Software Engineering Manager

Project Management

Ref: 46Monday 15 October 2018

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Rare opportunity for you to lead a software engineering team based in Galway responsible for the development of a globally deployed product.

 

Your goal will be to lead and inspire the software development teams by displaying strong communications, organisation and technical skills coupled with a passion for technology and a proven track record of building and managing high-performance teams.

 

As the leader you would:

 

  • Set the culture and coach team members to achieve success
  • Be hands-on and help drive issues to resolution
  • Work with the agile software teams to measure and maintain productive activity
  • Act as an advocate for best-in-class agile development practices – code reviews, automated test, continuous integration, continuous delivery
  • Oversee all phases of the software development lifecycle with emphasis on  quality, performance, design and best practices
  • Work closely with product managers and product owners to ensure upcoming sprints are aligned with roadmap expectations while ensuring QA and technical debt requirements are satisfied
  • Lead the recruitment effort to continue building out a world class development team.

 

What can you bring to the table?

  • 5+ years in software development experience building complex applications
  • 5+ years in software development management in a fast-paced dynamic organisation
  • Experience in hands-on, in-depth analysis, review and design of software, including technical review and analysis of source code
  • Experience in an agile development environment with TDD, continuous integration and continuous delivery, using tools such as Git, Jenkins, Node.js and Docker
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

 

WOW Factors:

  • Experience with the Atlassian product suite
  • Android development experience
  • PMP or similar certification
  • Scrum Master or similar certification.