Software Engineering Manager at JUMO.WORLD

Job description

Jumo needs a smart, dynamic execution focused Software Engineering Manager who can help scale a service to meet the needs of rapidly growing, high volume service offering. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to Manage a team building a high volume, highly reliable platform while demonstrating technical leadership for the team. She or he is able to operate in a high performing team, bring a strong sense of customer focus, has excellent communications skills and can deliver results in an aggressive and fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Hands on engineering manager willing to undertake coding as well as management duties
• Be accountable for the team’s delivery
• Lead design and implementation through all phases of the SDLC
• Collaborate and influence peers and management across product management, engineering and channel management teams
• Be a thought leader able to make bold changes, generate new ideas and able to make good ROI decisions in support of Jumo’s business strategy
• Attract, develop and lead great talent
• Be a servant leader acting in the best interests of Jumo and the team.
• Represent the engineering team in cross-organizational forums regarding technical, product and incident topics.
• Manage production operations for a critical financial system

Skills and Competencies:

• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to lead cross organizational initiatives in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment. Must be able to lead through uncertainty
• Strong knowledge of architectural and design patterns, open source platforms and frameworks
• Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure
• Hands on experience with enterprise class software running significant transactional volumes
• Ability to manage stressful situations within and between times
• Strong skills with modern development language: Java, Ruby, Python or C++
• Strong communication skills
• 10+ years of experience in software development with 5 in a leadership position and at least 2 years with a team of 10 or more
• 5+ years in an Agile development environment
• Bachelor of Science or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline
• Be a servant leader acting in the best interests of Jumo and the team.
• Represent the engineering team in cross-organizational forums regarding technical, product and incident topics.
• Manage production operations for a critical financial system

Personal Aptitude & Skills:

• Self starter
• Fast learner
• Excellent communications skills
• Sense of humor
• Ability to travel for meetings and training