About Prove 

Title: Manager, Software Engineering

Department: Technology

Reports To: Director, Engineering

Location: Ireland

Job Summary

Position Summary

The Manager, Engineering will enter Prove at a critical inflection point in its growth trajectory. You will be managing a newly formed team within our Interfaces organization. You will have a unique opportunity to scale Prove's products to new levels, while also bringing new products to market that capitalize on the immense opportunity in front of us. You will be responsible for setting and executing the technical direction for the engineering group while collaborating with Engineering, Data, and Product leadership.

What You Are Accountable For

• Lead and grow a team of world-class engineers.
• Mentor and develop individual contributors.
• Champion engineering and operational excellence in the team or teams, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement.
• Be able to identify team needs, provide solutions, and remove blockers.
• Ensure the team is making good decisions when it comes to processes and technologies available, and you are making good prioritization decisions for the team.
• Contribute to strategic discussions as it relates to the team you are managing.
• Advocate for the team in cross-functional projects.
• Contribute to key decisions in the group to help drive business decisions and ship the best possible product to customers.
• Partner across the groups to create world-class products and services capable of supporting the world’s leading brands.
• Establish and own the vision and strategy for your engineering teams.
• Cultivate skills and manage performance in the team or teams to guide career progression, promotions, and performance improvement.
• Take end-to-end ownership of product deliverables and customer escalations, working with your teams and other groups in the company as necessary. Take ownership of the development process for new product features that support operational excellence.

 Qualifications and Experience

• 6-8 years of experience building technology products with an emphasis on delivering quality software that customers depend on.
• A track record of driving development for major software releases and production cloud services.
• Skilled at implementing and optimizing agile product development processes that allow the engineering teams to scale.
• Good technical skills and has been a software engineer in the past.
• Experience in a high-growth technology company that was able to achieve significant customer traction is a plus.
• Strong passion for learning about our products and markets through in-house and external training.
• Experience building public facing APIs and customer portals is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience in the authentication, mobile, or identity space is a bonus.
• You are driven, motivated to help the team grow, and have displayed leadership qualities.

• You have a clear logical thought process and have been able to make good strategic decisions.
• You are good at understanding needs and setting priorities.
• You are accessible to your team and always happy to mentor when they need you.
• You are a good communicator.
• You have a strong desire to grow as a leader.
• You are able to filter out any negativity (from top-down or bottom-up) and provide clear strategic direction to the team.

This position description should not be considered the final description of the position. The position description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. It should be assumed that we would, to some extent, structure responsibilities in accordance with the successful candidate’s capabilities and changing business conditions. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

The salary range for this role is 115,000-120,000 EUR plus variable commission / company bonus. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.