Software Engineering Manager at Sanergy

About the role.

We are hiring a Software Engineering Manager to join the IT team. You will coordinate the Software Developers and report directly to the General Manager - IT. To succeed in this role you will have a keen eye for gaps in our product offerings and the innovative mindset to fill them. You will direct the work of the Software Engineering team to ensure best practices around software development. You are a highly skilled Software Engineer with a proven ability to strategize the full lifecycle of enterprise software products production — from conception through release and to subsequent continuous product improvement.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyse our end-users’ needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from an ROI and build vs. buy perspective. 
• Collaborating with the Product Management team and front end users on software functionality as well as Consulting with management and software developers to determine software solution requirements.
• Managing and mentoring the Software Development team in the development, deployment, and integration of software solutions.
• Determining system specifications and analyzing test stage data prior to software installation.
• Resolving software deployment and integration errors, and documenting processes as well as performing routine maintenance and monitoring performance metrics.
• Analyse current and future product requirements and develop appropriate implementation programs and production timelines to ensure they’re successful achieved
• Appraise new product ideas, end-user requests and feature requirements, and strategise appropriate implementation plans
• Responsible in collaboration the Product Management team for managing the project implementation and release schedules for the software products and keeping the end-users apprised of status. Support in the Quality Assurance and Testing and documentation of features for the Production Environment

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Computing/Business Related fields.
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrable experience in managing a team of Software Developers
• Experience in Python, React, Javascript, Docker,  Odoo ERP
• CI/CD Tools - Git, BitBucket, JIRA
• Mobile App development for Android
• Experience in OdooERP highly advantageous
• Proficiency in documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics.
• Experience taking software projects through the entire software life-cycle (requirements analysis, design, implementation, deployment, post deployment support).
• Strong experience in a dynamic software product management role with proven experience overseeing all elements of the product development lifecycle.
• Previous software and web development experience and highly effective at working with cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.