Software Development Manager, Bandwidth

• We’re looking for people who get excited about building highly performant and maintainable services and infrastructure
• You lead by example in fostering a positive team culture that emphasizes mutual respect, open communication, collaboration, a commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence, and strong accountability
• You excel at balancing technical contributions with strong leadership, guiding and mentoring two teams of 4-5 developers while also maintaining a hands-on understanding of our solutions through occasional code contributions
• You are highly invested in the career growth and development of the developers on your team, are very comfortable providing clear and actionable growth-focused feedback, and excel at attracting and retaining great people
• You are a clear communicator, able to effectively articulate the work you and your team are doing and provide reliable updates on team progress
• You have 2+ years leading a team of developers either as a manager with direct reports or as a technical lead
• You have 7+ years of engineering experience building in Java and Spring
• An understanding of network protocols, HTTP, and REST
• Experience designing and working with distributed systems
• Experience with AWS development
• Experience with SQL and relational database systems (RDS)
• A 3-year technical degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to excel with a high level of autonomy and responsibility
• Maintain high standards of quality and attention to detail while guiding your team
• You have experience managing remote team members across global time zones

Desirable

• We’re looking for a talented, initiative, and result-oriented Development Manager (Numbers) who will lead by example in designing and developing solutions for the Numbers Domain
• 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 and guidance
• 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
• Collaborate with team members and the product owner to design, document, and review new product features and APIs, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices. You’ll also mentor other developers to do the same!
• Support your 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 guide productive code reviews, ensuring adherence to team-defined coding standards and promoting knowledge sharing within and across teams
• Mentor developers to break down larger product features into manageable stories that can be distributed across multiple developers, ensuring a clear understanding and efficient workflow
• Split your time between people leadership, technical leadership, product partnership, and occasional code contributions to maintain a deep understanding of the solutions being built
• 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
• Partner with the product owner and stakeholders to prioritize and refine product features, contributing to feature sizing and roadmap planning, and provide clear reporting on technical progress
• Serve as a technical advisor for the team, providing guidance on troubleshooting production issues and ensuring timely resolution