Engineering Manager

Alkami is hiring a Software Engineering Manager, a cross-functional and autonomous position involved in coordinating tasks between various teams and departments (Engineering, Quality Engineering, SRE, Release Management, Product, Architecture, TPMs) to ensure the high-quality delivery of software. This person has a strong technical aptitude, a hands-on software development background, strong problem-solving skills, and functions as the “grease” to keep a complex system with a host of moving parts operating smoothly. This innovative leader coaches and mentors their direct reports to achieve personal and professional growth. They cultivate a collaborative, engaging, fast-paced, and result-oriented environment. This person is hands-on and engaged with their teams and responsible for evaluating individual and team performance metrics to maximize team efficiency. They can drive technical discussion / triage / research and help determine root cause analysis.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Working with Product Engineering teams to deliver functional requirements and ensure features are built to specifications
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and feedback to foster their professional growth and development.
• Build architecture design, ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems, influence product roadmap, introduce new technologies and take ownership and responsibility over new projects.
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, debugging, testing, release and maintenance.
• Improve and maintain the team’s Say / Do ratio by managing resource allocation, workload distribution, and project priorities to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Maintain a deep understanding of software development technologies, trends, and best practices and provide technical guidance and expertise to the team.
• Oversee and manage on-call incidents, including troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions to ensure minimal downtime around the functionality of your team.
• Drive the adoption of modern development practices, tools, and frameworks to improve productivity and product quality.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning within the team.
• Champion innovation and experimentation, encouraging team members to explore new technologies and approaches to solving complex problems.
• Working with Product Management to collaborate through creative brainstorming sessions and assist in writing requirements for technical debt
• Reporting accomplishments, goals, issues, and deliverable statuses to effectively manage stakeholder expectations
• Establishment of performance goals for all direct reports
• Continuing education with regards to management philosophies, knowledge of the banking industry, as well as applications that will be specific to segments of our client base

Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications

Required

Preferred

Alkami Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind : Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Alkami are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Alkami will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Alkami encourages applicants of all ages.