Type: Permanent, Direct hire (W2)

Work Location: Remote to those in the EST and CST US time zones.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager, with a backend software engineering background, to join our Atlanta-based client’s growing Platform Operations group. This person will manage a team of DevOps Engineers, but you don’t have to be a DevOps professional yourself. As long as you have prior experience in backend development and also a few years of experience managing software engineers, you qualify.

In this role, you oversee the retention, growth, and performance of the DevOps Engineering Team. You would also collaborate with a cross functional team of product owners, engineers, designers, and our quality assurance team to help scale the platform while optimizing for cost, speed, and uptime.

This is a fantastic permanent, direct hire position with our Atlanta-based client. This is fully remote to those to those in the EST/CST US time zones. Along with competitive compensation, this offers an excellent Benefits package (100% medical coverage for employees), 401k w/ company $1 for $1 match, tons of growth & advancement, and a strong work-life balance. What makes our client special is that leadership knows the heart of a company is its people. Leadership's goal is for everyone to be enthusiastic about working there, happy, and feel their work is valued.

What you’ll be expected to do:

• Responsible for the retention, growth, and performance management of the DevOps Engineers.
• Ensure on-time delivery of quality implementations against product and engineering commitments, including assisting in planning what is committed to.
• Executing on hiring & promotion, and other management-related activities.
• Focus and motivate your team to support the delivery teams and scale our platform.
• Support, mentor and guide the DevOps engineers on your team.
• Work closely with your Product Manager to prioritize projects that align with company Objectives and Key Results (OKR).
• Provide feedback and be clear about expectations to the team.
• Translate organizational strategy into useful and actionable direction for your teams.
• Keep engineering leadership apprised of important developments on your teams.
• Support your team…ensure they feel, and are, included and valued.

Experience you’ll need to bring to the table:

• 2-3 years of proven experience managing Software Engineers.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure environments.
• Experience managing projects in an Agile environment.
• Fostering and leading diverse, healthy teams.
• Understanding of development in an Agile environment, with a focus on fast cycle times and continuous deployment.
• Building software where security and regulatory compliance are critical.
• Experience working on a Software-as-a-Service products.

Bonus points for having:

• Working knowledge of DevOps & SRE principles.

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