Senior Engineering Manager, Promotions

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations of one or more software development teams, offering goal setting, mentorship, coaching, leadership, guidance, and performance management and feedback.

• Work closely with the Product Manager on the team to develop the roadmap, clarify requirements, and ensure successful execution by the team.

• Ensure that development deliverables are documented and that key decisions are captured in line with the design and development process.

• Assist with hiring efforts within the engineering department.

• Contribute to the identification of process issues and participate in the ongoing improvement of design, development processes, and system architecture.

• Ensure adherence to the development process throughout the entire development lifecycle.

• Establish success metrics (KPIs and SLAs) and track team and system performance.

• Collaborate with the team to achieve performance, scalability, and reliability objectives.

• Keep abreast of trends, techniques, technologies, and other factors influencing the role, incorporating them as necessary.

• Perform other duties as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years in a leadership or management position, along with at least 10 years of experience in software development.

• Proven experience leading teams of 10 or more engineers.

• Strong time management, project management, and problem-solving abilities.

• Capable of conveying complex technical information to various stakeholders, including non-technical members of the organization.

• Exceptional presentation and communication skills.

• Proven collaborative work style with the ability to work effectively with all organizational levels.

• Ability to manage and complete overlapping projects while meeting strict deadlines.

• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify core principles, reasons, or facts.

• Passionate about clean code architecture and software craftsmanship.

• Driven to discover simple solutions to complex challenges.

• Experience with Kafka, distributed systems, and real-time streaming processing.

• Familiarity with container orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).

• NICE TO HAVE: Experience with PHP, Next.js, Python, AWS/Lambda, Elixir, building GraphQL APIs (Absinthe), GraphQL schema stitching & subscriptions, GCP, Kubernetes, public speaking, and contributions to open-source software.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

• Reimbursement for education and conference attendance.

• Opportunities for career advancement and mentoring others.