Sr. Manager, Engineering
About The Position
Invitation Homes owns and operates homes in great neighborhoods across 16+ top U.S. markets. We continue to innovate with smart home technology, an industry-leading maintenance app, and other lifestyle-enhancing services that make leasing easier than owning. We are seeking a Sr. Engineering Manager to manage a software development organization made up of multiple engineering teams. This role is essential for translating high-level strategies into actionable plans, ensuring alignment between teams, and driving the effective implementation of our engineering roadmap. The ideal candidate will possess a strong mix of technical knowledge, leadership, and project planning to ensure that our engineering efforts are well-coordinated, successful, and impactful. You will be at the forefront of building a culture of collaboration and team performance, ensuring that projects will drive growth and take our resident and associate experience to the next level. If you are motivated, passionate, a quick learner, and have outstanding communication skills, this role is waiting for you!
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional development experience, and 3+ years of recent experience managing or leading an engineering team
- Experience working in agile development environment
- Deep understanding of software and development engineering principles and concepts
- Deep technical skills in one or more of the following areas: JavaScript development, database technologies (e.g. MSSQL, Postgres, DynamoDB), AWS serverless, CI/CD, Salesforce
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field, or equivalent work experience
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to thrive under pressure and function effectively in a fast-paced work environment
- Exhibit sound judgment and swift decision-making skills
- Exhibit strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to collaborate and build consensus with others
- Knowledgeable about system design, data structures and algorithms
- Experience working with distributed/scalable systems and high-volume applications
- Love of technology; actively seeks continuing education of current and emerging technologies
Responsibilities
- Understand critical business and organizational strategies to craft a technical roadmap that aligns our systems and engineering teams to implement those strategies.
- Work closely with Product, Product Design, and Delivery partners, to prepare projects. This includes identifying opportunities, risks, priorities, scope, and understanding cross-functional concerns.
- Guide and participate in exploration, design, documentation, and communication around system architecture, APIs, messages, and interfaces to third-party systems.
- Foster a healthy, collaborative, and generative culture in which individual creativity can thrive.
- Grow and inspire our teams through a combination of coaching, mentoring, feedback, and career development.
- Measure system and engineering team performance and work together to prioritize and implement improvements where they will have the greatest impact.
- Provide guidance and support to ensure teams successfully deliver technical projects while maintaining accountability for outcomes.
- Stay current with technology trends, encourage innovation, experiment with and learn new technologies, and participate in internal & external technology groups.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and annual bonus program for all associates
- Generous PTO including vacation accrual, sick time, volunteer time, and standard and floating holidays
- 401(k) with company matching contributions
- Casual dress code and a genuinely great work environment
- Team events, celebrations, and a culture that values connection
- Employee Resource Groups: Together with Women, Asian Alliance, Black Collective, Juntos, Gen Next, and Open Invitation
- Career growth paths and learning opportunities — we promote from within
- Annual bonus program
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Generous paid time off plans include vacation accrual, sick time, standard holidays and floating holidays
- 401(k) with company matching contributions
- Awesome work environment with casual dress
- Team events and gatherings (Pre- and Post-Covid)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
