Engineering manager, group technology

Join our Group Benefits Technology team!

Are you a driven individual with experience in leading squad(s) and passionate in mentoring hands‑on teams? Let's explore a partnership!

• Lead a team of technology Software Engineers, Quality Engineers, Technical Analysts, and IT Business Analysts across multi‑squad, regulatory, or other cross‑cutting initiatives.
• Drive technical strategy and roadmaps, review system designs, and conduct code reviews to ensure quality, scalability, and security.
• Maintain strong technical expertise and be hands‑on when required to deliver and meet requirements.
• Set team priorities, manage project timelines, remove blockers, and coordinate with product managers to deliver on important metrics and objectives and key results.
• Bridge goals between the team and senior leadership, streamline and improve engineering workflows, and strengthen cross‑team, cross‑region collaboration.
• Mentor your team to continuously develop and grow technical and non‑technical skills through mentorship, training and providing opportunities within the program.
• Foster team engagement and build an impactful team.
• Perform performance management including clear expectation setting, tactical and stretch goal setting, performance evaluations and development strategies.
• Embrace and champion change as the company continues to evolve with technology to stay ahead of trends and lead the way.
• Recruitment and onboarding for technology team members.
• Provide on‑call production support to resolve technical issues and concerns.

• Demonstrated ability and experience within a technology leadership role.
• Strong technical/development skills and hands‑on code review.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage and lead multiple initiatives across multiple teams.
• Responds well to ambiguity and works efficiently to clarify situations and outcomes.
• Experience implementing in cloud infrastructure (Azure preferably).
• Expert level in languages such as .NET, Java, JavaScript, and similar technologies.
• Familiarity with databases such as SQL, Postgre
  
  SQL or similar databases.
• Experience with agile and Dev Ops principles, test‑driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches.
• Collaborative approach to work with team members; able to mentor, participate in code reviews, support or drive design sessions.
• Constantly learns from both success and failure.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills that enable you to manage through creative abrasion.
• Great verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities and outcomes.

We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well‑being and inclusion are more than just words.

As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want.

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