About Blackbaud:

Leading uniquely at the intersection point of technology and social good, Blackbaud provides software, services, expertise, and data intelligence that empowers and connects people to advance the social good movement. We serve the entire social good community, which includes nonprofits, foundation, corporations, education institutions, and the individual change agents who support them. We work with over 35,000 organizations, helping them realize their goals, fund their missions, manage their operations, and develop long-lasting supporter relationships.  Our customers are passionate about making the world a better place, and we’re inspired by the opportunity to help them.

This highly motivated candidate will lead a team of engineers embedded on Scrum teams that develop, test, deploy and support Blackbaud’s Corporations and Foundations products and services. They will work with the teams in establishing and adhering to engineering best practices, identifying critical gaps, creating and owning strategic projects, and empowering teams.  They will lead by example and be an agent of innovation while inspiring those around them.  They will also set goals, coach others on best practices and processes and help develop other teams’ members.  This position is part of the Corporations and Foundations product development management team.

• Always be working to improve engagement and employee satisfaction
• Work in agile development environment with a team of highly motivated employees
• Work to establish engineering strategies with a focus on quality
• Coach and mentor team members on career growth
• Participate in hiring and team composition planning
• Assist in skill development of team members
• Evaluate team member performance including performance reviews
• Identify gaps in processes or skillsets and enact strategies for short and long term mitigation
• Work closely with the software engineers to ensure successful, high quality releases
• Actively work alongside Product Management partners to manage and prioritize engineering initiatives, infrastructure changes, maintenance, and new feature requests
• Actively collaborate with other engineering leaders across Blackbaud for architecture, process and additional SDLC improvements
• Participate in feature reviews with product owners, designers, and software engineers
• Identify, evaluate and recommend external tools or partners
• Manage and lead strategic projects to holistically improve quality or performance
• Identify, monitor and implement team goals and reporting metrics

Required Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development with experience as a lead or manager preferred
• 3 to 5 years of experience as a people manager
• Creative and logical problem solving skills
• Superior and proven attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must have excellent teamwork and independent decision making skills
• Experience with Microsoft development technologies
• Experience leading Agile development

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Why you’ll want to come work here: 

• Competitive salary (commission/bonus based on type of role), 4 weeks paid time off, great benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA), 401K match
• Gift matching, volunteer for vacation program, and endless community involvement opportunities
• Named to Forbes’ Fast Tech 25 and Fortune’s Change the World List; we are growing and offer incredible opportunity for advancement
• Tremendous company culture and office perks like onsite gym, free snacks, café, and cutting-edge new headquarters to be completed in 2018
• Check us out for yourself on The Muse!

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Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

To all recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.