Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Are you ready to own something big? Automox is turning IT admins into IT heroes by replacing traditional tools with our award winning cloud-native endpoint management platform. Our product works autonomously and so do our teams. We value a ‘one team’ mentality where everyone’s unique skills contribute to an environment that encourages collaboration and ownership. At Automox you’re enabled to do your best work, grow your career, and have an impact that will be noticeable. WE ARE A_TOMOX… all that’s missing is U! 
OVERVIEWAs a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will lead multiple agile teams which deliver features and systems that make Automox the Competitive Advantage!   In this role you will have the opportunity to lead development efforts for brand new and existing services and applications, launch them, operate them, and continue to develop them. You are the leader of several engineering initiatives, driving success through your direct and indirect reports and business partners. You will manage cross-functional teams of software engineers. You have a passion for coaching and mentoring to help individuals grow and provide a great product experience, always looking for new opportunities to improve.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Manage a team of up to 10 talented Engineering professionals to motivate them, direct, and promote positive culture for the success of the organization
• Participate in the roadmap and release planning efforts.  Ensures your team understands the global R&D priorities and helps other teams achieve them when necessary
• Own the end-to-end delivery and timeline of features, services and applications including design, development, while collaborating with peers on testing and release.
• Ensure a high level of technical quality by driving technology and collaborating on architectural decisions
• Actively work alongside internal stakeholders to manage and prioritize engineering initiatives,  infrastructure changes, maintenance, and new feature requests.  Actively encourage and support your team to collaborate and work across management and organizational boundaries to achieve goals
• Work with program management to track delivery and roll-up of project milestones and performance metrics for status reporting and continuous improvement
• Coach and develop your team. Ensure individual growth for all team members by ensuring they receive mentorship,  regular 1:1’s, and quarterly reviews  from you and key technical leaders inside the company
• Establish and refine effective agile practices that drive results and create an environment of empowerment and ownership. 
• Promote best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
• Building team morale, foster behavior that promotes collaboration, learning, and positivity
• Identify and help resolve conflicts on your team or with other teams
• Identify and manage project issues and risks. Act as focal point for project problem resolution and escalation
• Establish monitoring & operation of production services that promote quality and uptime

SHARED VALUES

• Customer Focused: We put our customers first and are committed to their success.
• Tenacious: We finish strong and strive for continuous improvement.
• Nimble: We move fast, embrace change and adapt quickly.
• One Team: We hold ourselves accountable and support one another.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 5+ years of hands-on software development
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing multiple software engineering teams
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, across functions like product, design, and other engineering leads
• Fluency in at least one of these programming language(s): Go, Java, Vue.js, Python
• Experience with infrastructure, microservices, high-scale applications using AWS or GCP services
• Strong coaching and leadership skills managing engineers on a distributed team
• Passion for promoting a customer focused engineering culture with high quality standards including CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Obsession with user experience, human-centered design, and design thinking
• Proven track record of launching and scaling new cloud native and web applications
• Passion for recruiting and hiring strong engineering talent
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic team environment across multiple locations and time zones
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related degree, or equivalent work experience

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