Engineering Manager

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Contrast Security is the world’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding the new era of self-protecting software. Contrast's patented deep security instrumentation is the breakthrough technology that enables highly accurate assessment and always-on protection of an entire application portfolio without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts. Only Contrast has sensors that work actively inside applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise from development to operations to production.

We believe in agile practices to build our software, as well as continuously delivering features and improvements to our users. Our team believes that a successful product is built by working with designers, product managers, and operators to understand the full cycle of software development.

The role of the Development Manager involves a balance of day-to-day personnel management, as well as managing development projects in a cross-functional manner. Development managers are not just managers, they often operate as technical leads for their project and are expected to commit code (though at a different pace to contributing engineers).

As Development Manager you have a number of responsibilities, but the primary one is to get new functionality into the hands of our customers. Your goal is deliver results to the customer, or market, and do everything necessary to achieve this. You must make sure the development team is able to work as efficiently as possible - advancing towards clear short and long term goals, and that nothing prevents them from doing their work. From the initial project scope, to deploying the product to customer sites, each step is your responsibility. You’ll work with other parts of the organization, including Product Management, Sales Engineering and Customer Success, as well as your own Engineering leadership team. You can, and should, delegate as much as you can, but be ready to check that things are being done as you want, and be ready to jump in if it is not.

Responsibilities

• Own your product and software code base.
• Work with Product Management to trade off new feature development vs sustaining engineering and architectural research.
• Lead cross-functional development, working with an internal project manager to handle project initiatives, issue tracking, scoping and planning.
• Drive the daily standup meeting with the team to ensure the project is on-track and that issues are resolved.
• Work on technical designs and architectural initiatives on a project by project basis.
• Manage individuals supporting their personal/career growth and development.
• Develop team and individual goals/objectives that align to the department and company goals
• Perform consistent and regular individual one on one meetings with team members.
• Be a team player. You love to work with others to find the right solutions.
• Operate a distributed high-performing team
• Foster continued improvement in people, process, and product
• Lead, coach, and support team in work definition and planning. You will function as the team’s product owner**.** You have technical ability to look ahead of the technical stacks and guide the team to stay current with the industry trend
• Lead and coach the team in delivering the planned work, functioning as the team’s project manager
• Relentlessly streamline the process to limit unplanned work. You are the key enabler for the constant reduction of toil
• Facilitate team’s regular ceremonies.
• Collaborate with peers and take the lead to assure stakeholder involvement and project outcomes.
• Take a key role in incident response as an escalation point for command, communication, or scribing functions and continually improve the SRE program
• Assume all human resource responsibilities for team members both full-time and contract

Qualifications

• You love to lead others and make them better developers.
• You love to code and deploy at scale.
• You have a desire to make the Internet a safer place.
• You approach problems from a product perspective, thinking through how the user will interact with what you're building.
• You have strong communication skills. You ask questions, let others know when you need help, and tell others what you need.
• You're a problem solver. You believe the best work is the result of finding the simplest solution to complex challenges.
• You see the big picture. You understand how the code you write interacts with systems and services, both internally and externally.
• You engineer great teams.
• You are transparent - especially when you have made a mistake
• You operate through just enough processes and seek to scale your team through judicious trial and error of process interfaces from team to team
• You look for trouble, define it, and manage it. You ask for help before you get in over your head
• Your technical background is deep enough to facilitate conversations in the team and represent team interests outside the team
• You understand the collaborative nature of development, security, and operations and seek to foster better inter-team communication at all levels
• You don’t have all the answers, but you know how to ask questions that motivate high-performing individuals to collaborate to obtain them
• You have at least two years of managing a high-performing team in a distributed environment

£70,000 - £96,000 a year

We also offer stock in the company plus additional benefits

We are changing the world of software security. Do it with us.

We believe in what we do and are passionate about helping our customers secure their business.

If you’re looking for a challenge and want to enjoy where you work, you’ll love Contrast Security.

Contrast Security is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and our team is comprised of individuals from many diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and locations. At Contrast, we strive to build diverse teams that reflect the people we want to empower through our products. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Equal Opportunity is the Law, and Contrast is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. If you have a specific need that requires accommodation, please let a member of the People Team know.

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