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People Inc. · 10 hours ago

Software Engineering Manager

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$180K/yr - $200K/yr

7+ years exp

People Inc. is a leading digital media company that owns and operates a portfolio of highly respected brands across various sectors. They are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a team of developers, set technical direction, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance search and recommendation services.

AdvertisingCommunitiesContentDigital MediaE-CommerceEducationInternetInternet of ThingsPublishing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage and mentor developers on your team, to grow their skills and prepare them for increased responsibility

Prototype and develop responsive and elegant cross-platform functionality on a custom server-side component framework, built on Java but leveraging SCSS, Freemarker templates, and ES6 on the front-end, with VueJS increasingly used for more interactive components

Contribute to / maintain People Inc.’s commitment to highly performant sites

Research new technologies to solve problems and improve existing systems

Lead discussions about project architecture and technical feasibility, make decisions, and justify your development approach

Work in close collaboration with the business and product stakeholders to launch new features while maintaining engineering standards

Organize, track and lead the paying down of technical debt

Develop Looker Views and Models to democratize access to data products

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, ML, Backend) to scope and build ML-powered UI experiences

Create and manage ML ops workflows or ML infrastructure

Experience with ingesting raw data with Fivetran and Python and surface in BigQuery for the productional use

Own technical decisions involving front-end performance, architecture, and reliability

Guide and support Elasticsearch integration for user-facing search functionality

Qualification

Full stack web developmentJavaElasticsearchCloud services GCPCloud services AWSData processing (Apache Spark)Agile/Scrum methodologiesTechnical directionMentorshipCollaborationCommunication skills

Required

Manage and mentor developers on your team, to grow their skills and prepare them for increased responsibility

Contribute to / maintain People Inc.'s commitment to highly performant sites

Research new technologies to solve problems and improve existing systems

Lead discussions about project architecture and technical feasibility, make decisions, and justify your development approach

Work in close collaboration with the business and product stakeholders to launch new features while maintaining engineering standards

Organize, track and lead the paying down of technical debt

Develop Looker Views and Models to democratize access to data products

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, ML, Backend) to scope and build ML-powered UI experiences

Create and manage ML ops workflows or ML infrastructure

Experience with ingesting raw data with Fivetran and Python and surface in BigQuery for the productional use

Own technical decisions involving front-end performance, architecture, and reliability

Guide and support Elasticsearch integration for user-facing search functionality

7+ years in a full stack web development position

3+ years managing engineers

High levels of skill with HTML, CSS, SCSS, and vanilla Javascript; significant experience with one or more other languages

Significant experience with at least one server-side templating language - think JSP, Twig, Python or Handlebar. Alternatively, experience working with a component-based web framework, particularly one with a server-side templating aspect (e.g., Vue+Nuxt)

Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or similar search tools

You have commendable experience with at least one cloud service platform (GCP and AWS preferred)

You've worked with data at scale using Apache Spark, Beam or a similar framework

You're familiar with data streaming architectures using technologies like Pub/Sub and Apache Kafka

Experience and knowledge of web performance standards and Google's Core Web Vitals

Proven track record of working with 3rd party APIs and integrating them into web applications

The ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly requirements – and vice versa

Comfortable using the tools of modern collaborative Agile+Scrum SDLC, including Git, Jira, etc

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Prescription drug coverage

Unlimited paid time off (PTO)

Adoption or surrogate assistance

Donation matching

Tuition reimbursement

Basic life insurance

Basic accidental death & dismemberment

Supplemental life insurance

Supplemental accident insurance

Commuter benefits

Short term and long term disability

Health savings and flexible spending accounts

Family care benefits

A generous 401K savings plan with a company match program

10-12 paid holidays annually

Generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)

Voluntary benefits such as pet insurance

Accident

Critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Company

People Inc.

People Inc. is a digital media company that specializes in research, technology, finance, operations, and consumer services.

Founded in 1996

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.people.inc/

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