Sr. UI Engineering Manager

About Gap Inc.

Our brands bridge the gaps we see in the world. Old Navy democratizes style to ensure everyone has access to quality fashion at every price point. Athleta unleashes the potential of every woman, regardless of body size, age or ethnicity. Banana Republic believes in sustainable luxury for all. And Gap inspires the world to bring individuality to modern, responsibly made essentials.

This simple idea—that we all deserve to belong, and on our own terms—is core to who we are as a company and how we make decisions. Our team is made up of thousands of people across the globe who take risks, think big, and do good for our customers, communities, and the planet. Ready to learn fast, create with audacity and lead boldly? Join our team.

About the Role

In this role, you will lead the CMS UI engineering team responsible for building and maintaining React-based components that power marketing and brand content across our e-commerce sites. You will guide a distributed team across the US, South America, and India, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong collaboration, and a consistent engineering approach.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role, with about 60 percent focused on technical direction, architecture oversight, and code quality, and about 40 percent on people leadership and team management. You will help shape how we build scalable, reliable UI components, partner closely with Product Managers and brand stakeholders, and support the evolution of our CMS-driven experiences.

What You'll Do

• 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.

Who You Are

• 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.
• Experience working in e-commerce or other large-scale, customer-facing environments is preferred.
• 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.

Benefits at Gap Inc.

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
• Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
• Employee stock purchase plan.*
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
• See more of the benefits we offer.

• For eligible employees

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.

Salary Range: $181,400 - $235,800 USD
Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.