Senior Engineering Manager at YouEarnedIt (Chicago, IL)

About YouEarnedit:

We have exciting news! HighGround has joined forces with YouEarnedIt to create create an unparalleled, integrated talent management solution.  We have a lot of exciting work ahead. Would you like to join us on our journey to revolutionize the Human Capital Management industry? If so, continue reading!

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Overview of the role

We’re looking to bring on a Director of Engineering to help guide our teams of frontend, backend and mobile developers to continue to iterate on our award winning employee engagement platform. You’ll be responsible for the delivery of our engineering teams as well as continued growth of all of our developers.

What you’ll do

Direct, manage, and actively participate in the day-to-day operations of a growing team of software developers.
Provide sophisticated, strategic direction of technical, architectural and design efforts
Manage all operational aspects of multiple, diverse, and geographically distributed development teams to ensure business and product objectives are met
Coach and guide teams to ensure a high level of velocity and quality while enabling future success.

What we want from you

Minimum 7 years of Object Oriented, Data-Driven Software Application
Development experience required Minimum 5 years of Software Development management experience required
Experience with agile software development processes is required
Expert abilities with HTML and CSS, knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 preferred
Solid JavaScript experience required, knowledge of frameworks such as React or Angular preferred Demonstrated ability in all aspects of hiring - creating staffing plans, writing job descriptions, attracting talent, making and retaining great hires
Exceptional management and people skills, ability to manage personnel activities of staff
Passion for quality and continuous improvement of processes and software, well versed with software engineering practices (e.g. Continuous Engineering, Build/Deploy, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Test & Staging Environments)
Demonstrated experience leading a cross-functional team fostering innovation, creativity, and teamwork Must have excellent communication and presentation skills
Must have strong organizational, problem solving and interpersonal skills
Must have excellent project management skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive results within tight deadlines

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