As a Software Engineering Manager at INNERGY, you’ll lead 2–4 software engineering teams (typically 15–25 people total), ensuring they are healthy, focused, and successful in delivering quality software.You’ll be responsible for people and team management, delivery health, and cross-team alignment — working closely with Tech Leads, Product Managers, and QAs to help teams perform at their best.
You’ll coach and grow engineers, maintain a high bar for technical and delivery practices, and ensure the team environment reflects INNERGY’s culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
Responsibilities
People & Team Development
- Manage and mentor software engineers, QAs, and Tech Leads, providing regular 1:1s, feedback, and individualized growth plans.
- Conduct performance reviews, salary recommendations, and career pathing aligned with company standards.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and retention efforts in partnership with recruiting and other managers.
- Build a culture of psychological safety, trust, and technical excellence across teams.
Delivery & Execution
- Ensure teams deliver predictably and sustainably, using data-driven but non-toxic metrics.
- Identify and resolve systemic blockers, dependencies, and process inefficiencies.
- Partner with Tech Leads and Product Managers to ensure roadmaps are well-scoped and balanced between feature work, maintenance, and tech debt.
- Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives, feedback loops, and measurable outcomes.
- (Nice to have) Prior experience using tools like Swarmia, Jellyfish, or similar to visualize delivery health and improve engineering performance.
Cross-Team & Organizational Alignment
- Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and the Director of Software Engineering to balance priorities, headcount, and mobility across teams.
- Support consistency in practices across teams — development workflows, engineering rituals, and communication norms.
- Contribute to evolving INNERGY’s engineering culture and management practices.
Culture & Collaboration
- Champion INNERGY’s core values — especially Voice of the Customer, Transparency, and Empowering Others.
- Create an environment where issues are raised early and solved collaboratively.
- Ensure effective collaboration across functions — especially with Product, QA, and Platform teams.