Team Leader, Internal Developer Portal

UWM is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Team Leader to lead our Internal Developer Portal (IDP) team. This is a critical role responsible for guiding the development maintenance and strategic direction of our IDP which serves as the central hub for our engineering organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development team leadership and a deep understanding of the developer experience (DX) and DevOps principles.

As the Team Leader for the Internal Developer Portal (IDP) team you will be responsible for a small highly effective team of engineers. Your primary goal will be to empower our internal developers by providing them with the tools information and automation necessary to build deploy and manage their applications efficiently and securely. You will be a key player in shaping our engineering culture and improving developer productivity across the organization.

• Team Leadership & Management:
  • Lead mentor and manage a team of software engineers fostering a culture of cllaboration innovation and ownership.
  • Conduct regular one-on-one meetings provide constructive feedback and support the professional growth of each team member.
  • Allocate team resources effectively manage project timelines and ensure the team meets its objectives.
  • Facilitate collaboration on your team and among our other technical discipline leads.
• Technical Strategy & Roadmap:
  • Define and execute the long-term strategy and roadmap for the Internal Developer Portal in alignment with company-wide engineering goals.
  • Partner with engineering leaders architects and product managers to identify pain points and gather requirements for new features and improvements to the IDP.
  • Research and evaluate new technologies and tools to enhance the IDP and the overall developer experience.
• Product & Platform Development:
  • Oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle of the IDP from design and implementation to deployment and maintenance.
  • Ensure the IDP is reliable scalable and secure with a focus on high availability and performance.
  • Champion best practices in software development including code reviews automated testing continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) and documentation.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:
  • Act as the primary point of contact for the IDP communicating its value features and roadmap to internal stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with other platform teams (e.g. SRE DevOps security) to integrate various tools and services seamlessly into the IDP.
  • Gather user feedback and translate it into actionable improvements for the portal.

Must Have Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development with a strong background in platform engineering DevOps or a related field.
• 2 years of experience in a team leadership or management role.
• Proven experience building and maintaining complex software systems and platforms.
• Solid understanding of modern software development practices including microservices APIs and cloud-native architectures (e.g. Kubernetes Docker).
• Experience with a major cloud provider (e.g. AWS GCP Azure).
• Excellent communication interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Familiarity with the concept of an Internal Developer Portal (IDP) and the surrounding ecosystem (e.g. Backstage Port Cortex).
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and platforms (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions).
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Pontiac Michigan.

Nice to Have Qualifications:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with developer experience (DX) principles and a passion for improving the lives of with observability tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana Datadog).

Ready to join thousands of talented team members who are making the dream of home ownership possible for more Americans Its all happening on UWMs campus where our award-winning workplace packs plenty of perks and amenities that keep the atmosphere buzzing with energy and excitement.

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From the team member that holds a door open to the one that helps guide your career youll feel the encouragement and support on day one. No matter your race creed gender age sexual orientation and ethnicity youll be welcomed here. Accepted here. And empowered to Be You Here.

More reasons youll love working here include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) after just 30 days
• Additional parental and maternity leave benefits after 12 months
• Adoption reimbursement program
• Paid volunteer hours
• Paid training and career development
• Medical dental vision and life insurance
• 401k with employer match
• Mortgage discount and area business discounts
• Free membership to our large state-of-the-art fitness center including exercise classes such as yoga and Zumba various sports leagues and a full-size basketball court
• Wellness area including an in-house primary-care physicians office full-time massage therapist and hair salon
• Gourmet cafeteria featuring homemade breakfast and lunch
• Convenience store featuring healthy grab-and-go snacks
• In-house Starbucks and Dunkin
• Indoor/outdoor café with Wi-Fi