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About the role
- Software Development Manager leading ShareGate's modernization efforts and building a new engineering team. Overseeing software development lifecycle and driving engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
- Build and shape a new team from the ground up, hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers who will own modernization work.
- Define and drive the technical direction for re-architecting and modernizing ShareGate's platform.
- Oversee the full software development lifecycle, from planning and execution to hands-on contributions in code, design, and quality.
- Drive engineering excellence across testing, security, observability, reliability, and performance, while optimizing delivery flow through CI/CD, automation, and tooling standards.
- Set clear expectations, manage technical debt pragmatically, and communicate trade-offs transparently with stakeholders.
- Coach and develop team members through technical challenges, 1:1s, performance reviews, and a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
- Partner closely with Product and Design to frame, scope, and deliver high-value, pragmatic solutions while anticipating risks.
- Play an active role in departmental strategic planning and contribute to key cross-team initiatives.
Requirements
- 3+ years as a Software Development Manager, with a strong background as a software developer.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- A background in leadership or management training is a plus.
- Proven experience leading modernization efforts, including legacy migration, re-architecture, or meaningful technical debt reduction at scale.
- Deep engineering fundamentals: able to set standards, review work credibly, and raise the bar across a team.
- Experience building teams, not just managing them, hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers from the ground up.
- A track record of developing engineers, influencing peers and directors, and collaborating effectively with Product and Design.
- Comfortable with Agile, whether Scrum, Kanban, or Lean, and pragmatic about how you apply it.
Benefits
- At Workleap, we build together, we trust each other, and we support each other in success or failure.
- You will be able to express yourself, evolve and develop your creativity in an environment that will adapt to your daily life and your needs.
- We strive to create a healthy and inclusive work environment. This is everyone’s business.
- Our Candidate Experience Flow at Workleap: Phone Screen - Virtual Interview using Microsoft Teams - Work Sample - Job Offer.
- As a tech-forward company, we leverage AI tools to enhance our recruitment process, while ensuring all hiring decisions remain human-led.
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