Software Engineering Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

At INgrooves Music Group, we are committed to powering creativity in today’s dynamic music marketplace by providing the best end-to-end digital asset management platform tools and services to content creators and owners. 

Our focus is on promoting quality independent music labels through our network of media store partnerships that include Spotify, iTunes, Pandora, Amazon, Google Music, YouTube, and Napster.

Our team is solutions-oriented, predisposed to delivering fun and results!

Job Description

  • Work as a key contributor on a software engineering team to deliver quality software from inception to production.  This is a hands-on role and you are expected to be able to get into the code with your team on a regular basis
  • Work with the product manager to provide input to product development and communicate technical implementation
  • Work with the product team to communicate and maintain your team's roadmap
  • Drive your team to become reliable & efficient, to consistently communicate and hit their sprint goals
  • Help the VP of Software Engineering to evaluate and monitor the individual growth of your team members
  • Work with the VP of Software Engineering to eliminate roadblocks and increase the efficiency of your team
  • Work with your team members individually to help catalyze their career growth
  •  Investigate, troubleshoot and solve issues discovered throughout the software release cycle from development to production

Qualifications

Core Skills and Experience:

  • Positive attitude, reliable, self-motivated, team player with excellent communication skills. This is important – lone-wolf types need not apply!
  • Knowledge of software development lifecycle, TDD, and Agile development practices. Experience with source control (git or svn) is required, and having worked with Continuous Integration environments as part of your workflow is a plus
  • 3 or more years of experience managing a software engineering team with a demonstrable portfolio of project successes
  • 3 or more years of experience with javascript frameworks such as React.js, react-native, Bootstrap, TypeScript, Node.js, etc.
  •  Experience developing against REST API's
  •  Experience with Docker


Supporting Skills and Experience:

  • Experience building software with cloud services such as AWS or Google Cloud
  • Experience as a principal developer/lead developer or software architect
  • Finance or accounting software development background might help for this position
  • Python and Go are great to have.  Experience in .Net is great too
  • Comfortable working in both Linux and Windows environments
  • Certified Scrummaster or Product Owner is a plus

Additional Information

Success at INgrooves

Business Acumen

The successful candidate aligns with the INgrooves culture by being solution-oriented, collaborative, leveraging best practices, and possessing a passion for both technology and music.

What this means:  You care about success and moving your team forward.
 

Interpersonal/Communication Skills

The successful candidate will be open minded, with a natural curiosity of their internal and external customers, delivery oriented with an understanding of the product development process. Builds and fosters strong relationships and effective partnerships with cross-functional teams.

What this means:  You care about your teammates and clients.
 

Executing for Results

The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to generate and translate strategic plans into actions with timely execution and accountability.

What this means:  You have a strong work ethic.
 

Leadership/Collaboration

Establishes and maintains positive working relationships, operates with integrity, influences and supports others, and remains open to ideas.

What this means:  Your teammates care about you.
 

Problem Solving

The successful candidate will be tenacious and self-motivated and have a demonstrable record of resolving issues and providing effective solutions. Demonstrates an eagerness and ability to learn quickly and leverages a flexible mindset in response to shifting dynamics, adversity and/or change.

What this means:  You're efficient and intelligent.
 

 

Why work with us?

We are passionate about developing dynamic solutions in a relaxed and engaged environment.  Our people matter!   And we have a fun, relaxed working environment (with great views, among other perks)!

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