Software Tech Lead Manager - Backend

Rocket Lab; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Technical Lead Manager - Backend Platform. You will lead a skilled team of software engineers, drive project success, and foster innovation in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and a passion for mentorship and project management.

Benefits

Health, pharmacy, optical and dental benefits

Paid time off

Short and long term disability coverage

Life insurance

401k contribution

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering.
• At least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Proven success in delivering complex backend engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers to ensure successful project delivery.
• Manage software engineering projects, aligning them with business goals.
• Promote innovation and continuous improvement within the engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Software Development Processes

Technical Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Advanced degree in related field

Job description

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

As a Technical Lead Manager - Backend Platform, you will lead and mentor a team of skilled software engineers, ensuring the successful delivery of projects and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and a commitment to driving excellence in software development specifically for our new our DriveID Team.

What You’ll Do:

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance. Provide guidance on technical challenges, career development, and performance improvement.
• Project Management: Oversee the planning and execution of software engineering projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives. Define project objectives, scope, and deliverables, and monitor progress to meet deadlines.
• Technical Direction: Provide technical leadership and guidance to the engineering team, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards. Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to define and implement technical strategies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, quality assurance, and other stakeholders to ensure effective coordination across different functions.Drive communication channels to address project-related challenges and provide solutions.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Encourage a culture of innovation within the engineering team, promoting the exploration of new technologies and methodologies. Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying areas for optimization and enhancement.
• Resource Management: Optimize resource allocation, ensuring the efficient use of talent and expertise. Address resource constraints and bottlenecks to maintain project timelines.
• Quality Assurance: Oversee the quality assurance process to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products.Implement testing and validation processes to meet quality standards.Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates to key stakeholders on project status, achievements, and challenges.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
• Proven success in leading and delivering complex backend software engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of software development processes and methodologies
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

United States

$190,000—$237,000 USD

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

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