Software Engineering Manager
Reports to: Chief Product Officer
About Innovare
Innovare - Social Innovation Partners is a social enterprise founded in July 2017, focused on improving education to accelerate social change. Our analytics and strategic planning platform empowers education leaders to drive continuous improvement in their organizations to impact students and communities. We have customers and strategic partners across the United States and Latin America. We are expanding rapidly and want you to be part of our team of educators, private sector transplants, data strategists, creatives, and tech experts working collectively towards equity within our communities.
About the Role
We are seeking energetic and influential leaders driven by passion and fearless innovation. The Engineering Manager will oversee the daily operations of our Engineering team while ensuring that company objectives and product goals are met. The Engineering Manager will lead the Engineering team's vision, budget, training and the software
We are seeking energetic and influential leaders driven by passion and fearless innovation. The Engineering Manager will oversee the daily operations of our Engineering team while ensuring that company objectives and product goals are met. The Engineering Manager will lead the Engineering team's vision, budget, training and the software developers hiring plan. As the first leadership position on the Engineering team, we're looking for an innovator, contributor to the company culture, and mentor who can help the team scale, achieve its product roadmap, and realize its impact on the education ecosystem.
developers hiring plan. As the first leadership position on the Engineering team, we're looking for an innovator, contributor to the company culture, and mentor who can help the team scale, achieve its product roadmap, and realize its impact on the education ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new engineering staff.
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
- Mentor members of the Engineering team.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Leads and coordinates various engineering functions and operations including quality assurance, testing, and research and development of the product roadmap
- Leads the technical design of solutions, solution architecture, and technology innovation projects, such as proof of concepts, pilots, and other assigned projects.
- Facilitates communication among clients/customers and internal team members, ensuring specifications, budgets, and deadlines are
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new engineering staff.
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
- Mentor members of the Engineering team.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Leads and coordinates various engineering functions and operations including quality assurance, testing, and research and development of the product roadmap
- Leads the technical design of solutions, solution architecture, and technology innovation projects, such as proof of concepts, pilots, and other assigned projects.
- Facilitates communication among clients/customers and internal team members, ensuring specifications, budgets, and deadlines are clearly communicated and understood.
- clearly communicated and understood.
- Serves as project manager for multiple projects, creating timelines and cost projections, organizing collaborative meetings, and ensuring projects comply with specifications, timelines, and budgets.
- Reviews work and projects for technical accuracy, ensuring code quality and standards using tools and review processes
- Establishes, implements, and maintains administrative policies, procedures, and standards.
- Cultivate and maintains trust, comfort, camaraderie, and compassion amongst a diverse team of software developers
- Prepares and executes departmental budget.
- Maintains knowledge of new trends, developments, technologies, materials, and best practices; applies this knowledge to continually improve the product.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum
Qualifications
B.S. in Computer Science/Computer Engineering
At least 5 years of software development experience
At least 3 years in a senior engineering or solution architect role
At least 3 years in a supervisory role in software development
Experience with but not limited to the following: React, Node, Express, Postgres, HTML/CSS, Chart libraries, API, Google Cloud, Git, VSCode
Experience in developing B2B SaaS products
Strong supervisory and leadership skills
Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
Flexibility, resilience, and strong collaborative skills; able to work independently and be agile in a fast-changing environment
Ability and willingness to learn new practices, systems, and processes
Desire to engage in personal and professional growth through provided and independently sought out talent development opportunities
Demonstrates ability to reflect on personal practice and engage in strong emotional intelligence competencies
Preferred
Qualifications
- Ideally: we are looking for a candidate who has k-12 education experience, particularly in data, teaching or leadership
- Master’s degree preferred
- Strong knowledge of continuous improvement and other best practices in education
- Startup work experience
- Big Tech work experience
- Active member of startup and tech organizations or groups
Benefits
Company-paid top-notch health, dental, vision, and disability Insurance
Personal and professional development budget
Flexible schedule with
home office days
home office days
Paid company holidays and vacation
Diverse team where you can be yourself 100% of the time and can share all of your ideas
Opportunity to shape and scale our impact-driven organization
Company-paid top-notch health, dental, vision, and disability Insurance
Personal and professional development budget
Flexible schedule with
home office days
home office days
Paid company holidays
and vacation
Diverse team where you can be yourself 100% of the time and can share all of your ideas
Opportunity to shape
and scale our
impact-driven
organization
and scale our
impact-driven
organization
is committed to and advocates for diversity, equity and inclusion in technology and society. Women, non-binary and gender non-conforming people, all members of the LGBTQ+ community and/or Black, Indigenous, and all people of color are especially encouraged to apply.