Engineering Manager, Backend (1054) - Systems and Analytics - Department of Human Resources

Cityandcountyofsanfrancisco1; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 150 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

The City and County of San Francisco seeks an Engineering Manager to lead development of DHR's data infrastructure and hiring systems. You will supervise engineers building data pipelines, integrations, and cloud applications, ensuring secure, efficient, and user-centered HR processes across the City.

You will collaborate with product staff, subject matter experts, and engineers, prioritize work, review designs, and contribute hands-on when needed to meet urgent requests while maintaining

Qualificações

• Five years of information systems experience, including system analysis and IT project management.
• Experience supervising software engineers or technical teams.
• Experience with data pipelines, system integrations, and cloud applications.
• Knowledge of privacy and security best practices for handling sensitive data.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical specifications.

Responsabilidades

• Supervise data engineers and backend engineers responsible for data infrastructure.
• Prioritize and triage engineering work balancing short-term needs and long-term improvements.
• Review code quality and design; provide actionable feedback.
• Contribute hands-on development when needed.
• Translate requirements into data pipelines and backend services.
• Communicate decisions clearly to HR and partner departments.
• Oversee integrations with enterprise platforms ensuring data consistency.
• Manage multiple workstreams with shifting timelines.
• Ensure privacy, data classification, and security practices.

Conhecimentos

Team Leadership

Data Integration

Data Architecture

Privacy & Security

Project Management

Stakeholder Communication

Backend Development

Mentoring

Formação académica

Associate degree or higher in information systems, business administration, computer science, or related field

Ferramentas

Work Tracking Systems

Jira

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The City and County of San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead development work building DHR's data infrastructure and hiring systems. Under the leadership of the Head of People Technology, this role supervises engineers developing data pipelines, integrations, and cloud applications that implement and automate HR processes. The Engineering Manager works closely with product development staff, subject matter experts, and software engineers to ensure our applications are efficient, secure, and meet the needs of users across the City.

The Engineering Manager will:

• Supervise data engineers and backend engineers responsible for data infrastructure, system integrations, and automations supporting civil service hiring.
• Prioritize and triage engineering work, ensuring the team balances immediate demands with long term improvements.
• Review development work and provide feedback on code quality and technical design
• Contribute hands-on development when engineering team is short-handed or urgent requests require a high level of technical expertise.
• Learn complex business processes, how they relate to existing technical infrastructure and automations, and develop an understanding of how technology can streamline them further.
• Make technical decisions by evaluating tradeoffs across data architecture, integrations, and backend design.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical specifications for data pipelines, backend services, and system automations.
• Communicate technical decisions and constraints clearly to non-technical stakeholders across HR and partner departments.
• Oversee integrations between hiring systems and other enterprise platforms, ensuring reliability, data consistency, and minimal disruption.
• Support engineering practices related to privacy, data classification, and handling of sensitive or high-liability information.
• Manage multiple workstreams with shifting priorities, dependencies, and external timelines
• Ensure consistent use of work-tracking systems and maintain visibility into progress, risks, and operational issues.

These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification.

Class Specifications for 1054 - Technology Analyst/Designer - Principal

Education:

An associate degree in business administration, public administration, information systems, economics, finance, computer science, UX/UI design, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in one of the fields above or a closely-related field].

Experience:

Five (5) years of experience in the information systems field, including system analysis, business process design, development and implementation of business application solutions or IT project management.

Substitution:

One year of additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree. Completion of the 1010 Information Systems Trainee Program may be substituted for the required degree.

Desired Qualifications:

• At least two (2) years of experience supervising or leading a team of software engineers.
• Experience supervising or leading engineers on mid-sized teams within a large organization or bureaucratic environment.
• Strong ability to engage with users, gather requirements, and translate needs into technical solutions with measurable impact.
• Demonstrated experience working with systems integrations and navigating cross-system dependencies and complexities.
• Experience handling sensitive or high-liability data, with strong knowledge of privacy and security best practices.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects or workstreams, including those with long pauses or shifting external dependencies.
• Extensive experience using work-tracking and project-management systems to manage engineering workflows.
• Ability to make pragmatic, context-aware technical decisions and advocate for best practices in design, development, and operations.

Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Review SF Careers Employment Applications for considerations taken when reviewing applications. Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://careers.sf.gov/knowledge/experience-education/ .

Note:

Falsifying one's education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San