Software Development Manager, REALM

Are you passionate about eliminating developer pain points and building products that transform how engineering teams work

Do you thrive on solving complex technical challenges while leading and mentoring talented engineers

The Developer Productivity & Efficiency Engineering team is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to join our mission of revolutionizing developer experience across the organization.

Key job responsibilities
Identify prioritize and solve critical developer pain points by investing in and developing innovative products that:

Improve engineering efficiency and reduce toil
Boost developer productivity through intelligent automation and tooling

Enhance tech hygiene and operational excellence
Drive availability improvements across services

A day in the life
On a typical day you might:

Review dashboards showing developer productivity metrics and identify opportunities for improvement

Collaborate with Principal Engineers to design automation solutions for common operational pain points

Dive deep into data to understand why certain teams struggle with pipeline freshness or code review times

Guide your team through technical design reviews for new productivity tools

Meet with partner teams to understand their pain points and gather requirements

Analyze the adoption and impact of your teams products across the engineering organization

Mentor engineers on technical growth system design and operational excellence


- 7 years of engineering experience
- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 8 years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

- Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers

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