Manager, Software Engineering

What you can expect to do:

• Independently lead the team of software engineers, providing both hands-on technical and motivational leadership.
• Drive the implementation of development activities, from design through execution to the maintenance of assigned software solutions.
• Work collaboratively with engineering leadership, product owners, and other stakeholders to understand high-level requirements and develop software architecture and design.
• Help translation of business requirements into technical needs and actions.
• Support technology roadmap, by creating and driving the detailed planning, scheduling, and execution of development plans to meet business goals and schedules.
• Comply with, help in defining and enforce all professional departmental as well as company best practices.
• Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools.
• Ensure software engineering personnel is suitably trained to perform all job function and suitably use project and software-related tools, provide mentorship and support their personal and career development.
• Support to recruit engineering personnel, technical staffing, and feature teams formation. 

What we’re looking for:

• Solid software engineering background, with extensive experience developing enterprise-scale web/cloud-based commercial software products.
• Experience leading complex software development projects through all phases of the software development life cycle using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Proven record of strong technical leadership.
• Strong experience with both back-end, front-end and deployment technologies –Node.js, Java, Spring, React, REST, SQL, etc.
• Strong knowledge of modern cloud architectures and technologies, experience with AWS and Serverless is a plus.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience in a start-up or high-growth environment is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Capable of working with ambiguous requirements and minimal direction.
• Take pride in writing well-structured, well-commented, and maintainable code. You’re always thinking of security, performance, and scalability.
• Well respected and acknowledged as an expert by peers.
• Challenge yourself, learn from others, and strive to grow professionally every day.
• Emotionally mature team player with a positive can-do attitude.