Responsibilities

• Leads team to scope and build features and products 
• Contributes to the product roadmap and uses it to bring purpose to the team and their backlog. 
• Deliver results within time and scope and brings visibility through regular reporting. 
• Owns and operates features and products via dev-ops best practices. 
• Develops deep software and product knowledge of their systems, products, and features. 
• Makes Effective Decisions 
• Displays an ownership mindset; is accountable for the software they develop. 
• Uses independent judgment to develop strategic vision within their area. 
• Implements operational policies and directives. 
• Validates resource utilization to ensure efficient deployment of team members. 
• Tackles significant and unique issues, utilizing data analysis and problem-solving skills to provide direction and organization on actions to be taken.   
• Promotes Personal Development 
• The Senior Engineering Manager of AI Enrichment is responsible for the professional development of their team. 
• Works collaboratively with their team to identify and develop the talents of each individual team member. 
• Provides development plans for team members. 
• Builds High-Performing Teams 
• Responsible for building and leading a highly effective team of software engineers and working with departmental contacts to support the demands of the department and meet the objectives of the product development process.  
• Keep your team’s vision aligned with the overall department and corporate strategy. 
• Utilizes agile and dev-ops techniques to maximize team’s value delivery and minimize team burden. 
• Aligns Goals with Strategy 
• Serves as a technology advisor to the business on all aspects of software technology trends and novel solutions specific to their domain.  
• Stays on top of the latest technological progress and uses this knowledge to ensure company products and software solutions remain marketable and competitive.  
• Uses long-term strategic thinking to guide their teams to meet product goals. 
• Exercises a significant latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.  

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience managing software product development teams 
• In-depth knowledge of agile product development methodologies 
• 10+ years of software development of commercial-grade systems and applications with a proven track record of building and leading successful engineering teams 
• Experience managing remote teams or individual staff in remote locations is a plus 
• Excellent knowledge of software engineering discipline, including modern programming languages, object-oriented programming, high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems, data structures and algorithms, operating systems, and SaaS cloud environments 
• Knowledge of dev-ops best practices 
• Strong teamwork and partnering skills for cross-group collaboration 
• Strong leadership skills, ability to perform under pressure and optimize the team’s resources to attain the business goals 
• Ability to motivate people, instill accountability and achieve results 
• Knowledge-delivering model-based user-facing features a plus 
• Knowledge of cloud computing and big data technologies, concepts, techniques, and best practices a plus 
• Knowledge of data engineering best practices, techniques, and tooling – familiarity with technologies such as Spark and Azure Data Lake Storage is a plus