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Software Engineering Manager (Cloud/AWS)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Apr 2023

About the role

The Elevator Pitch

Do you enjoy leading a team of people on an ongoing journey? Do you want to help Evolv Cloud move into its next phase of growth?

As a Software Engineering Manager (Cloud/AWS), you will be the dedicated engineering lead charting the course to and collaborating with the team to deliver the needed features and improvements to achieve four 9s reliability for cloud services within the next couple of years. You will be a leading part in helping Evolv move our customer and install support infrastructure to the cloud to help scale the organization. In parallel, you will lead the charge to improve the software engineering practices used by the cloud teams.

Success in the Role: What are performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?

In the first 30 days, you will:

Meet with the cloud team, sit in on meetings, and understand the software development process in use

Attend internal system training to understand the Express scanner operation

Understand the current software practices, cadence, and ceremonies

Map out the current architecture and identify pitfalls in the design

Start to answer questions related to the Cloud Infrastructure and Portal operations from the customer support team

Within 3 months, you will:

Be recognized within Engineering as the go to person for the Cloud infrastructure and Portal

Take the lead in triaging all questions related to the Cloud Infrastructure and Portal operations from the customer support team before distributing to the engineering team

Have created a detailed resiliency and scale plan that has been approved by the cloud and product teams with the product roadmap updated to reflect key milestones

Identify areas for improvement in the practice of software engineering within the cloud team

Outline areas for improvement to remove bottlenecks and reduce friction during the development and QA cycles

By the end of the first year, you will:

Be recognized by teams outside of Engineering (including Customer Success and Technical Sales & Solutions) as the go to person for the Cloud infrastructure and Portal

Be able to demonstrate significant improvement in resiliency while holding costs flat

Clearly articulate the on-going roadmap while balancing tech debt and new features

Demonstrate several areas that were improved in the practice of software engineering within the cloud team

Demonstrate several software development changes that improved engineering practice health and developer satisfaction

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team?

You will be joining the 15+ Cloud/ AWS team and report to the VP of Software Engineering.
You will work with an established team of on-shore and off-shore resources who are experts in python-based Lambdas, infrastructure as code through Terraform, scalable Aurora PostgreSQL db instances, rich UIs built in React, and well-defined product requirements
The team culture is one based on building trust, collaboration, on-going development through kindness, authenticity, courage, drive, and fun!
The location of this role is based at our HQ in Waltham, MA with opportunity to be remote some days.