Manager, Engineering

Company Overview:

In this role, you'll provide leadership within a highly agile development environment, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and cross-functional teamwork. You’ll play a crucial part in aligning engineering efforts with company goals, guiding both front-end and back-end teams through all stages of the development lifecycle—from concept through production. The ideal candidate brings a passion for mentorship, a strategic approach to problem-solving, and experience in an Agile setting, empowering their team to achieve excellence in both product quality and delivery.

What you’ll do:

• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage people, including a clear understanding of team members’ roles, responsibilities, and skillsets.
• Develop and maintain a strategic vision to ensure the team possesses the right skillsets and capabilities to meet current and future business needs.
• Lead and manage a team of engineers through the technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment of Lightspeed software.
• Build and implement efficient processes for managing projects and sprints.
• Implement efficient testing processes to ensure continuous application/service quality and prevent regressions and disruptions.
• Deliver scalable, resilient, high-availability applications and services running on robust deployment architectures with comprehensive health monitoring/alerting.
• Maintain effective communication and collaboration with teams, both local and remote, in completing interdependent work items.
• Maintain clear visibility of project/feature status to program management, product management, and other collaborators.
• Attend to team morale; communicate effectively with team members to understand concerns and address them.
• Enhance team efficiency, sprint velocity, and feature turnaround time while promoting a satisfying work-life balance.
• Manage individual performance, employing ongoing performance feedback and mentorship.
• Work with each team member in identifying and making progress toward career development goals.

What you should have:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years in a technical or leadership role, ideally in a software, product, or technical environment.
• Demonstrated experience in managing the complete product or service development lifecycle, from initial planning through first release, with a focus on delivering projects on schedule.
• Strong knowledge of and experience using agile software development techniques.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale, highly available web applications or services.
• Proven ability to effectively manage through common engineering management challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and to maintain a high degree of technical involvement with your team and applications/services.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with and supporting JBoss/Wildfly Java application server.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science.
• Extensive experience in Java.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with cloud-based service development, particularly using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Inclusion and Diversity at Lightspeed:

At Lightspeed, we celebrate the uniqueness of every individual and encourage diverse perspectives. We believe that inclusion drives innovation and fosters meaningful connections. We are committed to building an environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to make an impact.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Lightspeed is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category.

Important Note:

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Ready to apply?

Take the next step in your career—apply today and join a team where your skills will make an impact!