Software Engineering Manager

JiBe ERP; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JiBe ERP, a cloud-based, fully integrated ERP for the shipping industry, seeks a Senior Team/Tech Lead in Pakistan. You will lead a 6-member engineering team, mentor members, and drive design efforts alongside tech leads and architects.

The role balances management with hands-on coding to deliver reliable software and scalable solutions while upholding quality and on-time delivery. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of software development, 4+ years in design and coding with Node.js, Java or C#,

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of software development experience.
• Minimum 4 years in design and coding with Node.js, Java, or C#.
• At least 2 years working with relational databases.
• 3+ years leading teams with 5+ members.
• Strong OO, design patterns, and SOLID principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 6-member engineering team and mentor members.
• Recruit and grow a self-organizing agile team and plan career development.
• Own the team's products, quality, production environment, and operations.
• Drive improvements to development methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Split time 50% management and 50% hands-on coding and reviews.
• Collaborate with engineering managers, product, and support to evolve the product.
• Maintain high delivery standards as per company policies.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend development

Node.js

Java

C#

English communication

Strategic planning

Tools

AWS

SQL databases

Linux/Windows

Job description

JiBe is a cloud based fully integrated ERP system for the shipping industry. Our goal is to allow shipping companies to improve productivity, efficiency and safety levels, while reducing costs. JiBe ERP enables increased automation and streamlining of processes, creating pre-defined workflows and reducing the usage of email and paper.

Responsibilities

• Become a Team/Tech Lead for 6 team members addressing their personal and professional needs as well as participate and lead design efforts related to the solution alongside tech leads and architects.
• Recruit and build a self-organizing agile team as well as implement career development and personal growth plans and enhance the team members' technical proficiency level and soft skills.
• Manage and drive execution as well as manage the development lifecycle and the day-to-day activities of the team. Assume complete ownership over the team's products, their quality as well as the production environment and operational requirements.
• Drive improvements to the team development methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Invest 50% of your time in managing and growing the team and the other 50% in hands-on coding and performing code reviews as part of the team's daily activities.
• Collaborate with other engineering managers, product, support, and other colleagues to evolve, maintain, and operate your product.
• Verify and maintain a high level of development, quality and delivery standards for your team as defined by the organization's policies.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 7 years software development experience.
• A minimum of 4 years development and code-level design experience with Node.js, Java or C#.
• At least 2 years working with relational databases.
• Managed teams for at least 3 consecutive years with a minimum of 5 team members.
• Practical experience with development quality methodologies and testing.
• Practical familiarity with OOP, design patterns and SOLID principles.
• Excellent interpersonal, planning, time management and organizational skills.
• Substantial experience and ability for prioritizing, planning, driving, and managing execution plans.
• Exceptional attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, independent, mature, self-driven and works well with minimal supervision as part of a diverse team.
• Proficiency in verbal and written English communication.
• Willingness to gradually become full stack while still maintaining a focus on backend development.

Advantageous Qualifications

• A person cannot be an expert on everything, but if you have experience with one or more of the following, it can be an advantage for you and your team:
• A minimum of 2 years' experience working with NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and its services.
• Comfortable working with Windows and Linux as production environments.
• Experience with agile methodologies.
• Practical experience with one or more of the following: performance analysis and optimizations, application security, data streaming and additional cloud platforms.
• Experience collaborating with international technical managers and colleagues.