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The Senior Manager of Software Engineering will drive strategy for the Hackster.io web platform to provide engaging toolsets and interesting web experiences that incite collaborative, technological innovation to the Hackster.io global developer community. This role will work in tandem with our business team leaders to support the execution of global design challenges supported by industry-leading technology companies, strategic marketing campaigns and other activities hosted on the website. This role will oversee a small team of remote engineers so management experience is required.

Principal Responsibilities:

Architect and design new features and product enhancements that align with business objectives and user needs, ensuring the website remains useful and relevant in an evolving industry.
Envision and conceptualize innovative solutions and improvements for the website, fostering a culture of continuous innovation and staying ahead of industry trends.
Gather and analyze user feedback and industry data to continuously refine and enhance website features and functionality, ensuring feasibility and alignment with business goals.
Design, build, and maintain robust continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure rapid and reliable software delivery.
Monitoring and configuring Heroku servers and Google Cloud services, when necessary
Implement and maintain database optimizations and monitoring to track system performance and proactively address issues
Ability to code and polish products, fix bugs and other developer duties, as assigned.
Lead the software development team on product sprints and day to day issues to understand needs and provide guidance in environment setup, deployment strategies, and operational concerns.
Oversees and facilitates complete product cycles from planning, gathering requirements, meeting with stakeholders, design, and development.
Reviews all code through a Pull Request process, supplying feedback and guidance before approving what makes it to production.
Analyze current infrastructure capacity and predict future needs to ensure the website can handle expected traffic and usage patterns.
Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for DevOps processes and infrastructure. Provide training and mentorship to junior team members

Job Level Specifications:

Applicants must be proficient in Ruby on Rails and React frameworks, respectively
Expertise in Postgres, Github project management and workflows, CI build systems (i.e. CircleCI), and testing frameworks Rspec, ES6 and Mocha
Experience with application hosting and infrastructure tools, such as Heroku and AWS, to ensure scalable and maintainable infrastructure
Experienced in DevOps and application performance monitoring. Familiar with DevOps tools such as CloudFlare and Fastly
Experience with Google Cloud and other engineering products such as BigQuery, Looker Studio, App Engine, Tag Manager/Analytics, etc.
Experience with Node.js is preferred
Experience with maintaining and optimizing SQL queries and strategies
Extensive knowledge and application of principles, theories and concepts; ability to adhere to strict coding guidelines, following industry best practices, techniques and standards to maintain consistency and high quality product
Develops solutions to complex problems where analysis of situations and/or data requires in-depth evaluation of variables. Determine best approach to achieve results and provide suggestions to improve policies and procedures.
Work is performed independently and requires the exercise of judgment and discretion. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments. Work may be reviewed at a high-level.
May represent the organization as a primary contact on assignments and/or projects. Interacts with senior professionals and management and frequently coordinates work between departments or organizations.
Actions will directly impact the organization. Failure to accomplish work will result in the inability to reach crucial organizational goals. Erroneous decisions may have a prolonged effect resulting in the expenditure of substantial resources.

Work Experience:

Typically 8+ years including + years of management experience

Education and Certification(s):

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Ruby on Rails and React frameworks
Solutions-oriented self starter with an ability to think on your feet and demonstrate personal accountability, initiative, and follow-through
Owns their projects and succeeds to the best of their ability
Eager to learn and grow as a developer
Desire to guide and mentor in a close team setting
Familiar with hardware and electronics industry, including open source community
Is comfortable working with a remote team
Strong verbal communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills – comfortable liaising with people at all levels across global borders