Technology Manager

Summary

Join PerformLine, a leading SaaS company, as a backend engineering leader. You will manage and develop a team of engineers, building scalable and performant products for Fortune 50 financial services clients. This role requires experience leading backend engineering teams for cloud-based platforms, developing SQL databases, and working with Python and REST APIs. You will be responsible for optimizing applications for scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness within an AWS ecosystem. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who fosters collaboration and embraces best practices. This hybrid or remote position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact at a growing company.

Requirements

• Experience leading teams in backend engineering for cloud based platforms
• Experience developing queries and maintaining SQL databases
• Production-level experience with Python
• Experience creating and maintaining REST APIs
• Exposure to working in an Agile environment
• Advanced AWS cloud tools like SQS, OpenSearch, Lambda and architecture knowledge
• Understanding of the entire web development process, with an emphasis on back-end systems

Responsibilities

• Build scalable and performant products that delight our users and meet their needs
• Manage and develop a diverse team of engineers to build knowledge, expertise and guide them through complex technical challenges
• Scale and manage implications of tech debt
• Build the systems that drive the business and enable our customers through the advancement of PerformLine's capabilities
• Develop robust APIs that power our new frontend applications, ensuring seamless integration and performance
• Experience in integrating Python applications with services and APIs developed in Go
• Optimize SQL query performance and PostgreSQL table structures & indexes
• Optimize applications for scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness within an AWS ecosystem
• Work with other software engineers and product managers to get products and features safely, securely, and quickly to our clients within an Agile environment
• Be an example to more junior engineers for creating documented, performant, secure, and efficient code
• Make the whole team better by advocating for best practices, gently reminding people of why the processes we have exist, and helping less experienced engineers find ways to ‘level up’
• Embrace having a large impact on team morale, culture, feedback, and even recruiting
• Represent your engineering organization outside of the company

Preferred Qualifications

Bonus points if you’ve worked in Go!

Benefits

Hybrid (Morristown, NJ) OR Remote (US)