Manager, Software Engineering (Job Vacancy)

Unlock Learning For All Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future. We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education. About The Opportunity The Manager, Software Engineering will be part of a new Ellucian team that is responsible for showcasing Ellucian software solutions to customers through solutions design and proof of concepts based on articulated customer needs. This work is aligned to support Ellucian’s strategy of accelerating customers’ journey to the Ellucian Managed Cloud service and Next Generation SaaS (NGS). This person will work in a fast-paced environment to manage a cross functional team chartered with development of solutions for key customers, showcasing the capabilities of the Ellucian products and the values they bring to customers. We are seeking a technical manager who can both manage a team and be involved with solutions design and actively building solutions for customers to showcase the existing and emerging Ellucian products and capabilities. In this role, you will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to understand customer needs and drive the solutioning for satisfying the requirements and achieving customer success. You will use a broad and diverse set of products and technologies to achieve the best solutions, and pioneer solution patterns and templates. Your work will have direct impact on customer solutions and success and influence the products and services roadmaps and directions. Where you will make an impact • Manage the project work and personnel-related matters • Engage in design sessions to develop customer solutions and direct work of the team • Provide general oversight of development plans, target dates, progress, and quality • Support team in the full adoption of Agile Scrum and own Scrum Master responsibilities • Be accountable for high quality, on-time, on-scope delivery for all projects • Build highly effective empowered teams • Ensure adherence to product development processes • Ensure adherence to architectural strategy • Remove impediments escalated by the team • Define, review, and drive organization policies and procedures • Collaborate with technical staff and functional staff to enable cooperation across the other business units and drive to a successful outcome. • Drive continuous improvement for the teams and company • Accept and complete administrative assignments • Conduct performance reviews, salary reviews, and provide individual coaching and mentoring. What You Will Bring • 10+ years of in-depth experience and demonstrated proficiency with Node.js and React • Experience with full-stack architecture and development (REACT, JavaScript, HTML, TypeScript, CSS, jQuery, Ajax). • Experience with RESTful Web Services. • Experience with DevOps tools - Docker, Jenkins, Terraform, and its processes. • Experience with advanced technologies especially in Cloud, AWS, high-performance data processing and analytics. • Experience working in fast-paced team for quick development and solutioning implementation. • Experience with Agile software development methodologies • Experience with DevOps processes such as CI/CD (Jenkins), and source control such as Git. • Self-starter knowing how to deal with ambiguity and priorities • Curiosity and passion for learning, ability to learn fast on new product and technologies What makes #Ellucianlife • 22 days annual leave plus 11 public holidays • Competitive gratuity policy • Group insurance and Annual health checkup plan with a variety of family and wellness benefits. • Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests • 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us • Wellness • Headspace (mental health) • Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes) • RethinkCare - caregiver support • Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Buzzinga and Lean In Team to name a few. • Parental leave • Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team • We Foster a learning culture with: • Education Assistance Program • Professional development opportunities