[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Vonage

Role Description

Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide!

The Engineering team at Vonage is a group of talented engineers working on complex challenges associated with high-performance distributed systems and processing large volumes of data in real time.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to help evolve and scale our best-in-class SMS messaging platform. As we continue to introduce industry-leading features, our engineers work across an exciting mix of greenfield initiatives and enhancements to existing systems.

Your key responsibilities:

• Build systems to add features across our messaging platform, which runs on Kubernetes and Nomad in AWS.
• Provide direction to a team of software engineers, creating scalable microservices that will help support our impressive growth.
• Work with product managers and customers to understand use cases and business requirements.
• Lead team members in the planning and delivery of product/solution releases.
• Assign, manage and perform project work, including scope, schedule, resource allocation, and cost estimation.
• Ensure delivery of secure, high quality, well-tested and scalable software to meet customer and business requirements.
• Assist with maintenance and prioritization of the product development backlog.
• Ensure team activities align with and support broader organizational goals and objectives.
• Treat AI assisted engineering as a core part of modern software practice, leveraging AI tools to enhance design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation, while guiding the team in adopting effective patterns and evolving best practices for AI enabled ways of working.

Qualifications

• Engineering leadership skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• An excellent practical understanding of high performance, highly distributed computing.
• A strong focus on testing.
• Software engineering skills in Java.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a wide variety of audiences.

Benefits

• Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
• Private Medical Insurance with the option to add dependents at your own cost
• Multisport Gym Membership
• Educational Assistance Reimbursement Program
• Opportunity to be reimbursed for conferences, trainings, and other events consistent with the area of work aimed at personal development
• Three Paid Volunteer Days a Year
• Reimbursement for the costs of prescription glasses
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Additional benefits and perks will be shared and discussed with you by the recruiter during the interview process