Software Development Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team to new heights by setting an ambitious pace with rigorous quality expectations.
• Manage daily engineering workflows, monitoring timelines and resources to ensure projects are executed efficiently and to a high standard.
• Align engineering deliverables with customer needs, partnering closely with Product and Customer Operations to quickly resolve high-priority issues and ensure timely feature delivery.
• Increase accountability across the team by setting clear performance expectations and regularly reviewing progress to ensure high standards are consistently met.
• Identify and implement process enhancements to increase operational efficiency, organizing design reviews, post-mortems, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Coordinate operational readiness for incidents and compliance requirements. Oversee run-books, game-day simulations, and ensure security practices are maintained.
• Mentor engineers, provide guidance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote a culture of technical excellence.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a management role.
• 2+ years working with AWS services.
• Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and clearly convey complex ideas and technical information.
• Proven experience managing and fostering collaboration in a remote-first environment, ensuring team alignment and cohesion.
• A commitment to cultivating a high-performing team.
• High bandwidth with the ability to pay thoughtful attention to many areas simultaneously.
• Ability to context switch throughout the course of the day or week as priorities shift.
• Philosophical alignment with the Stedi Standards.

Technologies

• AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, Aurora Serverless)
• CDK (TypeScript)
• Rust