Senior Manager, Software Engineering

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering will be highly focused on leading a dynamic team of engineers to develop and build the next generation of platforms, tools, and technology for the InsurTech space. You will drive stability, production, and deliverables by leading the highly dense team focused on design delivery and software maintenance.  Senior engineering leaders are expected to drive a strong engineering vision, lead multiple teams, and scale the organization while fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture. You should be sincerely interested in developing team members along their career paths and scaling effective teams. Pie is an incredibly collaborative team with constant communication, and you will work across teams to make an impact and achieve the desired outcomes. Talent Density, great communication, collaboration, and coordination skills are key to your success in any people leader role at Pie.

How You’ll Do It

• Mentor, develop, and grow team members in team for future needs and operational excellence

• • Support, mentor, and coach, as well as provide professional development for your team. Provide continuous feedback and opportunities for career development.
  • Identify hiring needs and be the hiring manager for recruiting high-quality engineers.
  • Work through conflict management needs and team member relations needs with the help and direction of the People Team and your leader.
  • Work collaboratively with the People Partner throughout the team member lifecycle, including, but not limited to, hiring, onboarding, performance management, team member relations, and offboarding.

• Responsible for team development objectives

• • Build and grow a hardworking team of software developers and build an environment underpinned by Pie’s values and the team competency framework.
  • Collaborate across the team to assist in delivering on time and scope overall team development objectives.

• Collaboration with Engineering, Product Leaders, and business stakeholders

• • Communicating through various channels such as Slack.
  • Understands how to work asynchronously and coaches the team to do so effectively.
  • Clear communication and expectation setting of your team’s performance.  
  • Inspire and engage with your team while interacting and collaborating with senior management and peers.
  • Collaborate with leaders in engineering, product management, and business stakeholders on the roadmap, strategy, coordinating dependencies, etc., to effectively meet delivery and quality commitments.

• Provide guidance, act as a knowledgeable resource, and provide a high level of competency in overall engineering best practices

• • Provide technical mentorship and expertise as part of our design and development processes.
  • Ensure the team adheres to the proper engineering process and be a champion for engineering process improvements.
  • Ensure the team aligns with Pie and the Technology Team’s OKRs.

The Right Stuff

• 8+ years of progressive overall engineering experience, or equivalent in education and related work experience, is preferred
• At least 3 years of demonstrable experience leading as a People Manager is required
• At least 3 years of demonstrable experience managing a large scope of work, which can include multiple deliverables and/or project function areas
• High proficiency with modern CI/CD concepts (continuous integration and delivery) 
• Highly proficient in microservices and distributed scalable architecture and design
• Project management and reporting tools, Gitlab, CI/CD tools, Jira, Confluence, etc.)

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