Manager, Software Engineering
About The Position
As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be both a hands-on technical leader and a people manager, actively engaging in technical challenges alongside your team. You will set a high bar for technical quality, participating in design discussions, code reviews, and problem-solving to drive impactful solutions. Beyond the technical realm, you will be responsible for cultivating a strong, collaborative team dynamic that thrives in both remote and in-office environments. You will lead by example, ensuring that engineers feel supported in their professional growth while aligning team goals with company objectives. In addition, you will engage with customers and customer-facing teams to deeply understand their needs and contribute to defining product roadmaps. Through effective communication and mentorship, you will empower your team to deliver high-quality work, continuously improve, and innovate.
Requirements
- 5+ years technical experience, including designing architecture, implementation, and deployment of SaaS applications.
- Expertise in Python, Jira, MySQL
- 3+ years of experience managing a software development team in a high-growth environment as direct reports
- Experience mentoring and developing software engineers in a hybrid work environment
- Strong verbal and written communications skills needed to articulate complex, strategic and technical thoughts and ideas effectively to multiple audiences, as well as to listen for meaning and understanding.
- Self -directed and analytical, while being comfortable working in a team environment
- Experienced leading a team in Agile methodologies
- Experience with non-profits or social care organizations
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of full stack developers and ensure best practices around software development, code quality, and team performance
- Actively contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and code reviews to ensure high engineering standards and drive impactful solutions.
- Engage with customers and customer-facing teams to understand business needs, gather feedback, and help define product roadmaps that align with strategic objectives.
- Drive project success by ensuring milestones and goals are met while collaborating closely with other divisions within R&D, such as the Business Analysts and Quality Engineering team
- Lead by example, fostering a growth-oriented environment through hiring, developing, and supporting engineers at multiple levels.
- Build and maintain a healthy and productive engineering culture that thrives on high quality, sense of ownership and pride, and accepting failure as being part of the process.
- Ensure that your team is always working on the highest priority work and delivering through the finish line on time.
- Clearly communicate project updates, technical challenges, and team progress to leadership and other key stakeholders.
- Seek and provide feedback to identify and implement process improvements that enhance team productivity, operational efficiency, and the software development lifecycle, fostering a culture of open communication and knowledge-sharing.
Benefits
- 401k & equity grants
- Free food and onsite gym at our Austin HQ
- Paid parental leave
- Competitive PTO & 10 paid holidays
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance with 100% company-paid coverage for employee only coverage
- Dog-friendly office in Austin HQ
- 24/7 access to telemedicine and counseling
- Book Purchasing Program
- Culture Committee
- Leadership Development Training
- Paid Volunteering Time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
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