependencies, risks, and technical investment.

What they ask for

  • 10+ years of professional web development experience with increasing leadership responsibility; proven leadership of teams of 5+ developers and ownership of delivery outcomes.
  • Strong software design and architecture foundation; deep proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, and at least one of React, Vue, or Angular, including leading framework migrations.
  • Experience with CSS preprocessors, build tooling, package managers, Git, modern web architecture, Agile/Scrum, cross-functional collaboration, accessible web applications, SEO, and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools and experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs into application features or workflows.

Nice to have

  • Experience with automated testing frameworks, server-side JavaScript, microservices, CI/CD, performance monitoring, or production issue triage.
  • Experience integrating REST web services, middleware applications, and data models.

Pay

$127,461 - $152,953 USD base salary

Tools

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, Angular, Git

AI focus

Champions AI-assisted development tools and LLM/AI API integration; uses tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or GitHub Copilot and integrates LLMs or AI APIs into application features or workflows.

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First seen Oct 14, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)