Remote Development Manager — Maintenance & Release Leader

Windward Software Inc; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Windward Software is seeking a Development Manager to own the maintenance and release of our production software and to lead the team that sustains it. Reporting to the Head of AI Enablement, Product and Technology, you will manage six developers directly, with QA reporting through its own lead.

This remote role is based in Canada and collaborates across the organization to keep customers running and encourage innovation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a technical lead or engineering management capacity leading a delivery team.
• Strong ability to approve concepts and technical directions for maintenance work.
• Experience maintaining and evolving established software products while introducing new tech.

Responsibilities

• Own maintenance, defect resolution, releases, patches and customer commitments across all products in production, current and future.
• Make technology decisions for the products you manage: tooling, platform and upgrade choices.
• Set the bar a new product meets before it transitions to maintenance: documentation, test coverage and operational readiness.
• Own the maintenance of the installed base: version currency, upgrade paths and technical debt position.
• Run delivery for six developers: cadence, prioritization, sprint planning, unblocking and scheduling.
• Grow the team: performance, development, capacity and hiring input.
• Own QA outcomes via the QA lead and ensure quality standards.
• Approve concepts and direction for maintenance work and maintain consistency across outputs.
• Own administration: reporting, performance reviews, budget input, and team metrics.
• Apply AI standards and tooling to the team’s daily work.
• Coach the team to design, build, test and ship with AI.
• Collaborate with product management, technical architecture, cloud operations and IT, and customer support.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software architecture

AI in engineering

Team mentoring

Job description

Windward Software is seeking a Development Manager to own the maintenance and release of our production software and to lead the team that sustains it. Reporting to the Head of AI Enablement, Product and Technology, you will manage six developers directly, with QA reporting through its own lead.

This remote role is based in Canada and collaborates across the organization to keep customers running and encourage innovation.