Job Description

About the role

Blackbaud is hiring a Manager of Software Development to cultivate and lead engineering teams that develop, test, deploy, and maintain Blackbaud’s products. This role will work to establish and adhere to engineering best practices, identify critical gaps in development processes, create and own strategic projects, and empower teams. They will lead by example and be an agent of innovation while inspiring those around them. They will develop employees through goal setting and coaching best practices and processes.

What you’ll do

• Work in an agile development environment leading one or more engineering teams.
• Recruit and cultivate highly engaged teams by attracting high performing team members, coaching them on their career growth, and ensuring they are connected to the outcomes and purpose of their work
• Manage performance of team members through goal setting and measurement, coaching, recognition, and feedback through regular one-on-one's and check-ins
• Partner with Product Management to establish product objectives, prioritize team backlogs, and ensure engineering investment is represented and align on market needs and prioritization.
• Lead the continuous improvement of software development processes through collaboration with peers and architects

What you’ll bring

• 3+ years of experience managing software development teams in an agile environment
• A history of delivering successful large-scale projects from inception to release
• Experience working with a complex product portfolio across multiple teams
• Demonstrative experience in software engineering best practices such as design patterns, decoupled architectures, test-driven development, and CICD pipelines
• History of observing and considerately adopting contemporary software development technologies

• Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to achieve results through influence
• Able to work flexible hours as required by business priorities.

What we’ll prefer you to have

• Experience developing cloud solutions (Microsoft Azure or AWS) and an understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models
• Experience with Microsoft Azure (AKS, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL), Azure DevOps, and Angular
• Experience managing remote teams and team members both onshore and offshore
• Experience delivering process and technology changes across disconnected teams and organizational boundaries

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