The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) is looking for a Senior Software Engineer Manager to join the team.

Job Summary

The Senior Software Engineer Manager will be responsible for the technical development of software engineering staff within a IAPP application development area. The role is accountable for effectively skilling, tooling and allocating engineering members to best support the needs of the Product teams, along with a disciplined approach to professional development of software engineers. This individual coaches the team of engineers to continuously improve their process and practices, enforce appropriate quality and user experiences, and to foster a culture of continuous innovation and learning.

We are looking for a candidate who is an expert in modern engineering practices including TDD, CI/CD, Domain Driven Design, Micro services, and Cloud engineering and who possesses the ability and passion to coach and develop others. They will also contribute to challenging product solution as a senior engineer. This includes hands-on role modeling of advanced engineering practices and leading the team with creative and effective technology solutions. This individual will dive into the unknown to solve problems and define solutions alongside the other engineers.

Responsibilities:

Lead and Mentor Engineering Excellence

• Hire, retain, and lead a high-performing, diverse team of engineering professionals.
• Establish clear objectives, key results, and consistent practices across the team.
• Drive the resolution of challenging technical problems.
• Mentor engineers in both technical and soft skills, ensuring adherence to engineering best practices (code maintainability, quality, monitoring, security, operational excellence, and documentation).

Shape Technical Vision and Compliance

• Lead and shape the technical vision for application development.
• Contribute as a senior engineer, designing, developing, and maintaining quality technology solutions.
• Ensure applications meet regulatory, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Define technology, quality, experience, and implementation standards within your technical domain.

Foster Technical Expertise and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure consistency in technical execution and knowledge-sharing within the team.
• Foster a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Establish and track appropriate OKRs to ensure desired outcomes.
• Motivate the team to achieve their best and instill a sense of purpose and curiosity.

Basic Qualifications 

• 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role.

Preferred Qualifications 

• 5 years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, Agile and operations experience.
• Comprehensive expertise in AWS.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Work Environment

At the IAPP, we value in-person connections fueled by fun, excellence, and communication. To align with this value, we have a hybrid work environment that allows for two remote days and three days in our Portsmouth, NHoffice.

About the IAPP

The International Association of Privacy Professionals is the largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource. Founded in 2000, the IAPP is a not-for-profit organization that helps define, promote and improve the privacy profession. More information about the IAPP is available at iapp.org. 

What We Offer

Working at the IAPP is an opportunity like no other. In addition to a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus and a full range of benefits, the IAPP offers a creative, supportive and flexible environment. Other perks include casual dress, a dog-friendly office, summer hours, and sabbaticals after seven years of service. We work in a “get-stuff-done” culture that values fun, excellence, balance, communication, respect, personal and professional growth, and an entrepreneurial attitude. We have been named to Business NH Magazine’s Hall of Fame for “Best Small Companies to Work for in NH.” 

Want to be part of our dynamic and rapidly growing organization? View more information about all of our open positions on our website: iapp.org/careers.