Software Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage the life cycle of software projects and solutions.
• Collaborate with the product owner to manage the product backlog, exercising 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 my team owns technical responsibility.
• Prioritize technical roadmap features.
• Collaborate with project managers to determine the level of effort and estimates on incoming projects and/or feature requests and to ensure timely publication of status reports on active projects.
• Ensure there is 24/7 support for products that fall 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 POC (proof of concept) code.
• Ensure code review processes are occurring on agreed-upon cadence and actively participate in the meetings.
• Mentor 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.
• Ensure the set of the organization's documentation standard is met and is maintained throughout the lifetime of the product.
• 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.
• 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.