Software Engineering Manager

Summary

Join GoodLeap's Consumer Solutions team as a Software Engineer Manager and drive development tasks, coordinate with engineers, and collaborate with product managers to align solutions with business objectives. Ensure high-quality, performant, and scalable code. Mentor and grow your team, design and document APIs, optimize Node.js applications, and follow security best practices. This role requires experience with Node.js, mobile app development, RESTful APIs, and unit/AAT testing. A proactive mindset and strong collaboration skills are essential. GoodLeap offers opportunities for growth and advancement within the company.

Requirements

• Experience with Node.js
• Experience with Mobile app development (Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, or React Native)
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API development
• Proficient in unit testing and automated acceptance testing (AAT)
• A proactive mindset with the ability to work independently within a small, dynamic team
• A natural curiosity and eagerness to learn and innovate

Responsibilities

• Mentor and grow the engineers on your team(s)
• Complete development tasks, collaborating with team members to solve technical challenges
• Work with product managers to ensure that development solutions meet business use cases and goals
• Ensure code is thoroughly tested (unit tests and AAT), performant, and scalable when necessary
• Design and document APIs clearly using tools like OpenAPI/Swagger, ensuring they are well-documented and easy to understand for collaboration between teams
• Optimize the performance of Node.js applications, including memory usage, event loop efficiency, and handling of asynchronous code
• Follow security best practices in API development to guard against vulnerabilities and ensure secure communication
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including deploying Node.js applications in cloud environments (e.g., AWS), and working with CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions for automation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS ECS and Lambda
• Familiarity with Open API, GitHub Actions, DataDog, and Kong Gateway
• Strong collaboration skills with a willingness to mentor junior developers and contribute to code reviews
• Problem-solving ability: capable of breaking down complex problems and taking ownership of tasks from start to finish
• Customer-centric mindset: ability to align development decisions with delivering an excellent user experience

Benefits

• $183,000 - $213,000 a year
• Bonus
• Equity