Software Engineering Manager FFAM (Remote Work From Home)

DescriptionABOUT FREEDOM:Freedom Financial Network is a family of companies that takes a people-first approach to financial services, using technology to empower consumers to overcome debt and create a brighter financial future. The company was founded in 2002 by Brad Stroh and Andrew Housser on the belief that by staying committed to helping people, you can ensure better financial outcomes for both the customer and the business. This Heart + $ philosophy still guides the vision of our growing company, which has helped millions of people find solutions for their financial needs.What began with 2 people in a spare bedroom has now rapidly expanded to a vibrant business that employs over 2300 employees (known internally as The Freedom Family) in two locations: San Mateo, CA and Tempe, AZ. When you visit either of our offices, you'll understand why our employees have voted us the Best Place to Work for the last several years. It's a place where the Heart + $ philosophy continues to thrive, where we believe that success is only achieved by doing what's right for our customers, our employees, and our communities.In order to create brighter futures for our clients, employees, and businesses, Freedom Financial Network holds itself to four core values that have grown out of our Heart + $ philosophy: to care for everyone around us, act with integrity every time, collaborate with everybody we work with, and get better at what we do every day.THE OPPORTUNITY:Our team continuously delivers reliable and scalable core services that make up the building blocks for most of our products. We also drive the leveraging of new technologies (Go (Golang), Kubernetes, and Cloud Infrastructure) across the company.As part of our team, you will help build new services that are shared across the Freedom Financial Network Companies. An opportunity to participate in the design, architecture, development, and deployment of these new services (end-to-end) aimed at solving complex engineering problems that will benefit multiple teams across all of Freedom's products. You will find here a highly productive, collaborative, and innovative environment where your voice is heard.As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-disciplinary agile development team(s) and take responsibility for delivering high-quality software that drives value for the business.From your bed to your desk in 30 seconds! We're proudly offering fully remote work options for this role which can be based in CA, AZ, TX, CO, UT, OR, WATHE ROLE:In this role, you will have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. You are expected to operate with scale and speed. Our exceptional software engineers are just getting started and as a manager, you will guide the way.Provide technical leadership, mentoring, coaching, career development, and feedback for team membersEstablish priorities and set expectations and accountability for members of the development teamFoster an engaging and collaborative environment within and among teamsHire talented engineers that will thrive in this collaborative environmentHelp create and follow a technology vision, roadmap, and processPromote sound engineering practices through example and mentorshipWork closely with the Product team and business stakeholders to understand and improve KPIsREQUIREMENTS/CHARACTERISTICS:7+ years' experience in software development and delivery3+ years' experience building, leading, managing, and mentoring high-performance engineering teamsExperience with languages like Go, Java, or C++Key technologies this role will employ: Go (Golang), Kubernetes, GCP, Kafka, SwaggerExperience with cloud-based large scale distributed systems and enterprise software developmentExperience with product roadmap planning, prioritization with product managementExperience with communicating complex topics to stakeholders and business executives alikeBeing hands-on by contributing code weekly (outside the critical path) to stay connected with the team and their experiencePrior experience with Lending platforms (Loan origination platforms) preferred.Reviewing code to ensure high coding standards are metDemonstrated experience with microservice architectureAbility to motivate and mentor junior members of the team#BI-Remote