Engineering Manager

We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, leadership skills, and a passion for innovative software solutions. You will manage a team of engineers, oversee development projects, and ensure continuous improvement of our processes.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Strategy

• Lead the development and enhancement of products and cloud services
• Hire, develop, and manage a high-performing team
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers to help them reach their potential
• Contribute to technical roadmap and technical debt elimination, balancing time, resource, and quality constraints to achieve business and strategic goals and requirements
• Collaborate with product managers, software architects, user experience designers, software engineers and stakeholders to form technical solutions and align quality goals with business objectives

Software Development / Project Management

• Plan and manage software development releases
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define requirements
• Establish and drive product release plans
• Apply Agile methodologies to enhance development processes
• Promote collaboration through open/inner source development models

Performance and Team Management

• Monitor team performance to ensure successful project completion
• Foster effective communication and address technical issues
• Inspire and motivate team members for maximum productivity and creativity
• Support career development paths and opportunities for team members

Technical Leadership

• Maintain technical expertise to work effectively with the team
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends, best practices and technologies
• Drive continuous improvement in processes, methodologies, and practices
• Apply continuous attention to technical excellence, secure coding principles and good design, resulting in a straightforward solution and reducing complexity
• Conduct regular reviews and audits of processes to identify areas for improvement

Collaboration and Communication

• Foster a culture of quality and accountability across the organization
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, providing regular updates on testing progress and quality metrics
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of quality practices into the development lifecycle

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience in software development and engineering, with a strong technical background
• Previous experience in a leadership or managerial role within a software development team
• In-depth knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies
• Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python)
• Experience with AWS services, specifically API Gateway, Lambda, SQS/SNS, S3, CloudWatch, ECS, Load Balancer, and databases (Snowflake, Neptune, Aurora and DynamoDB)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and processes (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, Terraform)
• Understanding of security compliance standards and regulations (e.g., SOC, FedRAMP, GDPR)
• Backend development with Database interactions and knowledge of Graph, SQL and NoSQL databases
• Strong knowledge in fundamentals: authentication/authorization frameworks (e.g., SSO, SAML, Oauth), secure transport (e.g., SSL, TLS), identity management
• Prior experience integrating many complex systems together
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with security testing practices and tools
• Certification in Secure Software Development Lifecycle (e.g., CSSLP, CISSP)
• Managers of Professional roles – and/or managers of people that manage Support roles
• Manages work for medium size team, or multiple small teams and achieves results by directing work through supervisors/team leads and professional employees
• Typically focused on areas of subject matter expertise within one discipline
• Keep their teams organized, efficient, effective, productive, and motivated through professional leadership techniques
• Responsible for managing deliverables against expected results with a timeline that is typically longer than a quarter
• Focus is more operational, and decisions are typically made within established policies, procedures and objectives