Software Engineering Manager - Technical Owner

Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to a high-energy, dynamic, and fast-paced organization? Are you interested in joining a team where you can contribute to building the fun, people-centric, culture and brand? Then you’re in the right place!

Litmos develops eLearning solutions for top-performing companies. An established leader in the market since 2007, Litmos solutions include an easy-to-use LMS platform, a comprehensive learning content library, services to support success, and integrations with top workflow tools. Thousands of companies trust Litmos to create, curate, and connect learning to employees, customers, and partners. The solutions are used by more than 30 million people in 150 countries, across 35 languages. Find more information at www.litmos.com.

We are looking for a Technical Owner/Engineering Manager to lead one of our engineering teams. The ideal candidate has experience leading teams through the design, planning, and execution phase of complex software projects. You will have delivered several Software as a Service (SaaS) applications all the way to production. Although this is a manager role, the expectation is that this individual will be spending at least 50% of their time directly contributing to the software.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership: Manage a team of 5-7 individuals with mixed roles including software engineers, quality assurance, etc.
• Delivery: Ensure your team is creating performant, testable, and well-thought-out software for our production environment.
• Architecture: Guide the team as you use your experience and feedback to iterate through designing scalable solutions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, UX/UI design, and QA, to gather requirements, design solutions, and implement features.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Conduct code reviews and mentor other engineers to uphold high coding standards.
• Testing: Implement and maintain robust testing strategies to ensure the reliability and performance of the content authoring tool. Utilize automated testing frameworks where appropriate.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends. Propose and implement improvements to the development process, tools, and practices.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for the content authoring tool, including design specifications, API documentation, and user guides.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience:
• At least 8 years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on full stack.
• Has previously led teams of 5-7 individuals.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile teams.
• Technical Skills:
• Full-stack development
• C#/.NET (Framework and .NET 8/Core, Entity Framework)
• React (Redux, Hooks, Components), JavaScript (ES6+), Webpack
• Experience building cloud-native applications in Azure
• Database Development with SQL Server
• Experience authoring and/or debugging of stored procedures in TSQL
• Relational database design, normalization, and indexing strategies
• Alternative datastores/technologies such as OpenSearch, Redis, and Memcached.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices architecture
• Soft Skills:
• Demonstrated ability to manage software engineering teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and mentor junior team members.
• High sense of urgency with a passion for learning and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Fabric, Synapse
• Experience with Salesforce, or any development of Salesforce applications with Apex
• Experience with mobile development (iOS/Android native)
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline development.
• Use of AI coding tools such as Copilot, Claude, etc.

Salary: 160k - 180k base plus 10% - 15% bonus

Benefits Litmos offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to: 

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement savings plan (401k) with company match
• Life insurance
• Short term & Long-term Disability
• Paid family leave
• Employee assistance programs (EAP)

As a learning company we believe in the potential of everyone; if you don't have experience in all the details mentioned in this job post, then we still encourage you to apply and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

We are an equal opportunity workplace employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.

Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.