Manager 2, Software Engineering

Your Role:

• Work with software engineers to develop and/or confirm architecture decisions, design decisions, and implementation approaches
• Work with internal customers and product management to identify and clarify product requirements
• Manage scope and deliverables for the technical side of the product roadmap
• Direct team members to focus on highest-priority/highest-impact projects and development tasks
• Lead recruiting efforts
• Identify, review, and incorporate opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies and drive the adoption of high value improvements within the team
• Manage time effectively with minimal supervision to accurately document solutions, scope projects while ensuring that
• commitments are met
• Collaborate with operations, QA, support and product to resolve production issues

Skills & Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams in a web-based application/service environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills, adaptable, proactive and willing to take ownership
• Strong commitment to quality, architecture and maintainability
• Able to effectively direct and mentor others in engineering disciplines and best practices
• Able to proactively engage with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and design solutions using critical thinking, analysis skills and best practices
• Able to influence and energize others toward a common vision
• Highly self-motivated and self-directed
• Strong project management and product lifecycle skills
• Able to understand the value of change and is willing to pivot direction to embrace different ways of working
• 3+ years of experience with the Agile/Scrum development methodology
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and leading subordinates
• Understanding of object-oriented design, SQL and relational databases
• Experience building scalable, globally accessible web applications and platforms
• Understanding of application lifecycle management tools for source control, continuous integration and deployment, and various areas of testing (unit, integration, load, performance and vulnerability).