Front End Engineering Manager

*This position can be remote within the US*

What we’re looking for…

Does transforming a data lake into an elegant dashboard that delivers business insights sound like your kind of challenge?  We are looking for a hands-on front-end engineering manager, who will lead a team of highly talented engineers and hands-on in-depth experience using React and TypeScript, to build intuitive, customer-focused interfaces and end-to-end solutions. Someone who is a highly collaborative leader with a passion for hiring, managing, and mentoring software engineers, with dedication to continuous improvement and motivation to achieve results in fast-paced agile environment.  You will play a critical role in the development of our industry leading AI operations solution.

Who we are…

ScienceLogic scored a leadership position in the “The Forrester Wave” Intelligent Application and Service Monitoring report. We are a small, nimble, and growing software company reinventing the way companies manage their hybrid cloud data and systems by driving operational and business insights from the extensive data types contained in the SL1 data lake

What you’ll be doing…

As a Front-End Engineering Manager with ScienceLogic, you will play an integral role in building ways to support the elegant display of volumes of data into a UI experience that provides clarity, visibility, and insights for managing on-prem and multi-cloud SaaS infrastructures for some of the largest companies and service providers in the world.

• Serve as a hybrid Manager/Sr.Engineer for a front-end engineering team. You’ll be leading, mentoring, and managing a team of engineers and being a hands-on code contributor for React/Typescript application
• Manage and execute against program increments and delivery commitments
• Following an agile Scrum process to oversee and manage the day-to-day activities of a team of software developers in an open-source environment using React, TypeScript, Javascript, Graph QL, MySQL and PHP
• Collaborate with UX designers, product owners, and back-end teams to build delightful, intuitive user interfaces
• Review and maintain product backlog and take a lead role in implementing features adhering to sound engineering principles while also taking an active role in owning, understanding, and prioritizing technical debt
• Remain current on Web development technologies, assess new standards, technologies, and trends, and formulate and recommend strategies and tactics for future platform enhancements.
• Work in a collaborative, agile and a fun environment and drive the teams towards a Continuous Delivery mechanism
• Participate in Scrum reviews, standups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming
• Manage expectations, set realistic goals, and achieve them on time and within budget
• Implement and report performance metrics to executive management
• Foster a culture of creativity, empowerment, collaboration, speed, and innovation in a fun work environment while continuously elevating the quality and caliber of the overall software development organization
• Remove obstacles to create velocity, efficiency, and greater team effectiveness
• Create a productive and healthy work/life balance. Effectively manage stress, foster a flexible work environment, and keep the team focused, engaged, productive, and fulfilled.

Qualities you possess…

You’re a self-starter, a problem solver, a continuous learner, an exemplary coder, have excellent time-management skills and are open and collaborative.  Plus you’ve got the following: 

• BS in CS or equivalent technical discipline
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building web applications using JavaScript, CSS
• 3+ years production hands-on experience working with React/Angular, Typescript, Styled Components
• Experience with SQL or MariaDB is a plus
• 3+ years designing and implementing public-facing APIs. Experience with GraphQL is a major plus
• You are passionate about delivering high quality, production ready code and believe that teams, not individuals are responsible for software quality
• Demonstrated track record of successfully hiring, motivating, retaining, and effectively deploying talented software developers to perform against aggressive delivery goals
• Experience managing both local and remote software engineers
• Experience with a variety of software development processes, and ability to apply the right process for the project
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to build productive relationships and motivate, develop, and mentor team members to grow their careers at ScienceLogic. Must have a positive, can-do attitude

Benefits & Perks

• A remote-first culture - work from home or come into the office, it's totally up to you.
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Flexible Paid Time Off (FTO) so that you can take the time that you need to re-energise.
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - take two days off per calendar year to volunteer with your preferred charitable organization.
• 5-year Service Milestone Sabbatical.
• Paid parental leave.
• Generous employee referral bonus program.
• Pet insurance.
• HQ Office centrally located in Reston Town Center featuring a well-stocked kitchen with rotating snacks and beverages, and catered lunch on Thursdays.
• Regular virtual company-wide events, including cooking classes, yoga, meditation and more.
• The opportunity to learn and develop from some of the best and brightest minds in the industry!

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At ScienceLogic, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which you are applying.

About ScienceLogic

ScienceLogic is a leader in IT Operations Management, providing modern IT operations with actionable insights to resolve and predict problems faster in a digital, ephemeral world. Its solution sees everything across cloud and distributed architectures, contextualizes data through relationship mapping, and acts on this insight through integration and automation.

www.sciencelogic.com 

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