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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing engineering teams, focusing on hiring, performance management, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment. Possesses a solid technical background to guide teams in delivering high-quality software while ensuring adherence to sound engineering practices.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Team LeadershipPerformance ManagementTechnical Decision-MakingSoftware DeliveryEngineering Practices
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Software DevelopmentTechnical OversightProject ManagementQuality AssuranceTechnical Debt Management
Soft Skills
CoachingCollaborationFeedbackTrust BuildingInclusive Leadership
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceMaster's Degree in Engineering
Industry Keywords
Multi-System InitiativesOperational HygieneExecution RisksProduct StrategyTeam Capacity Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Directly manages a team or related small (2-5) engineering teams
- Owns hiring, onboarding, performance management, compensation, promotion, and growth plans for individual contributors
- Structures roles within teams to optimize for productivity, career development, and delivery against team priorities
- Fosters a healthy, productive, inclusive, and psychologically safe team environment
- Coaches engineers on execution, collaboration, and technical decision-making
- Owns delivery, quality, and predictability for the team's commitments
- Translates product and engineering strategy into actionable execution plans and priorities
- Manages team capacity, execution risks, and day-to-day tradeoffs
- Ensures strong operational hygiene across planning, estimation, retrospectives, tech debt management, and quality practices
- Contributes input into product and technical discussions
- Builds trust with product and cross-functional partners through reliable execution
- Represents the team's needs, risks, and insights upward
- Provides tactical technical guidance and oversight
- Reviews designs and implementation approaches to ensure quality, maintainability, and alignment with standards
- Partners closely with senior individual contributors on technical decisions and tradeoffs
- Ensures the team follows sound engineering practices and addresses technical debt
Requirements
What you’ll need- 6+ years leading delivery of complex, multi-system initiatives
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Demonstrated success as a senior individual contributor or technical lead
- Experience directly leading engineers, formally or informally
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality software through others
- Strong foundation in people leadership skills, including coaching, feedback, and performance management
- Solid technical background relevant to the team's domain
- Ability to plan, prioritize, and execute within defined scope
Benefits
Comp & perks- bonus or commission
- medical
- retirement
- financial
- wellness
- time off
- employee discounts
