Manager, Software Engineering

Clarivate • Ann Arbor, MI

7d • Remote

About The Position

The Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for the delivery of a specific product, with the ability to lead a small software engineering team and provide hands-on guidance in coding, architecture, and system design. This role involves leading technical discussions, facilitating code reviews, and driving innovation. The manager will be actively involved in writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code, guiding and reviewing team code, and evaluating team performance. Responsibilities include implementing design changes to improve quality, performance, and cost reduction, defining software solution architecture, responding to customer inquiries, overseeing daily operations, and planning team activities to achieve operational targets. The role also involves communicating policies, identifying and leading quality improvement initiatives, providing input on staffing, implementing policy changes, leading Scrum meetings, and implementing quality frameworks. While the role does not have formal hire/fire authority, it may involve conducting interviews for job candidates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years of software development experience
• At least 10 years of experience in Development in C#.Net (Net Framework and .NET Core)
• At least 10 years of experience in SQL Server or other relational database systems
• At least 10 years of experience in Source Code Management
• At least 5 years of experience in Cloud Computing services including AWS or Azure
• At least 5 years of experience in MVC design pattern
• At least 5 years of experience in Automated Unit Testing
• At least 5 years of experience in automated deployment tools including Jenkins
• At least 2 years of experience in direct supervision of Software Developers or Engineers
• Experience with Git-based workflows
• Experience with Scrum
• Experience with design documentation tools including Confluence, UML, and Swagger
• Experience with testing frameworks including MSTest and NUnit
• Experience with JavaScript, REST APIs, OpenAPI, and CI/CD tools
• Experience conducting formal performance reviews through Workday or similar platforms
• Experience correcting server resources and making application changes through techniques including caching, algorithm optimizations, and database optimizations
• Experience utilizing Agile tools including Jira
• Experience with collaboration tools like Teams or Slack
• Experience with project management tools including MS Project, Trello or Wrike
• Experience with pair-programming
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivery of a specific product with ability to lead a small software engineering team and provide hands-on guidance in coding, architecture, and system design.
• Lead technical discussions, facilitate code reviews, and drive innovation.
• Actively involved and hands-on with writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code in accordance with coding standards.
• Guide and review team code to ensure clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Regularly evaluate team performance, technical capabilities, provide colleague feedback, and escalate to leadership as needed.
• Implement design changes to improve quality, performance, cost reduction, and standardization through analysis of designs and problem-solving techniques.
• Define architecture of software solution.
• Respond to direct or indirect customer inquiries regarding function and design, and attend customer meetings.
• Oversee day to day operations and lead a team of colleagues.
• Plan, delegate and direct the team’s day-to-day work to achieve operational targets or objectives with contribution to the immediate results for the team or department.
• Communicate policies, practices and procedures within immediate area of responsibility to stakeholders within the team.
• Identify and lead team-level quality and process improvement initiatives.
• Provide input on staffing decisions for the team.
• Implement policy and procedure changes determined by leadership.
• Lead Scrum meetings.
• Implement quality frameworks, lead end of sprint and end of project retrospective meetings and provide follow up updates to leadership.
• May conduct interviews for job candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager