Engineering Manager

at  Skedulo

Here at Skedulo, we’re on a mission to support the 2.7 billion people in the world and the companies that employ them who do not work at a desk every day. Our global teams are collaborative, ambitious, innovative, and passionate about helping our customers realize their fullest potential by enabling their mobile workforces.
The Skedulo team is a tight-knit group of builders who are passionate about shaping the future of how work gets done outside of the traditional office setting. We are looking for motivated, self-starters who share our values, challenge the status quo, and push the pace of innovation in order to accelerate growth. If you’re drawn to solving hard problems and want to help develop software that will make a difference in people’s lives, Skedulo is for you. Visit our website to learn more about what Skedulo does and to learn more about our people and team.
The Core Services team builds the underpinning components and services of our product platform These services are the “glue” that binds the rest of the product together. The Engineering Manager for the Core Services team is accountable for leading the Core Services team of engineers to design, implement, and maintain critical infrastructure, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of our core services under their remit.
The Engineering Manager leads the execution of large cycles of work and complex initiatives across their team and is responsible for meeting technical objectives, alongside some hands-on software development and contributions to the codebase.
This role is accountable for leading customer and operational escalation responses for their team and ensuring their team is aware and aligned on customer and business commitments. They will work within their team to ensure PIRs and their associated action items are completed for all customer outage events.
The Engineering Manager is responsible for building a high-performing team and ensuring that they are enabled to succeed. They are a custodian of staff development and morale while ensuring that the teams are resourced and delivering for our customers. They will be coaching and mentoring their direct reports. They are a guide for reports on their career journeys as well as aligning expectations, maintaining morale, and facilitating one-on-ones all while providing positive and constructive feedback.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Must have at least 5+ years commercial experience in software development.
• Must have at least 2+ years prior experience in a people leadership role.
• Must have at least 2+ years working with agile development methodologies.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to think quickly, and work well in an agile environment.
• Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and contribute to the product strategy to successfully deliver on the product roadmap
• Possess strong verbal, and written English communication skills with the ability to explain the approach to all levels of the organization including key stakeholders
• Prior experience and comfort in managing teams while, at the same time, setting goals, giving context and empowering people to achieve those goals
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills