Software Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development

• Manage, mentor, and coach a team of software engineers (typically 6–12 direct reports).

• Conduct regular 1:1s, career development conversations, and performance reviews.

• Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent.
  

• Performance Management

• Set clear goals, expectations, and success metrics for individuals and the team.

• Run structured performance reviews with fairness, consistency, and clarity.

• Provide timely, constructive feedback and coaching to help engineers grow

• Recognize and reward high performers while addressing underperformance with empathy and rigor.

• Create and maintain career growth paths that align with Filevine’s engineering competency framework.

• Use data and observation to make decisions on promotions, compensation, and role changes.
  

• Execution & Delivery

• Drive execution of projects from planning through delivery, ensuring quality, scalability, and reliability.

• Collaborate with Product Management and Design to refine requirements and work with tech leads to translate them into technical plans.

• Set priorities and remove blockers for your team.
  

• Technical Leadership

• Maintain a deep understanding of the technical stack to guide resource planning. 

• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, including testing, code review, and CI/CD.

• Champion engineering excellence, scalability, and security across the codebase.
  

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Design, QA, and other engineering teams to ensure alignment and efficient workflows.

• Communicate team progress, risks, and needs to leadership and stakeholders.
  

• Culture & Process

• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and psychological safety.

• Continuously improve engineering processes, agile practices, and team rituals.

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Qualifications

 

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a formal leadership/management role.

• Ability to contribute with hands-on coding up to 50% of the time

• Proven experience managing engineering teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Strong technical background in modern web application development (experience with C#, Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, AngularJS, Svelte, SQL Server, Redis, ElasticSearch, etc.).

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Demonstrated success in scaling teams, mentoring engineers, and delivering complex projects.

• Comfortable using performance data to guide decisions about promotions, compensation, and career growth.

• Familiarity with agile methodologies and modern software development practices.

• Experience running structured performance reviews and providing actionable feedback.

• Skilled at identifying and addressing performance issues early, with empathy and fairness.

• Ability to recognize and reward high performance, while supporting underperformers with development plans.



Preferred Skills

• Experience working in SaaS or legaltech platforms.

• Background in scaling distributed systems or enterprise-grade software.

• Prior experience managing managers or leading multiple squads.

• Familiarity with performance management frameworks (e.g., OKRs, Objectives & Key Results, or competency matrices).