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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