What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineering Manager position at Henderson Scott UK?
Software Engineering Manager required to join a rapidly scaling innovator in the Defence sector based in Arlington, VA. This role may require up to 75% travel.
Please note due to the requirement to obtain security clearance, candidates must hold US Citizenship to be considered. It would be advantageous if you already held active DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
In this role you will partner with product managers to support and lead teams of Software Engineers. You'll operate as technical owner of true 0-to-1 initiatives, whereby you are accountable for building new and differentiated capabilities, end to end, into an SaaS platform. As Software Engineering Manager you will design, spec, prototype, and launch new workflows and capabilities into full production within the platform.
Key duties include:
- Identify and evaluate new product features and functionality for the platform through embedding with customers.
- For new product features, assess the engineering cost, develop a technical approach and architecture, and lead forward deployed software engineers to delivery.
- Assist with the scoping, pricing, and capture of contracts, and communicate details to all levels of the organization
- Partner with internal engineering and data science teams to scope the expected associated investment costs/timelines, and ensure that the business can deliver on scope, contractual obligations, and agreed-upon timelines
- Facilitate the market introduction of new features/functions while balancing trade-offs of risk, cost, and speed
- Ensure smooth integration of prototyped features/functions for utilization across customer accounts
We need someone with the following skills/experience:
- Significant full-stack software development experience coupled with experience facing out to external customers/stakeholders
- Strong proficiency with backend API languages such as Java/Spring Boot or equivalent and Javascript/ReactJS
- Intermediate proficiency with SQL
It would be a distinct advantage if you had:
- Knowledge of statistical analysis, quantitative analytics, forecasting/predictive analytics, multivariate testing, and optimization algorithms
- Experience using machine learning algorithms for example gradient-boosted machines, neural networks, LLMs, etc
- Experience working within the boundaries of a Federally accredited software environment
For immediate consideration please apply online today.
