Software Engineering Manager: Applications Team

Company Description

A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of passion and grit, there are countless reasons to love living and working here. With a workforce of over 30,000 people, and more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia offers boundless opportunities to make an impact. 
As an employer, the City of Philadelphia values inclusion, integrity, innovation, empowerment, and hard work above all else. We offer a vibrant work environment, comprehensive health care and benefits, and the experience you need to grow and excel. If you’re interested in working with a passionate team of people who care about the future of Philadelphia, start here.

What We Offer:
Impact - The work you do here matters to millions. 
Growth - Philadelphia is growing, why not grow with it? 
Diversity & Inclusion - Find a career in a place where everyone belongs.
Benefits - We care about your well being.

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia - increasing the effectiveness of the information technology infrastructure, where the services provided are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City of Philadelphia’s businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT responsibilities include: identifying the most effective approach for implementing new information technology directions throughout city government; improving the value of the city’s technology assets and the return on the city’s technology investments; ensuring data security continuity; planning for continuing operations in the event of disruption of information technology or communications services; and supporting accountable, efficient and effective government across every city department, board, commission and agency.

Job Description

The Software Engineering Manager position manages and oversees the design and development of software within the City’s content management system, WordPress. You will direct the work of a team of engineers to ensure best practices around software development, for the City’s digital front door, phila.gov. This role reports to the Director of Software Engineering.

You will:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of application engineering team

• Build bespoke solutions for departments across the city, either greenfield or modernization of existing legacy applications

• Mentor and grow a team of engineers while keeping them engaged and focused on the Office of Innovation and Technology’s goals

• Be an advocate for consistency and cohesion for the phila.gov project from a technical perspective

• Enforce clean code and excellent coding practices 

• Conduct thoughtful code reviews

• Help create a collaborative and inclusive environment where engineers are encouraged to ask questions and work in the open

• Create and reinforce a culture of quality

• Help conceptualize, build, and manage tooling that contributes to Developer Experience, automates away friction, and contributes to velocity

• Coordinate team vision and roadmap setting with the Director of Software Engineering

• Continuously improve upon your team's process and best practices ensuring the effective delivery of high-quality software, while balancing the constraints of existing systems to improve the quality of digital services for residents of Philadelphia

• Direct the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from a growth-forward perspective

• Support, maintain, and improve production systems used for critical City workloads

Essential Functions

Management

• Supports and expands a culture that is supportive of diversity, equity, and inclusion were employees from all backgrounds can succeed and thrive.

• Helps to project timelines and capacity for individual team members.

• Encourages new growth for employees within their preview

• Conducts performance reviews.

• Models best practices.

Operations

• Coordinates the development and implementation of major project timelines where appropriate.

• Follows effective relationship and project management processes in coordination with Digital Service (DS) team members and engagement managers at the City

• Unblocks team members from technical issues.

Relationship Building

• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with key members of the Digital Services team

• Coordinate and collaborate with partners in Digital Services, including User Experience and Content Strategy

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