Engineering Manager - PHP

Overview: 

Guidepoint is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and manage a globally distributed team of PHP/.Net engineers of various levels, located in the US, Europe, and India. The lead will be managing Insights Admin, an in-house built content and permission management system for the customer-facing business-to-business web portal.

The Engineering Manager is expected to be hands-on about 50% of the time, and spend the other 50% managing the team, running scrum ceremonies, conducting 1-on-1s, coaching, developing the team, and working on the architecture design, as well as working together with the product managers on requirements, roadmaps, and prioritization.

About Us:

• Team Overview: There are other areas that business and product are defining that need attention. This team falls outside the charter of the Teams/Pods currently defined. This is for a new Pod which is being built from scratch.
• Team Function: The team is being setup and this Engineering Manager would work hand-in-hand with newly assigned/hired Product Managers to explore opportunities. We will consider a pod underneath them starting with a Lead.
• Reporting Structure/Direct Reports (if applicable): This role will be reporting to Global Head - Technology based in United States

Your Impact:

• Develop and install best code practices on the team.
• Foster trust and teamwork within the team, upstream and downstream teams, and other stakeholders.
• Take ownership of the technology behind the product, drive improvements, and design new solutions for business problems.
• Introduce and drive step-by-stem system architecture redesign focused on performance improvements and stability.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Lead a software engineering team in building, enhancing and supporting mission-critical business application products
• Proactively lead engineering teams in re-architecting legacy applications into a highly scalable/transaction heavy API based applications using SOA principles and design patterns
• Propose, evaluate and implement state-of-the art innovative technologies that can increase productivity and efficiency
• Manage and grow geographically distributed software engineering team by providing regular mentorship, career coaching, and performance feedback
• Actively seek to improve the engineering delivery pipeline reducing cycle time and increasing quality and security posture.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, App Support and DevOps teams on improving full software lifecycle such as grooming, defect triage and 3rd level production support
• Work with large datasets using relational and no-sql (document, graph) databases
• Review and enforce good coding practices
• Convert complex business rules and workflows from User Story requirements into performance and maintenance optimized logic

Minimum Technical Qualifications:

• 10+ years of development experience as an IC or Lead developer with at least 5+ years of expert hands-on experience in PHP 7 and above with OOPs concept and design patterns like factory, observer, adapter, strategy & decorator.
• 5 years of experience in managing a team of 10+ engineers and leads.
• Sound knowledge and experience with Object Oriented principles, REST APIs, Web Applications
• Knowledge and experience of using design patterns and algorithm analysis
• 5+ years of hands-on experience using relational / no-sql databases (SQL Server/CosmosDB preferred)
• Experience with caching, session management, message queues, full-text search, web sockets technologies (Redis, Couchbase, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, socket.io preferred)

What We Offer:

• Competitive Compensation: Rewarding your talent and dedication.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Including employee medical coverage.
• Central Location: Conveniently located for easy access.
• Innovative Environment: Empowering autonomy, fast decisions, and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Casual Culture: Embrace a relaxed work environment that fosters creativity.

About Guidepoint:

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action.

Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide, we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful.

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.