Software Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage the life cycle of software projects and solutions.
• Collaborate with the product owner to manage the product backlog and exercise ownership of the technical features in the backlog.
• Manage the software development methodology and practices.
• Collaborate with the product owner to convert business requirements into technical requirements.
• Maintain the technical roadmap for the solutions for which the team is responsible and prioritize features.
• Collaborate with project managers to determine the level of effort and estimates on incoming projects and/or feature requests and ensure timely publication of status reports on active projects.

Engineering Management

• Ensure 24/7 support for products within the team's technical ownership.
• Manage application architecture, software design, and database design.
• Manage the release cycle.
• Accept and implement work items from the product backlog and develop proof of concept (POC) code.
• Ensure code review processes are occurring on agreed-upon cadence and actively participate in meetings.
• Mentor the development team toward higher software development expertise and efficiency.
• Identify and eliminate roadblocks or friction points in the team's development cycle to continually improve productivity.
• Contribute to the definition of software development standards.
• Contribute to the definition of software development team best practices.
• Contribute to IT strategy and planning on request.

Documentation

• Ensure that the organization's documentation standards are met and maintained throughout the product's lifetime.

Communication

• Manage communication with product stakeholders on development status, technical risks, and technical opportunities.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and other cross-functional IT teams to ensure resources required by the product architecture are provisioned.

Personnel Management

• Review and approve the timesheets of direct reports.
• Collaborate with direct reports to establish yearly job and career goals ensuring they meet the expectations of the current position and the direct report's desired career path.
• Conduct performance reviews.
• Collaborate with developers and managers across IT in the hiring process to build development teams with the capacity and capabilities required to meet the organization's development objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. Master’s preferred.
• Proven experience in leading software development teams.
• Strong technical background with a solid understanding of software development processes and methodologies, including building and deploying applications in Microsoft Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services (App Services, Functions, Storage, Azure SQL), experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, APIs, microservices, and cloud-based architecture patterns.
• Knowledge of scalability, availability, and performance optimization in cloud environments.
• Knowledge of the grocery industry is a plus.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear and concise product requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.