Junior Software Engineering Manager – EM1

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dynamic Junior Software Engineering Manager to lead and inspire a team of software engineers and product professionals. In this pivotal role, you will bridge technical execution with strategic oversight, ensuring that software solutions align with business objectives and deliver exceptional user experiences. Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture, driving the development of scalable and reliable systems. By mentoring team members and promoting best practices, you will contribute to both individual growth and the overall success of our software initiatives. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our products and the growth of our engineering team, aligning with industry trends where effective team leadership is crucial for project success.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage a small to moderate team of 4 to 8 software engineers and product people
• Run necessary Scrum ceremonies within managed teams including daily stand ups, backlog grooming, and tactical planning as well as leveraging supporting tools.
• Gather and report key performance metrics to leadership.
• Coordinate short-term planning and task prioritization to ensure department initiatives and goals are successful.
• Focus on fostering a smart, kind, and driven team culture and psychological safety.
• Identify and onboard engineering and product talent necessary to support established goals, and work with upper management to surface team needs.
• Responsible for working with product to bring product knowledge and known customer's needs to team.
• Work with product and technical leads to meet the needs of stakeholders.
• Executes initiative and sprint goals, works to resolve blockers, and escalates potential issues to leadership.
• Share appropriate context with team and peers to ensure individual clarity.
• Drives performance of team in executing short-term goals.
• Conducts regular 1:1's, supports individual accountability and growth, and reviews team member performance regularly.
• Partner with Technical Leadership to help develop senior talent.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor's or master's degree preferred.
• 0 years of direct experience leading teams.
• 4 years of industry experience in either an engineering, product management, or leadership role.
• Proven ability to lead and inspire teams of software engineers and product team members to achieve individual and project goals.
• Understands foundational people management concepts.
• Able to resolve conflict and provide difficult feedback.
• Seeks understanding of the business needs to participate in navigating impacts and tradeoffs.
• Active listening skills and empathetic.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems and tasks and ability to think abstractly.
• Detail-oriented.
• If you are tasked to drive as a part of this role, then it is required that you have a clean driving record and a current Driver's License that is not suspended or expired.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Target Salary: $150,000

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