SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (Technical)


Breakdown of Responsibilities:

  • 60% - Hands-on technical guidance
  • 20% - Managing priorities & allocation of work
  • 20% - Administration, coaching, and mentoring


Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in software development, computer science, or a related field required.
  • Minimum of eight to ten years of total experience in software development with three to five years of leadership or people management experience required.
  • Demonstrated experience leading and managing software development teams required.
  • Strong technical foundation in modern application development practices required.
  • Experience coaching engineers and supporting their professional growth required.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders required.
  • Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills preferred.
  • Proficiency with standard office productivity tools and ability to learn internal systems preferred.
  • Ability to work flexible hours, travel to all organization offices and travel to vendor work sites required.


Functions:

  • Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
  • Provide technical leadership for application design, development, maintenance, and overall application health. Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, testing practices, and documentation.
  • Identify and champion opportunities to adopt AI tools and build intelligence layers into development workflows that improve team productivity and application quality.
  • Ensure applications meet standards for maintainability, performance, security, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
  • Identify and address skill gaps through coaching, training, and staffing recommendations. Foster professional development and growth of team members by mentoring, identifying training opportunities and coaching individuals through difficult problems.
  • Collaborate with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Architects to support Agile development and architectural alignment.
  • Provide technical input into backlog refinement, estimation, feasibility, and roadmap planning.
  • Remove technical impediments, proactively identify technical risks and support teams throughout the development lifecycle. Ensure operational stability across development, testing, deployment, support, and modernization efforts.
  • Contribute engineering insights to IT and organizational strategy and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Provide hands-on technical support when appropriate and perform other duties as assigned.
  • Foster professional development and growth of team members by mentoring, identifying training opportunities and coaching individuals through difficult problems
  • Maintain an understanding of organizational goals, priorities, and business context to lead sound technical decisions
  • Establish performance goals and development objectives for team members.
  • Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and engineering practices through continuing education and professional development.


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