Software Development Manager

Skills

Description

This leadership role requires a high sense of ownership in planning and implementing customer-facing web applications and their back-end services. The manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of full-stack software engineering teams and all facets of hiring, performance management, and growth opportunities.

This position will focus on delivering customer-facing web applications and their supporting services, partnering with a digital product team to align with the Product roadmap and desired outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manages cross-functional and geographically dispersed software teams responsible for the quality and timely execution and delivery of products and features.
• Leads the full product development lifecycle from concept, to design, to releases to testing and QA, to release and post-release code maintenance.
• Guides cross-functional teams consisting of direct reports and matrixed team members to accomplish desired project outcomes.
• Manages the product roadmap (epics, stories, and sprints) to deliver prioritized content and capabilities to meet validated customer use cases.
• Presents proposed solutions and reports status to upper management.
• Organizes and delegates work to various levels of software developers.
• Implements software proposals and estimates scope of work.
• Ensures adequate project documentation is created on projects.
• Makes decisions and solves problems while working under pressure.
• Prioritizes and organizes load of work; effectively manages resource management.
• Coaches development and design teams with detailed guidance during the product development lifecycle.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or relevant experience.
• 5+ years of Software Engineering management experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Background in Python, Java, and agile (Scrum) development in a fast-paced environment.
• Capable of transforming our application portfolio into a service architecture.
• Experience developing and delivering customer-facing applications and defining and enforcing application development standards, practices, and development patterns, as well as general UI best practices.
• Ability to plan, manage, and execute in an Agile software development process.
• A mastery of Scrum concepts and a proven understanding of Scrum in practice is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and make technical decisions on software development projects.
• Technical knowledge in modern distributed software architecture, platforms and services.
• Knowledge of databases and experience with modern web front-end technologies.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize effectively and independently across diverse projects and tasks.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of management and company personnel.