Software Engineering Manager

“I can succeed as a Software Engineering Manager at Capital Group.”

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a team that builds and manages a suite of applications that support portfolio construction, research and monitoring capabilities for our multi-asset portfolio solutions business. Our investment professionals use the platform to construct, monitor and review their portfolios, and to make investment decisions. You will collaborate with the Product Management and Data Engineering team, investment professionals, and technology associates to create and implement detailed quality technical designs for mission critical and complex applications using existing and emerging technology platforms. You have an agile mindset and will contribute to the design, implementation, and delivery of large-scale, critical, and complex cloud-based web applications. In this role, you will lead a team of Software Engineers and be responsible for their coaching and professional development. You are a player-coach, passionate about our mission, and committed to driving superior long-term investment results through the application of modern engineering and data management methods.

“I am the person Capital Group is looking for.”

• You have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• You are a people leader, capable of leading a team of Software Engineers while developing and mentoring individuals on the team.
• You encourage your team to be effective and efficient through a metrics-driven analytical approach.
• You are a hands-on manager, architecting, designing, and guiding your team members, and have a strong technical ability to provide feedback in design reviews and code reviews.
• You have significant experience running business critical technology capabilities effectively.
• You can seamlessly partner with Product, business users, Architecture, Enterprise Data Office, and other technology teams.
• You are a continuous learner who seeks out stretch opportunities to build new technical skills and expand business acumen.
• You have led a team of at least 3+ direct reports to deliver high-quality technology solutions. Experience managing 5+ direct reports is a plus.

Qualifications:

• You have extensive prior experience as a software engineer, with a solid understanding of software engineering best practices (e.g. Agile software development, test-driven development, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, etc.)
• You have prior experience and knowledge of the following:
  • Design patterns including distributed systems design and OOD.
  • Data stores, SQL and No-SQL preferred.
  • AWS services (S3, containers – ECS & EKS, Lambda) preferred.
• You are an experienced manager of software engineers (5+ years)
• You're thoughtful in your approach to ensuring software engineering best practices are established, understood, and adopted by the teams you lead.
• You have a sound foundation in Computer Science fundamentals including distributed systems design, data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
• You are passionate about management, leadership, and developing others.
• You have proven experience building cloud-based applications and have fluency in Python, Java, JavaScript or similar
• You possess the business acumen and the ability to communicate effectively with your team, distributed teams, and with the leadership team.
• You are highly experienced in developing solutions with an emphasis on scale and resiliency.
• Prior experience in building tools for multi-asset portfolio construction and investment preferred.

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Southern California Base Salary Range: $166,551-$266,482

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In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

* Temporary positions in Canada and the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.