Manager, Software Engineer

Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies Inc; Cambridge; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate technology firm based in Cambridge seeks a Manager, Software Engineering to lead the transition of their flagship product to a web-based SaaS solution. This role involves mentoring engineers, fostering coding best practices, and collaborating with various teams to ensure project success. Ideal candidates will have 5-7 years of relevant experience and proven leadership in software engineering.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years of relevant technical experience.
• Three or more years of leading software engineering teams.
• Real estate industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Support and cultivate the team’s ability to rapidly deliver quality software.
• Encourage the growth of engineers through skills development.
• Assign work to software engineering team members.

Skills

Java

React

PostgreSQL

Scala

Agile methodologies

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

Job description

We are engaged in the transition of our flagship product from desktop to web-based application and need a talented leader for a dedicated team of professionals. As the Manager, Software Engineering, you will develop an understanding of our history and help drive the transformation to an on-line, best-in-class, software as a service (SaaS) solution.

Your knowledge and experience will help to guide and inspire strong coding practices and solid software design decisions among the team. You will be responsible for growing and mentoring software engineers as it relates to technical skills and career development.

You will engage daily with other leaders, quality assurance, product, and engineers to deliver on cross-team strategic efforts to ensure the best outcomes for our products and customers.

As the leader of this team, you will be responsible for overall development life cycle, process, communication, collaboration, and people management.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Support and cultivate the team’s ability to rapidly deliver quality software.
• Encourage the growth of engineers through skills development, objectives, and goal setting.
• Assign work to software engineering team members and evaluate individual performance.
• Plan and implement strategies for the development of designs and products on schedule and on budget.
• Collaborate with other managers, stakeholders, and contractors.
• Assist in recruiting world‐class engineering talent and participate in the process including attracting, screening, and closing high caliber candidates.
• Participate in strategic planning meetings with product management, architecture, and design.
• Build cross-department relationships centered on executing company strategy.
• Solve complex software engineering tasks, while maintaining coding standards and practices.
• Communicate effectively with team members, internal and external customers.
• Measure KPI’s such as velocity, estimation accuracy and defect percentages.

Skills & Requirements

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Five to seven years of relevant technical experience
• Three or more years of leading software engineering teams

QUALIFICATIONS

• Real estate industry experience.
• Hands-on experience with Java, React, PostgreSQL, and Scala.
• Experience in a microservice architecture based in AWS.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Excellent understanding of all aspects of software engineering, including coding, architecture, testing and the relevant trade-offs required for decision making.
• Experience with managing the day-to-day activities of an engineering team using Agile / Scrum processes.
• Superior organizational and planning skills, written / verbal presentation, and the ability to present complex technical information, in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, in large and small groups.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Skills and personality to operate effectively in a fast-paced complex business environment.

Disclaimer : This Job Description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent(s). It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent(s) may be asked to perform other duties in addition to those described above.

Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of any status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local municipal law.