Software Engineering Manager (Assessment)
Employer · Instructure, Inc.
IT manager
Software developerFull-timeBudapest
We're hiring a Manager, Engineering to lead one team (up to eight engineers) within the Assessment Group at Instructure. You'll own your team's day-to-day execution, help your engineers grow, and make sure your team's work connects to the bigger picture of what we're building. This is a hands-on people leadership role where you'll guide technical decisions, review architecture, and unblock your team.
Tasks
- Lead a team of engineers, guiding their day-to-day work and removing blockers so they can deliver.
- Run regular, effective one-on-ones with your direct reports and give continuous, honest feedback.
- Own delivery for your team. Keep work on track, adjust priorities fast, and protect your team's health while you do it.
- Mentor your engineers against our engineering competency framework and build a plan so no one person is a single point of failure.
- Hire for your team: define the role, build the interview panel, run debriefs, and make the call.
- Review RFCs and tech specs your team writes, and co-sign off on them.
- Hold your team accountable to our engineering quality and process standards, including code review, incident response, and the tech radar.
- Track your team's delivery and reliability metrics, and coach your engineers on what "meeting" and "exceeding" expectations looks like.
- Partner with product, design, and other engineering teams to plan work and connect it to Instructure's broader strategy.
- Manage your team's spend and flag budget risks early.