| Employer: | Rackspace |
| Job Location: |
Blacksburg - Montgomery County |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
Description: |
| As the Software Development Manager, you will direct, manage, and participate in the day-to-day operations of a team of software developers. You manage all the operational aspects of the software development teams to ensure business and product objectives are met. You provide administrative, technical, and people leadership for multiple, diverse, and sometimes geographically distributed teams. You are responsible for providing feedback to the team and individuals on their performance. You will coach and guide teams to enable future success. |
Duties: |
Job Requirements:
* Minimum of 5 years experience managing software developers
* Ability to engage and motivate staff
* Ability to manage personnel activities of staff (e.g., hires, mentors, trains, appraises, rewards, motivates, and disciplines, and recommends termination as necessary.
The most successful candidate will have the following:
* At least 2 years experience managing web application development
* At least 2 years experience with Agile processes (Scrum, XP, Lean, etc.)
* Exceptional management and people skills
* Experience managing geographically dispersed teams
* Demonstrated experience leading a cross-functional team fostering innovation, creativity, and teamwork
* Passion for quality and continuous improvement of processes and software
* Ability to work collaborativelywith other Software Development Managers to ensure that technical and schedule dependencies within the teams are fully met in a timely manner
* Experience managing a team of 5+ developers
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the employee assigned to this job.
Rackspace is an EOE employer. |
