Senior Manager, Software Engineer

Western Governors University•Salt Lake City, UT

3d•$170,400 - $281,200

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Software Engineer role leads engineers on product development and integration teams. They will provide vision, training, technical standards, and direction to engineers who are required to know multiple languages for front-end, back-end, qa and cloud engineering responsibilities. They will work closely with leadership to strengthen a culture of collaboration and innovation within highly effective teams. They will contribute to cross-functional teams as a lead engineer mentoring or pairing with team members in technical and development tasks. The Senior Manager, Software Engineer role leads engineers on product development and integration teams. They will provide vision, training, technical standards, and direction to engineers who are required to know multiple languages for front-end, back-end, qa and cloud engineering responsibilities. They will work closely with leadership to strengthen a culture of collaboration and innovation within highly effective teams. They will contribute to cross-functional teams as a lead engineer mentoring or pairing with team members in technical and development tasks.

Requirements

Provide technical and architectural leadership and successfully coach an engineering team.
Develop and direct software system testing procedures, programming, and documentation; demonstrated commitment to efficient, secure, scalable, and maintainable code and engineering practices.
Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and execute on a business strategy.
Research, design, and develop computer software systems, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
Manage multiple tasks and responsibilities in rapid, deadline-driven environments; excelling at pinpointing and resolving problems in early project stages to avoid cost/time expenses.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical team members, external stakeholders, and management.
Maintain effective working relationships with team members and stakeholders.
Self-starter with bias for action while maintaining stable, secure user experiences.
Ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies.
Exhibit strong attention to detail.
Exhibit excellent judgment.
Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences, information technology, or related field OR equivalent and relevant work experience.
10+ years of experience and a proven track record in developing web-based applications and web services using Java, REST, XML, and other web technologies, including experience interfacing with databases, and integrating third party products with existing infrastructure.
5 years of experience leading teams of software engineering professionals.

Nice To Haves

7 years of experience leading teams of software engineering professionals.
Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.

Responsibilities

Supervises engineering team members, providing training, technical standards, and direction.
Collaborates with leadership, designers, developers, and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs, determining platforms, components, software applications, technologies, and security measures.
Interfaces with product, project, and program offices as well as external teams in the definition and execution of development projects; maintains collaborative relationships with all appropriate stakeholders.
Works with internal and external customers to elicit technical requirements.
Negotiates dependencies and maintains productive working relationships.
Ensures optimized performance for high utilization, 24x7 access, accessibility (ADA), responsiveness, and scalability.
Ensures student data is always handled securely and in compliance with applicable laws.
Develops and directs software system testing procedures, programming, and documentation.
Continuously improves team’s development approach, maximizing team’s ability to balance quick execution with security and stability.
Clearly communicates constraints, conflicts, requirements, compatibility issues, and items which could affect project outcome, final performance level, or product efficacy.
Offers appropriate alternatives and contingency plans.
Performs other related duties as assigned.