Software Engineering Manager

About The Role

You'll lead a team of 5-7 engineers working in a Ruby on Rails stack to design and build all the back end support needed for core features of our debt negotiation platform. You’ll play a key role in setting the technical goals and strategy for delivering our consumer products. Our organization values clear communication, transparency, and collaboration. We drive progress by small iterations and reflecting on how we can best work together.

Must be local to Chicago, IL.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build our internal-facing API’s, asynchronous back end processing, and third-party integrations using Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and AWS
•  Work with our devops team to ensure our CI/CD pipeline built with CircleCI, Jenkins, and AWS tooling fits our growing needs.
• Lead technical planning and roadmap delivery in support of our company's creditor-facing negotiation operation.
• Work with the leadership team to produce and deliver the engineering roadmap
• Mentor engineers and sponsor them for the right projects to deliver the best product while growing their skillset
• Offer constructive and respectful feedback via code reviews
• Identify and promote engineering best practices
• Advise leadership team on technical feasibility and implications of product decisions
• Design and execute a recruiting strategy to build and maintain a high-performing engineering team

What We Look For

• At least 2 years of Experience managing engineering teams
• 5+ years of experience building and deploying scalable applications in the cloud
• Hands-on expertise with Ruby on Rails.
• Expertise in scoping large projects and initiatives into small iterations for release
• Clear and efficient communication skills
• Previous experience working in a fast-paced environment preferred
• Mentorship skills and the ability to give well-crafted constructive feedback