Software Engineering Manager

<span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUNSTRONG MANAGEMENT</b></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">SunStrong Management is a leading independent asset management and servicing</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">platform specializing in residential and commercial solar energy portfolios. SunStrong</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">provides end-to-end services including operations and maintenance, customer billing</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">and support, asset performance management, and investor reporting. The company</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">partners with leading capital providers to optimize clean energy assets at scale,</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">supporting the growth of distributed renewable energy while delivering reliable</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">performance and exceptional customer experience</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER POSITION</b></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Sunstrong is searching for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager who will lead a</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">group of software engineers to develop SunStrong’s consumer app experiences</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">including both mobile and web applications. You will be responsible for setting the</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">technical direction for the platforms supporting these consumer experiences, ensuring</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">successful delivery of high-quality products, and fostering a collaborating and innovative</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">work environment.</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES</b></span></span></span><ul style="margin-bottom:11px;"><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Serves as the technical lead for the cross-functional team supporting SunStrong’s consumer apps, which is comprised of engineering, QA and product</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Leads a team of software engineers, providing mentorship, guidance and support to facilitate their progressional growth and development.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Contributes to overall team velocity as a hands-on leader by delivering some code.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Provides code reviews and mentorship to improve overall application health and team skills.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Provides architectural planning and insights for application development.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Facilitates Agile sprint ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning and retrospectives.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Identifies, implements and promotes opportunities to improve team delivery through the use of AI tooling and methodologies.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Champions best practices, coding standards and software development methodologies to maintain high-quality codebase.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Manages and allocates resources effectively to meet project deadlines and organizational objectives.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Promotes a positive and inclusive team culture that encourages creativity, teamwork and continuous improvement.</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS</b></span></span></span><ul style="margin-bottom:11px;"><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Minimum of 5+ years of software development experience, with previous experience  in a leadership role.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Strong knowledge of JavaScript frameworks, including NextJS, Node and React.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Strong knowledge of mobile development frameworks, particularly with React Native for both iOS and Android (experience with Expo a plus).</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience with Postgres and MySQL.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">API development, with deep understanding of API contracts and integration testing.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience effectively leveraging AI tooling to improve app quality and delivery.</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</b></span></span></span><ul><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Salesforce experience is a strong plus.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience with AWS Cognito authentication and an understanding of security patterns and best practices related to user data.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:11px;"><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience implementing high test coverage with unit tests in both new and existing application repositories.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience scaffolding cloud deployments in AWS for containerized applications, with experience using Elastic Beanstalk and Docker preferred.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience with GitHub Actions and Git administration to support automated testing and deployments.</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES</b></span></span></span><ul><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Ability to triage and manage production incidents, with an emphasis on clear communication with business partners.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:11px;"><li style="margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Ability to translate requirements into technical specifications for feature development.</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience facilitating one-on-ones with team members.</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>WOKRING CONDITIONS</b></span></span></span><ul style="margin-bottom:11px;"><li style="margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Some overtime outside normal working hours is expected to support software releases and issue management.</span></span></span></li></ul>

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