Remote Software Engineer Manager
- Location: , IL
- Start Date: 5/28/2025
- Job ID: 25-00904
- Posting Date: 5/28/2025
- Job Type: Direct Placement
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking an enthusiastic, driven, and detail-oriented Software Engineering Manager to join our growing Software Engineering Team to manage our Shared Services team. You will lead and coordinate developer efficiency and quality efforts by implementing dev ops solutions, application performance monitoring, test automation and error management toolsets. You will partner with engineering teams across all aspects of the platform to design and implement these solutions. An ideal candidate must demonstrate strong critical thinking, effective communication, and thorough organization and time management skills. Additionally, this candidate must exhibit accountability and be able to understand and communicate technical issues at a high-level to business stakeholders and customers.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
We are seeking an enthusiastic, driven, and detail-oriented Software Engineering Manager to join our growing Software Engineering Team to manage our Shared Services team. You will lead and coordinate developer efficiency and quality efforts by implementing dev ops solutions, application performance monitoring, test automation and error management toolsets. You will partner with engineering teams across all aspects of the platform to design and implement these solutions. An ideal candidate must demonstrate strong critical thinking, effective communication, and thorough organization and time management skills. Additionally, this candidate must exhibit accountability and be able to understand and communicate technical issues at a high-level to business stakeholders and customers.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Partner and collaborate with stakeholders and customers to determine requirements, establish project timelines and implementation plans
- Communicate clearly about project progress to management and stakeholders
- Partner with software engineering leaders to design and implement dev ops automation using target state CI/CD tools
- Implement and maintain application performance monitoring tools and dashboards
- Advance testing automation framework to cover additional applications and user journeys
- Manage error aggregation and alert platforms while working with support teams to optimize notification processes
- Lead and participate in daily team standups, assists team in removing blockers
- HR responsibilities for team including preparing and delivering annual performance evaluations
- Provide mentorship and coaching to team members on an ongoing basis
- Drive team compliance with company cyber security, data privacy and change management policies
- 4 Direct Reports
- 5+ years of experience in leading a team of software engineers including hiring, performance management, and career coaching
- 5+ years of experience in software development life cycle methodologies and managing project delivery
- 3+ years of experience in dev ops automation software like Azure DevOps, Jenkins or Chef to automate build and deployment with integrated test automation
- Previous experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP is a plus
- Previous experience with APM data aggregation and reporting is a plus
- Able to collaborate effectively across multiple stakeholders and customers
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent planning and prioritization skills