Software Engineering Manager

Client is building SaaS solutions for the Promotional Products industry. As part of our growth, we are introducing an Engineering Manager to support the teams building our products.The ideal candidate for this position has a strong background in software development. To be successful in this role, you should be confident hiring, mentoring, and managing software engineering teams.This position reports to the VP of Engineering.In this role you will:

• Oversee the development team for a product line.
• Work with lead software architects to accurately report upon progress, issues, risks & mitigation, and project state.
• Monitor reliability and performance of all product infrastructure and product performance and suggest improvements.
• Contribute to the engineering budget.
• Designing appropriate engineering training and product education in collaboration with the product training teams.
• Create, review, and maintain policies relevant to internal systems.
• Guide and mentor junior team members on personal growth and career progression.
• Be “in the code” becoming an expert of all aspects of coding in the project, actively participating in PRs, shadowing, and pair programming.
• Manage the performance review process of engineers.
• Assign and manage people resources to ensure all projects are completed on target and on budget.
• Work with the Product Management team to ensure that engineering deliverables meet and exceed customer expectations.

• Work experience as an engineering manager or similar senior-level position in an engineering department.
• Experience with the Microsoft .Net stack and Azure.
• Experience with on-premises and data-center housed hardware and servers.
• Experience with building or managing the build of SaaS products.
• Experience with brownfield and re-engineering projects.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Hands-on experience in both front-end and back-end development.

EducationBS in Computer Science (or similar relevant field) or equivalent work-experience.

Skills: Agile Programming Methodologies, Brownfield Redevelopment, Budget Management, Budgeting, Build Management, Computer Science, Engineering, Engineering Management, Mentoring, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Windows Azure, Network Operations Center, People Management, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Reviews, Process Engineering, Product Development, Progress Reports, Promotional Products, Resource Management, Risk Management, Server Hardware, Software Architecture, Software Development, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), Team Lead/Manager, Technical/Engineering Design, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)