[Hiring] Manager Development @DHI Group, Inc.

Role Description

In this role, you will lead and professionally develop a team of software engineers, cultivate the processes and standards they work by, and support the delivery of the features and platform work that power ClearanceJobs.com for both candidates and employers. The product is built on Laravel and modern PHP with a TypeScript and VueJS front end and MySQL, running on AWS with Linux, Docker, and automated CI/CD pipelines. You will balance hands-on technical involvement—code review, architecture and design decisions, release quality—with the people work of coaching, growing, and setting direction for your team.

Your career at DHI will be filled with exciting challenges and opportunities for growth. From onboarding and familiarizing yourself with our development environment to contributing to ongoing projects and building strong relationships with your team, every day will bring new learning experiences and chances to make a difference.

Qualifications

• Research latest trends, strategies, and emerging technologies for modern web solutions and contribute to the technical vision.
• Leadership, collaboration, and a strong ability to create positive relationships across departments.
• Experience with coding, testing, debugging, documenting, and implementation of complex software applications.
• Able to create complex prototypes and ensure deliverables are high quality and meet user expectations.
• Support system and integration testing activities.
• Initiate architecture and design reviews for new product features and adhere to software development standards.
• Work with product owners and designers to understand and implement requirements in high-quality product features.
• Oversee and contribute to the documentation of production support processes.
• Anticipate long-term support issues and plans for corrective actions.
• Collaborate with support teams to ensure complex issues are resolved in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Hands-on proficiency building and maintaining web applications with Laravel and modern PHP, TypeScript and VueJS, and MySQL.
• Working knowledge of AWS and cloud-hosted application infrastructure, including deployment pipelines, monitoring, and cost consciousness.
• Ability to guide architecture and design decisions for new product features, weigh technical trade-offs, and hold the team to shared coding, testing, and documentation standards.
• Experience with unit and end-to-end testing tools, and using automated test coverage to ensure quality product releases.
• Ownership of production reliability: triaging incidents, driving root-cause analysis, and converting findings into preventative work.
• Experience with secure development practices appropriate to a platform serving security-cleared professionals and government contractors.
• Fluency with version control, CI/CD, and development management tooling to keep delivery predictable and visible.
• Experience leading a software engineering team, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, and career development through regular one-on-ones and growth plans.
• Comfort giving and receiving direct, timely feedback, and managing performance constructively.
• Ability to plan and sequence work across competing priorities—scoping, capacity planning, and setting clear commitments with stakeholders.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including translating technical detail for Product, Sales, and executive audiences.
• A partnership mindset with Product, Design, and QA—shared ownership of outcomes rather than handoffs.
• Judgment about when to step in technically and when to delegate, building the team’s autonomy and technical depth over time.

Benefits

• Healthy living - medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, disability, life, wellness & fitness programs.
• Future living - 401(k) match, performance bonuses, education assistance, learning & development.
• Enjoy living - generous paid time off, parental leave, flexible summer hours, social & giving events.