Software Engineering Manager

Company Introduction

Genea was built on a foundation of listening to and serving our commercial real estate customer's needs starting with our flagship Overtime HVAC product. Over the years, we've earned the trust and loyalty of 21 of the top 25 largest commercial real estate companies in the US and continue to prove our value to them every day. Our clients depend on us to develop value-added technology solutions to solve other pain points in their operations. We have grown our product portfolio to serve the complex and expanding needs of property teams.

Genea is a family of solutions designed to improve commercial real estate operations through cutting-edge technology. Revolutionize access control, streamline overtime HVAC, and economize submeter billing. Our host of cloud-based, automated solutions are built to cut costs, reduce admin times, and maximize the tenant experience.

Experiencing enormous growth with aggressive expansion plans, Genea is expanding a Software Development and Operations center in India and is looking for dynamic engineering leaders, who can become part of this already successful growth story, and partner in creating a world class team and products.

We are fully remote since pre-COVID times. We're US-based, with a development centre in Ahmedabad, India.

Job Overview

Genea is looking for a Engineering Lead to help grow our development team. You will participate in the full SDLC from preliminary system analysis to testing and deployment. This hybrid-engineering role includes building high quality and fully performing software that meets quality and software development standards alongside a great team.

What you would do, day-to-day?

• Drive team efforts
• Have a keen eye on code quality with code scalability, maintainability, readability in mind
• Have a solution-oriented mindset and high load capacity system in mind
• Estimate work, delegate work
• Manage the people on a large engineering team to keep them aligned and focused on achieving the team's goals
• Drives the design, strategy, and execution of software development projects to support product roadmaps
• Lead technology architecture and development as per product needs
• Oversee the daily activities and progress of multiple SCRUM teams
• Monitor, and continuously update, team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence. Ensure a consistent, regular process for assessment of goals and improvement of deliveries
• Lead many SCRUM teams through estimating engineering effort to build new features and fix prior mistakes
• Collaborate with Product Managers on new products and new features
• Implement data driven approach to execution to drive transparency

What are we looking for?

• 8+ years of total experience and 3+ years of relevant work experience as team lead
• Experience in microservice and event driven architecture
• Proficient in backend technologies, preferably JavaScript, but we're open to other technologies
• Proficient in frontend technologies, preferably React, but we're open to any other JavaScript-based frameworks like Angular, Vue, etc
• Proficient in database technologies like MongoDB or RDBMS (We use PostgreSQL)
• Excellent understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) with experience guiding teams through planning, development, and rollout using best in industry agile practices
• Having experience in work estimation and delegation is preferable
• Understanding of testing practices like writing unit/integration test cases
• Strong articulation skills - Ability to write/explain complex problems over email or call
• Obsession for excellence - Should strive for being excellent at work in terms of quality and speed
• Professionalism - Sincere, Integrity, Commitment, Ownership
• Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate product and business strategies
• Prior experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams of managers and senior engineers simultaneously working on multiple projects and technologies
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills at high levels
• Possess innate customer service skills including the ability to be empathetic, accurate, compassionate, responsive, resourceful, and conscientious
• Strong relationship management, strategizing, project management, problem solving, and change management skills
• Experience working with AWS is highly preferable. We work with AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, SNS, RDS, SQS.

How this opportunity is different than other?

• Opportunity to work directly with the Chief Technology Officer and other Executives
• Opportunity to help create and lead a strong team of engineers and lead innovation and creation of best-in-class products
• Participate in helping shape the contours of the software development and influence outcomes
• Strong participation in engineering strategies and product deliveries
• Opportunity to work with cross geography teams and travel as necessary
• Participate in creating a fun, smart, passionate multi-cultural and merit-driven team
• You will be challenged and encouraged to broaden your and your team's skills including access to personal development courses and learning platforms
• Regular social & philanthropic events

Competencies

• Initiative - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Seeks increased responsibilities; Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.

Perks & Benefits

• Work Your Way: Enjoy a flexible working environment that suits your lifestyle.
• Time Off: 24 days of PTO and 10 holidays to unwind and pursue your passions.
• Comprehensive Leave Options: Including maternity, paternity, adoption, wedding, and bereavement leaves to support you during important life events.
• Health & Safety First: Benefit from family health insurance and personal accident coverage beyond your CTC.
• Top Workplace Honors: Celebrated as a Top Workplace from 2021 to 2025.
• Balanced Workweek: Embrace a balanced life with our 5-day work schedule