Software Engineering Manager – Customer Applications

Company Description

SquareTrade/Allstate Protection Plans (“APP”) is the fastest growing company of its kind. We’re revolutionizing a $30b industry with service innovation and attention to customer satisfaction. We partner with some of the largest, most sophisticated retailers and carriers in the world (Home Depot, Walmart, Target, Amazon, Costco, and T-Mobile to name a few), consistently win industry awards, have received tens of thousands of 5-star reviews… and we’re just getting started. A member of the Allstate family, APP has headquarters in San Francisco and London. We are currently expanding in Europe and Asia Pacific, including Japan and Australia.

Job Description

The Software Managing Engineer puts the system user at the center of everything they do; ensuring that users receive the most value out of the products being developed. The Software Managing Engineer is a hands-on leadership role, committing to pair-programming and test-driven development. They own and manage running their application in production and is accountable for the success of their digital products through achieving key performance and customer indicators. The Software Managing Engineer selects, leads, counsels, motivates, sets expectations and evaluates small to medium teams. Additionally, they advise direct reports on administrative policies and procedures, risks, issues, problem resolution, and priorities. This person assists in defining, implementing and prioritizing IT policies, procedures, and best practices. The Software Managing Engineer influences team and business results.

Responsibilities

• Leads the effort of shaping the architecture and design of the product.
• Collaborates on strategy across product portfolios in partnership with product managers, other peers, and key stakeholders.
• Leads and participates in daily site, cross-site, and product team standups.
• Leads and participates in retrospectives, demonstrating and encouraging each participant to provide feedback with empathy.
• Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices and advocates for a strong culture through personal behavior and coaching of all lab roles.
• Leads and participates in knowledge sharing and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the SquareTrade/Allstate engineering community.
• Serves as the anchor of the team and practices technical leadership; helping guide the team in choosing the right technology, solving technical problems, and resolving any technical conflicts within the team.
• Coaches the team and leads daily practices of using paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building products.
• Acts as a player coach in leading by example in day-to-day execution of the build-out of technical product capabilities.
• Leads and participates in inceptions and iteration planning meetings, infusing backlogs with technical input working in close partnership with the product manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8 or more years of engineering experience.
• 2 or more years of management experience with full-time software engineers.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices framework.
• A good understanding of web technologies, such as Angular, SSO, Auth0, event tracking, and monitoring tools.
• Experience with relational databases, such as PostgreSQL.
• Comfortable working in a pair-programming (XP) environment.
• Hands-on experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and writing high-quality, testable code.
• Hands-on experience coaching and mentoring software engineers.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Generative AI technologies and use cases.
• Familiarity with cloud and hybrid environments, including Azure, AWS, and on-prem systems.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience using GitHub for version control and collaboration.
• Experience in the warranty, insurance, fintech, or e-commerce domains.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory duties.

Additional Information

At SquareTrade you’ll have access to:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with network optionality and the ability to contribute to a savings account (HSA or FSA).
• Up to 4% company match into 401(k) and contributions into your company-sponsored pension.
• $75/month budget to help prioritize your physical wellbeing.
• $80/month stipend to subsidize connectivity costs.
• Mental health resources including free 1:1 therapy, coaching sessions, and digital resources.
• Supportive leave policies.
• Flexible Time Off Policy in addition to 9 Company Holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year to further your personal educational advancement desires.
• Hybrid work arrangements with regular investment in gatherings/offsites to spend time together as a team.
• Various corporate perks and discounts.

This role is a hybrid role associated with our Bay Area Office or Denver, CO office.

SquareTrade estimates the possible base compensation for this role, if hired in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, to be in the range: $185K - 250K.
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