Software Development Manager I

Socket.dev; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a Software Development Manager I in Raleigh, NC to own the availability and performance of distributed microservices deployed in AWS. You will lead and mentor a team, drive sprint planning, and ensure scalable, observable systems with robust CI/CD pipelines.

You will design and review APIs, collaborate with product owners, and help engineers grow through feedback and structured 1:1s. Strong leadership and hands-on coding may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of software development experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong experience with AWS, distributed systems, and microservice architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship to the team.
• Design, document and review new features and APIs with stakeholders.
• Lead and participate in code reviews to uphold coding standards.
• Drive sprint planning, backlog refinement and delivery with accountability for milestones.

Skills

Team leadership

Java

Spring

AWS

Distributed systems

REST APIs

CI/CD

SQL / RDS

Code reviews

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD tooling

RDS

Job description

Software Development Manager I (Raleigh, NC) Duties: Own the availability and performance of the distributed, multi-service systems deployed in AWS (Java/Spring REST APIs) your team develops and maintains by providing hands-on technical leadership. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to your team members through weekly 1:1s as well as timely, clear, and actionable feedback to help them grow in their technical skills and advance their careers. Design, document, and review new product features and APIs in collaboration with other team members and product owner, and mentor other more junior developers to do the same. Support team in building and deploying high-quality software, focusing on scalability, fault tolerance, and observability, while creating and maintaining efficient CI/CD pipelines. Participate in and mentor team through productive code reviews adhering to team-defined coding standards as you create products. Break down larger product features into manageable stories that can be distributed across multiple developers. Split time between people leadership, technical leadership and non-critical path hands-on code writing. Drive sprint planning and execution in partnership with the development team and product owner, ensuring sprint goals are set according to team capacity and sprint progress is tracked, while proactively identifying challenges, aggressively removing roadblocks and maintaining accountability for delivery. Work with product owner and other stakeholders to prioritize and help refine product features, develop feature sizing to provide roadmap estimates, and provide clear reporting on technical progress.

Required: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or related field plus 7 years of experience in the job offered or related software development position.

Must have:

• 2 years of experience leading a team of developers either as a manager or as a technical lead.
• Experience with network protocol HTTP.
• Experience designing and working with distributed systems, specifically debugging issues across related microservices.
• Experience with AWS development.
• Experience with SQL and relational database systems (RDS).
• Experience with IAC tools including Terraform, Cloud Formation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Enterprise Change and Release Management processes.

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