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Manager, Software Development

Manager, Software Development

SimpliSafeBoston, MA
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What You’ll Do

SimpliSafe’s Device Cloud Services team is on a mission to level up the cloud-based systems that empower customers to interact with their home security systems from anywhere in the world. We’re looking for a motivated, experienced Software Engineering Manager to help lead this team as we design, develop and maintain critical software solutions. We’re a backend team solving large-scale distributed problems, ensuring customers have real-time control and visibility into their security systems; because we deal with life safety, reliability, simplicity, and performance are our key pillars.

Primary Responsibilities Include

  • Partner with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and upcoming business priorities.
  • Guide the team in breaking down work, ensuring we’re delivering value quickly and incrementally.
  • Ensure the team is striking a balance between delivering new features and maintaining the health of our technology, ensuring customers can always count on our performance, reliability and security.
  • Manage the engineers on the team, providing real-time feedback and helping them grow in their careers.
  • Ensure we’re maintaining high technical standards through code reviews and direct mentoring.
  • Collaborate with senior engineers on this and adjacent teams to ensure there’s a cohesive vision and roadmap for our systems.

What You'll Bring

  • 8+ years of industry experience building software solutions, including 2+ years of managing software engineers
  • Experience leading Agile delivery teams
  • Extensive experience building and running cloud based microservices and distributed systems
  • Experience with at least 2 major programming languages and extensive experience with one (C#, JavaScript / TypeScript, Java, C++, Go, Python, etc.)
  • Passion, curiosity and a desire to continuously learn and grow
  • Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and proven track record to break down complexity
  • Familiarity with the Agile Scrum process

    • What Values You’ll Share

  • Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
  • Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
  • No Ego - Maintaining a “no job too small” attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style.
  • One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
  • Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
  • Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.
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