Symmetry · 16 hours ago
Software Engineering Manager
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$189K/yr - $237K/yr
10+ years expSymmetry is the payroll infrastructure for software & payroll platforms powering the paychecks of over 64 million workers each year. They are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to guide their new product development team focused on integrating AI-powered solutions into their offerings. The role involves overseeing the development of innovative products and ensuring alignment with business goals while fostering a collaborative engineering environment.
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Responsibilities
Aligning teams to focus on new AI native features, and business goals
Taking complete functional ownership of your area including vision for both the platform and product in partnership with product managers and stakeholders
Initiating or beginning new projects, ideas, or actions by providing the initial energy, or inspiration needed to get them started
Elevating our engineering practices to be AI-native, guiding adoption of tools, processes, and methodologies that leverage AI to increase velocity, code quality, and operational efficiency across the team
Aligning and prioritizing the organization deliverables based on the company needs, working closely with the leadership across functional departments
Ensuring products and services are performant, available 24x7x365, and stable
Supporting technical innovation and lead creation, continual refinement, and active management of our engineering standards to ensure that our technology can be sustainably operated
Evaluating emerging technologies including SaaS systems for opportunities to improve services, acting as technical consultant for the company to champion practical technical solutions
Partnering with engineering leaders across the company to architect and champion well-defined sub-systems and continually refining company-wide platform architecture
Qualification
Required
Masters or Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
10+ years of engineering leadership experience – managing both people and tech stacks
Proven ability to initiate new projects, ideas, or actions by providing the initial effort, inspiration, or inspiration needed to get them started
Applicable experience or exposure in AI native product development leveraging AWS services (Bedrock, Agent Core, etc)
A proven track record and ability to communicate with cross functional peers, communicating technical concepts to business stakeholders, and communicating business objectives to the technical team
Demonstrated ability to take ownership on problems and projects and lead them to completion
A proven ability to debug and triage critical systems, including team performance
Hands-on experience with agile methodologies, and their functional application
Proficient with web application development, Dev-ops, distributed systems, CI/CD and test automation
Deep knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, Service Oriented Architecture, and Systems thinking
Remarkable verbal and written presentation skills, including ability to prepare materials for audiences at all levels of the organization
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability and interest for helping growing engineering teams and making others better
A commitment and drive for quality and building for the long term
Ability to get into the nitty gritty of how a product works and clearly communicate its value
Company
Symmetry
Symmetry is the leading payroll tax compliance infrastructure for payroll providers, HR tech platforms and large employers.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-07-08Acquired
Leadership Team
Elizabeth Oviedo
Chief Executive Officer
Raj Nijjer
Chief Marketing Officer
Recent News
Phoenix Business Journal
2024-12-16
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