Brightcove is hiring a
Manager, Engineering

Summary

Join Brightcove, a diverse global team revolutionizing video delivery, as an Engineering Manager to inspire teams and lead initiatives.

Requirements

• Substantial software engineering background with 3+ years leadership experience, previous people management preferred
• 4+ years working in an agile/scrum setting
• 4+ years experience building frameworks, libraries or APIs
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment infrastructure for software applications and services
• Experience with OTT, video or media is preferred
• Experience with payment gateways (i.e. Stripe, Cleeng, Apple store, Google play) is preferred
• Experience with GDPR and CCPA is preferred
• Experience in building and maintaining high availability and scalable platforms
• Experience with observability and incident management
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills
• Proven ability to lead, coach, inspire and motivate a team of Software Engineers across multiple geographies
• Proven ability collaborating effectively with other software engineers, technical leaders, architects, UX designers and product managers

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of multiple engineering teams including capacity planning, monitoring, incident response, performance optimization and project planning
• Guide infrastructure discussions and translate them into internal documents, development plans, and actions
• Approach deployment, configuration management, and observability with an “automation-first” mindset
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, process enhancements and lead initiatives to implement improvements
• Plan and coordinate internal testing and validation processes, ensuring validity, robustness, scalability, and effectiveness of the emerging solution
• Lead the continued adoption of Agile concepts across the organization
• Recruit, onboard and develop Software Engineering professionals
• Evangelize the work your staff performs to technical and business leaders
• Guide and coach your staff, with the ability to go hands on when necessary, so that they can undertake, support and deliver end-to-end engineering solutions
• Develop relevant metrics and processes to help continue to become a data-driven organization
• Communicate issues and risks, and their business impact to management in a timely manner with proposed mitigation
• Create an engaged and motivated team with accountability and positive attitude
• Work across stakeholders, including product management, architecture, and other engineering departments across the company to align capacity and priorities to the ongoing development programs
• Create a fun and enjoyable environment balanced with strong productivity and collaboration