Manager, Software Engineering – UI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Lead two teams focused on UI engineering.

• Oversee team workloads, resource allocation for the feature roadmap, and coordination in a dynamic, widely distributed environment.

• Keep track of product roadmap goals and communicate this information back to other managers and team members.

• Engage in team activities, such as roadmap planning, to prioritize features based on available resources and necessary business objectives.

• Promote the wellbeing of team members by offering support and guidance primarily centered on resource management, technical development, and soft skills enhancement.

• Collect feedback from peers, provide weekly coaching, and collaborate with senior and staff engineers to enhance the skill sets of team members.

• Lead and coordinate the recruitment process from the initial outreach to the job offer stage.

• Manage the engineering tools budget and oversee renewals in collaboration with procurement and finance teams.

• Facilitate mentorship focused on technical advancement and guide UI engineers in their career paths.

• Enjoy the challenge of solving complex problems and managing high-priority tasks across a diverse range of customer requests.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in planning, tracking, delivering, and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

• Proven experience in directly managing, mentoring, and supporting individuals and teams with empathy and professionalism.

• A strong engineering background with a focus on front-end development and technologies (JS/TS/CSS/HTML), modern frameworks, and maintaining UI quality along with best practices in UI engineering.

• Experience operating a service at scale, including observability and reporting on engineering metrics.

• Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React and Angular.

• Knowledge of Accessibility (a11y) best practices, tools, and techniques, including compatibility with keyboard navigation, screen readers, and WCAG guidelines.

• Experience with internationalization (i18n) and atomic design principles.

• Capability to present business cases and proposals to Flexera’s senior leadership team.

• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.

• A solid understanding of Cloud Technologies, big data, and SaaS products.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• 401(k) matching

• Flexible working hours

• Paid time off

• Professional development opportunities