Software Development Manager — Teletype

Location: This role is based in Auckland, so we’re seeking candidates who are happy to relocate rather than work remotely.

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Software Development Manager to join our team in Auckland. In this role, you will own the engagement and performance of a single squad of engineers by developing resilience and nurturing high-performance; leading by example and empowering others to do their best work. The ideal candidate for this role has a strong background in technical delivery and has the ability to provide technical advice/weigh in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large.

What you’ll be doing:

• Coach, mentor, guide, and motivate a team of hard working engineers from all backgrounds. This includes all aspects of people management including hiring and training team members, and using tools like great 1:1s, peer programming, whiteboarding or training sessions
• Help your team deliver code in a high trust environment using continuous delivery, ensuring the team has a great delivery cadence and a strong connection with stakeholders (using demos, retros, blameless incident reviews, etc.). While you won’t be as hands-on with the code as your team are, you’ll still be leading by example, writing code, helping with code reviews, and fixing bugs; as well as providing technical advice and documentation for systems/processes
• Evaluate the performance of the technical architecture of our infrastructure and adopt industry trends

What you need to bring:

We're looking for a candidate who has experience with the following:

• Proven technical experience having worked in a Senior or Staff Software Development role