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Role : Lead Engineering Manager, Full-Stack Software Engineer
Location : Dallas/Nashville (Hybrid)
Job Type : Contract
We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Engineering Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be a pivotal leader, actively engaged in your engineering craft and responsible for driving high-visibility projects that deliver exceptional value to users and business objectives. You will leverage extensive technical expertise built over 15+ years to deliver high-quality, outcome-focused solutions and mentor other engineers.
What We're Looking For in a Candidate:
Experience & Technical Expertise:
o 15-20 years of excellent software engineering foundation, with a deep understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP/OOD), data structures, algorithms, and code instrumentation.
o 15+ years of proven, hands-on experience with front-end technologies like Angular or React, and back-end technologies like C# and .NET Core.
o 10+ years of experience with cloud-native engineering, utilizing Function-as-a-Service (FaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and microservices architectures on AWS.
o Experience with AI/ML and Generative AI is a significant plus.
o Demonstrated experience in implementing complex, domain-driven systems with intricate business rules.
o Deep expertise in modern software engineering practices and principles, including Agile methodologies and DevSecOps, with a focus on continuous delivery and automation from code check-in to production.
o Strong understanding of the full lifecycle of product development, emphasizing continuous improvement and learning.
Leadership & Collaboration:
o Proven strategic thinker with the ability to quickly acquire domain-specific knowledge, translate business needs into technical specifications, and contribute to technical vision and strategy.
o Exceptional communication skills, capable of clearly articulating complex technical concepts, influencing teammates and product teams, and building coherent narratives that align technical solutions with business objectives.
o Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to manage diverse situations, complex projects, and changing priorities with passion, empathy, and care.
o A dependable team player and mentor, fostering a collaborative environment and enhancing team synergy and innovation.
o Experience engaging and collaborating with cross-functional teams (product management, experience, delivery, customers) at all organizational levels, fostering co-creation and consensus towards product goals.
Expected Responsibilities:
Hands-on Engineering & Quality:
o Actively engage in engineering craft, taking a hands-on approach to design, develop, and deploy advanced software solutions.
o Maintain accountability for the integrity of code design, implementation, quality, data, and ongoing maintenance and operations.
o Create technical specifications, write high-quality, supportable, and scalable code, and review code of other engineers, mentoring them to ensure all quality KPIs are met or exceeded.
o Continuously learn new approaches, languages, and frameworks, serving as a technical role model.
Outcome & Customer Focus:
o Drive a culture of accountability for customer and business outcomes, developing engineering solutions that solve complex problems with valuable results.
o Serve as the technical advocate for products, ensuring code integrity, feasibility, and alignment with business and customer goals.
o Engage with customers and product teams before, during, and after delivery to ensure the right solution is delivered at the right time.
o Utilize rapid, inexpensive experimentation to develop lean engineering solutions for customer needs.
Program & Team Leadership:
o Lead requirement analysis, contributing to low-level architecture and component design, unit testing, integrations, and ongoing support.
o Adopt an incremental and iterative delivery mindset, favoring action and evidence over extensive planning to navigate complexity and uncertainty.
o Integrate diverse perspectives from empowered, cross-functional teams to make well-informed decisions that balance feasibility, viability, usability, and value.
o Be a valuable, flexible, and dedicated team member, supportive of teammates, and focused on quality and managing technical debt.
Travel:
o Ability to travel 0-30% for meeting with clients and leadership meetings.
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