Engineering Manager

StarRez, Inc.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

StarRez, a leading provider of student housing software, is seeking an Engineering Manager to drive high performance within agile teams. The ideal candidate will excel in enhancing team culture, managing projects, and driving software quality improvements while fostering an inclusive and supportive environment.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

High-performance culture

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience managing cross functional agile software development teams.
• 1+ years of experience working on a SaaS platform.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve team culture and practices that support high-performing engineering teams.
• Manage project delivery, priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder visibility.
• Support continuous learning, up-skilling, and career growth of Software Engineers.

Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

Communication

Problem Solving

Job description

StarRez is the global market leader in student housing software and residential community management. Our cloud software solutions serve 1,300 institutions, in 25 countries, with over 3 million beds. With a customer satisfaction score of 99%, many of the most prestigious Universities, Colleges and Property Managers across the globe rely on StarRez to transform their student residential experience. Along with the recent combination of Adirondack Solutions, Seattle Technology Group, RMS, and CollegePads, this growing scale enables even greater opportunities to expand community value through our product capabilities and services. We provide opportunities for students and residents to Thrive!

The Role

As an Engineering Manager at StarRez, you will take on a people-first, delivery-focused role. You'll be responsible for building and evolving team culture and practices that support high-performing engineering teams. Ideally, you thrive on managing both people and processes - bringing clarity, structure, and creating an environment where Engineers can do their best work.

In this hands-off technical role, you’ll collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Designers, Quality, and your Engineering team to deliver high-quality software solutions to our customers. You bring strong technology instincts, delivery management expertise, and people leadership skills to the table. You’re accountable for the day-to-day operations of your team, managing project delivery, and ensuring the team remains focused on outcomes that matter. You're an enabler, removing roadblocks and helping your team succeed.

Role Specifics

• Reporting Structure: This role reports to the Director of Engineering.

What You Will Own

• Utilising your people leadership experience to support the continuous learning, up-skilling, and career growth of Software Engineers and Technical Leads.
• Contributing to measurable, tangible improvements to Engineering productivity for your team by creating a culture of continuous improvement, focussed on the delivery of high-quality software to our customers.
• Being part of the Engineering Leadership team and running, or contributing to, broader Engineering initiatives while supporting and advocating for other cross-cutting initiatives.
• Contributing to a cohesive and collaborative leadership team, uplifting the broader Engineering practice through knowledge sharing.
• Owning and managing the resourcing and delivery plans of your team in collaboration with Product Managers, Designers, and Technical Leads.
• Manage project planning, estimation, priorities, deadlines, and delivery of results while creating visibility of work for effective stakeholder management.
• Lead the breakdown and refinement of work, ensuring clear requirements and deliverables.
• Advocating for software engineers, help them remove obstacles, unlock their potential and improve their performance.
• Mentor and grow a diverse and driven team.
• Conducting regular one-on-ones, identifying top performers and supporting their career growth while creating structure to uplift where required

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience managing cross functional agile software development teams
• 1+ years of experience working on a SaaS platform

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with track record of timely and independent closure of tasks and action items.
• Strong practical knowledge of Engineering Process and Management
• Demonstrated success working directly on programs and/or research efforts.
• Proven track record of people management.
• An inclination towards communication, inclusion, and visibility.

Reasons to join our Team:

• A well-established, high-performance company that has been in business for over 30+ years
• A supportive team environment with emphasis on learning and development opportunities
• Our Promise: You will learn, grow, and be appreciated for your impact and contributions.
• Z-Factor: Our most celebrated value, you will work with a team of caring, high-performing, and passionate people who have fun supporting our vision, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Even if you don't have all of the Preferred Qualifications listed above, but feel you have what it takes to succeed in the role, we would love to hear from you!

We are proud of our diverse workforce and are dedicated to creating a safe and welcoming environment for all employees. People from various ethnicities, ages, genders, and abilities are encouraged to apply.

Notice to external Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies:

StarRez will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies, headhunters, or any other third parties for this role through this website or directly to any employee. StarRez and any of our subsidiaries will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company. In addition, we ask that you do not reach out to any employee with regards to this position, or any other positions, now, or in the future.

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