The Software Engineering Manager will map out, coordinate, and oversee the activities for the design, development, and execution of our software applications. To be successful in this role it is critical to apply communication and analytical skills and knowledge of best practices to navigate the team on problems related to the application’s development.
What you'll do:
- Manage and mentor a highly skilled, talented team of Software Engineers.
- Understand and practice agile software development and management.
- Provide guidance and implement the standards for the planning and prioritization of resource conflicts to ensure the successful delivery of the committed product roadmap every quarter.
- Lead technical discussions and drive effective technical decisions covering their area of responsibility.
- In depth data analysis to support business requests and application troubleshooting.
- Ability to operate and develop in various levels of the SDLC.
- Estimation for changes and development proposed.
- Management of all day-to-day tasks and resources associated with the team (~7 people).
- Planning, developing, testing, supporting, and bug fixing.
What you'll bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Advanced degree or professional certification is preferred.
- Minimum of 1 year software engineering management.
- Minimum of 6 years experience designing, developing and delivering software products.
- Knowledge of SaaS operations, and modern technical SaaS tools and how to use and integrate with them.
- Eager to share ideas and learn from other team members.
- Strong communication skills to be able to clearly describe and discuss problems.
- Experience with designing and deploying applications in a cloud-based environment.
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Experience implementing Authentication and Identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, etc)
- Experience with React, Javascript, TypeScript, NodeJS, OOP, TypeORM, MySQL, Git, and AWS (Terraform is a plus).
- Managing performance metrics.
- Bilingual in English & Spanish is a plus.
Benefits:
- Healthcare: 90-100% paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision plans for employee and dependents + on demand health care concierge
- HSA, FSA, & DCFSA: Pre-tax savings plans for healthcare and dependent care, with up to a $600 annual employer contribution to the HSA plan (if enrolled in HSA medical plan)
- 100% paid short and long term disability plus life + AD&D benefits
- Learning & Development: $500 annually towards professional development opportunities + $250 annually towards personal development opportunities
- Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation policy for strong, fully charged batteries
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: An inclusive policy to ensure you have time with your newborn, newly adopted, or foster child
- Work Remotely: Flexible hours and work from home + $1,000 annually to cover necessary business related items for your home office
- 401K: Reach your financial goals while reducing your taxes
This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and stock, typically in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The applicable salary range for each US-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers based on the cost of labor for that geographic area. The expected salary ranges for this role are below, subject to change.
Tier 1: $179,800 - $222,100
Tier 2: $161,800 - $199,900
Tier 3: $143,800 - $177,700
You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s leveling and compensation–including a candidate’s professional background and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future and final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.
Drata is on a mission to serve as the trust layer between great companies.
Drata is a trust management platform that uses AI-driven automation to modernize governance, risk, and compliance, helping thousands of businesses develop a more secure, proactive, and risk-aware organization to continuously maintain trust with customers.
We all recognize the importance of earning and keeping the trust of our customers when it comes to protecting their data. We know how burdensome achieving and maintaining a strong GRC posture can be with the rise in compliance regulations. It’s a manual, redundant, error-prone, and unscalable process - and it only grows more complex and expensive over time.
Our team of SaaS, security, compliance, and audit experts have built a better way - with automation
Employment at Drata is based solely upon individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, veteran status, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law. We also make reasonable accommodations to meet our obligations under laws protecting the rights of the disabled.
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