Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Job Title: Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Department: Technology

About the Role:

Unite Us is seeking a self-driven, experienced Senior Manager of Software Engineering. As a leader in the Technology team, you will be an important contributor in pushing forward the implementation of the company vision into a releasable and valuable product. You will help ensure that the team’s technical direction is properly aligned with the department and company’s architectural direction. In order to accomplish these tasks, you will need to cultivate a dynamic, ever-learning team culture that seeks to create value for customers in a continuous manner. This role offers an opportunity to have a significant impact on the future of healthcare.

They may lead a single team but are prepared to manage more than one team. Additionally, SSEMs may manage roles other than Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers including Technical Program Managers and Staff Engineers. They drive the simplification and optimization of concurrent project delivery, scheduling, and any processes that cross team boundaries. SSEMs proactively identify and mitigate risks before they become roadblocks. They demonstrate good judgment in how and when to escalate without damaging relationships. 

SSEMs provide the larger picture and long-term perspective including the context behind business and technology choices. SSEMs understand the products and systems their team(s) own, limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind architectural decisions. They are mindful about the consequences of short-term solutions and make sure their impact on the long-term architecture is properly assessed. SSEMs use technical judgment to question proposals and test assumptions and help engineers learn how to make smart trade-offs. SSEMs define audit mechanisms and metrics that enable you to quickly explain the  performance of their team(s).

What You'll Do:

• Join a highly professional, entrepreneurial, and supportive environment.
• Lead the team developing a secure and interoperable platform that will be leveraged across all of products at Unite Us. Disseminate clear goals, context and communication of vision.
• Review and manage team performance from technical and personnel perspective.
• Assist every team member with individual goals and growth.
• Be a good human.
• Always aim for affecting big improvements in the world and bring your own ideas.
• Collaborate with product and other engineering teams to extend the platform.

You’re a great fit for this role if:

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• At least 7+ years of experience in delivering high-quality software solutions.
• At least 2+ years of direct management experience with product-focused engineering teams.
• Expertise in people leadership, technical, operational change management.
• Significant Agile experience.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and integrating with external systems.
• Deeply versed in modern web technologies. 
• Commitment to automated CI/CD pipelines and consistent, predictable delivery.
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure.
• Open communication and collaboration. 
• Familiarity with or ability to quickly learn software technologies such as Google Suite, Zoom, Slack, HubSpot, Asana, etc.

Our Mission:

Unite Us’ mission is to unlock the potential of every community. Our co-founders started Unite Us in 2013 to serve the people they served with. They witnessed firsthand the barriers and inefficiencies in trying to navigate health and social services, and set out to improve that experience for veterans and their families. Unite Us quickly expanded to serving all people who need connections to care across our country. Through Unite Us’ national network and software, community-based organizations, government agencies, and healthcare organizations are all connected to better collaborate to meet the needs of the individuals in their communities. We drive the collaboration to predict, deliver, and pay for services that impact whole-person health. If you want to do well and do good, join Unite Us.

Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions:

• This position is remote, U.S. based
• The target pay range for this role is: $172,500-$185,000.  This salary range represents our target hiring range for this role. The proposed salary will be dependent on the candidate's skills, experience, and competencies, as well as location.
• All team members will be required to pass a background check which includes criminal, employment, and education verification 

Unite Us is committed to building a diverse team and fostering an inclusive culture, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences in race, religion, color, national origin, gender, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, medical conditions, and other characteristics. If you require assistance in applying for open positions due to a disability please email us at [email protected] to request an accommodation.

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