Software Engineering Manager

Department

BSD CTD - Engineering - Plan X

About the Department

The Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) at the University of Chicago is a research center whose mission is to develop the discipline of translational data science to impactful problems in biology, medicine, healthcare, and the environment. We envision a world in which researchers have ready access to the data needed and the tools required to make data driven discoveries that increase our scientific knowledge and improve the quality of life. We architect ecosystems of large-scale commons of research data, computing resources, applications, tools, and services for the broader research community to use data at scale to pursue scientific inquiry and accelerate discovery. Learn more at https://gdc.cancer.gov/, https://gen3.org/, https://stats.gen3.org/, and https://ctds.uchicago.edu/.

This at-will position is wholly or partially funded by contractual grant funding which is renewed under provisions set by the grantor of the contract. Employment will be contingent upon the continued receipt of these grant funds and satisfactory job performance.

Job Summary

The job manages a team of professional staff responsible for software support and/or development. Creates standards and operating procedures in the analysis, design, development, debugging, and modification of computer code for end user applications, beta general releases, and production support. Manages the development and implementation of applications, web pages, and user-interfaces using a variety of software applications, techniques, and tools.

The Software Engineering Manager possesses the ability to manage multiple engineering teams and team leads, make well-informed engineering decisions and balance resources to help the organization achieve its strategic goals. You will be responsible for leading teams to achieve project objectives and helping individuals define their career paths and realize their goals. As a manager, you will proactively and effectively address management challenges by working with team leads and individuals, as well as serving as a subject-matter expert within all technical areas of all major projects’ and the core product’s scopes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for a scope vital to the long-term success of the engineering team, in one or more functional areas, providing team leadership and effectively supervising staff.

• Responsible for defining, improving, and managing engineering processes to ensure efficiency.

• Responsible for participating in strategy execution and staffing.

• Oversees design and implementation of top priority technical tasks and timely delivery of such tasks, meeting the required level of quality.

• Responsible for leading teams to achieve project objectives and helping individuals define their career paths and realize their goals.

• Proactively and effectively addresses management challenges by working with team leads and individuals.

• Negotiate complex decisions, present options and persuasively advocate for optimal technical solutions, internally and externally, and acts as a technical consultant and resource for faculty research, teaching, and/or administrative projects.

• Responsible for design and implementation of top priority technical tasks and timely delivery of such tasks, meeting the required level of quality.

• Lead team(s) of software engineers/ software engineers in test/ platform engineers and provide technical guidance and leadership for the team to follow best practices and deliver quality software timely while contributing to definitions of technical specifications and review implementation standards.

• Manage and lead the design of new systems, features, and tools. Solves complex problems and identifies opportunities for technical improvement and performance optimization. Reviews and tests code to ensure appropriate standards are met.

• Manages employees by establishing annual performance goals, allocating resources, assessing annual performance, and determining individual merit, incentive and/or promotional increases. Provides technical oversight and develops standards, guidelines, and processes for application systems.

• Creates plans to translate business requirements into well-designed applications while balancing user and business needs, technical competencies, industry developments, and time constraints.

• Advises decisions on project and infrastructure needs, including the evaluation of server technologies, languages, platforms, and frameworks. Develops timelines and project plans for the team.

• Formulates and defines specifications for complex installations, maintenance, and upgrades