Manager, Platform Engineering

Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or other relevant field, plus 5 years of professional experience in a technical software development position - Experience with and deep understanding of user authentication systems, protocols, standards and patterns (OAUTH, SAML, Token bearer, etc.) - 5+ years as a software engineer in a professional software development organization - 3+ years of experience developing web applications, backend services, and test automation - 3+ years of experience with object-oriented design, RESTful APIs, gRPC, testing methodologies, server-side programming languages, web services, and relational databases - 3+ years of experience with scrum-based software development tools such as Git, Jira, and Confluence - 2+ years of experience directly managing software engineers, conducting regular 1:1s, identifying skill gaps, creating corrective action plans, and executing action plans - 2+ years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring engineering talent - 2+ year of experience with a large-scale enterprise product and/or distributed SaaS systems - 2+ year of experience leading all ceremonies for a Scrum team, including daily scrum, end of sprint retrospectives, sprint planning, grooming meetings, and prioritization of work - 1+ year of experience with Go, Angular, Kafka, and K8's - Excellent time management skills with an emphasis on managing remote resources around the world and across many different time zones - Identification and management of risks and dependencies, both internal and external - Ability to identify and coordinate delivery of dependencies across multiple teams and products - Long term vision that promotes short term deliverables in quarterly release format based on factual, data driven scope definitions - Strength in planning, scheduling, executing, and finalizing delivery on regular two-week sprint cycles based on individual capacity and team velocity - Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization and across differing types of audiences - Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills with differing consumers, stakeholders, team members, partners, and customers

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We are looking for a dynamic, hands-on manager who thrives on new challenges and is excited about staying close to the code. In this role you will be leading a team that builds modern applications and API’s that perform at scale using best of breed technologies. The ideal candidate must work well in a dynamic, collaborative environment. You will work closely with your peers in cross functional teams and be the champion for the team’s technical roadmap and architecture.