Engineering Manager

Forward Financing is a financial technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to unlocking capital for small businesses across America. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead their Funding scrum team, ensuring the uptime of critical services and the successful delivery of strategic projects.

Responsibilities:

• Provide hands on management to your team and maintain a high bar of technical excellence through code reviews, goal setting and 1 on 1 feedback
• Own the overall quality of the services in your area of ownership through effective prioritization and management of the technical backlog
• Partner closely with product managers and stakeholders on scope, sizing and prioritization to maximize the on-time delivery of business value
• Orchestrate cross-team planning for complex, multi-scrum team features
• Maintain active engagement from your team and encourage a culture of creative problem solving as well as a bias towards action
• Boost engineering productivity through ownership of the SDLC, coding standards, and best practices
• Act as a technical and cultural leader for the engineering team

Requirements:

• Experience managing a full-stack engineering team
• Experience building API-driven backends, efficient and responsive front-ends, and leveraging SaaS solutions
• Deep understanding of software architecture and design patterns
• Demonstrated track record of delivering projects on time in partnership with business stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to evolve a platform while continuously delivering business value and adhering to SLAs
• Experience managing data and application security requirements (including solid SQL or PostgreSQL/relational DB experience)
• Typically has 8 or more years of experience in Agile software development
• Typically has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field or additional relevant experience
• Experience with Kubernetes and service-oriented architecture