Software Engineering Manager

Description

Robert Half is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team responsible for building, maintaining, and enhancing critical internal business systems. This role combines people leadership with hands-on technical involvement and collaboration across multiple departments. The team supports a highly customized enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment that plays a central role in operational processes and decision-making.

The ideal candidate brings a balance of leadership experience, technical depth, and the ability to work closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

+ Lead and grow a team of software engineers responsible for internal business applications and systems

+ Participate in recruiting activities including candidate evaluation, interviews, and hiring decisions

+ Conduct performance reviews, provide coaching, and support the professional growth of team members

+ Take long-term ownership of team performance, delivery quality, and technical direction

+ Develop deep knowledge of the systems and business processes supported by the team

+ Serve as the primary point of coordination between the development team and internal stakeholders across multiple departments

+ Maintain a hands-on role by contributing to software development (approximately 20-30% of time)

+ Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and architecture planning to ensure maintainable and scalable solutions

+ Facilitate agile development practices such as sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives

+ Provide technical guidance and analysis for large cross-functional initiatives involving enterprise business systems

Requirements

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

+ At least 7 years of professional software development experience

+ Minimum of 3 years of experience managing or leading software engineers

+ Professional experience developing applications using Python

+ Demonstrated success as a senior or lead individual contributor on development teams

+ Familiarity with agile development frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban

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Experience with modern development practices and tools, including Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines

+ Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

+ Ability to work onsite in a collaborative office environment

+ Experience supporting enterprise business applications (ERP or similar) preferred

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