Job Description
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Software Development Manager to join our dynamic Spark R&D team. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Spark digital orthodontic software suite via managing software development team working on web applications hosted in the cloud and used by orthodontics across the globe.
Responsibilities
Software Development Manager will leverage their expertise in development processes, system design, software development, and people management to help Spark R&D team with the following.
Delivery management
- Manage a cross-functional team and help to build, ship, and maintain doctor-facing web applications
- Own the delivery process, make sure the delivery process is efficient and team understands and follows it
- Enforce and maintain engineering best practices
- Plan releases and sprints and be responsible for its execution
- Ensure predictable delivery i.e. make sure projects are delivered on time, raise risks and issues if any, help with its mitigation
- Provide technical guidance to the team
- Help team refining new product features
- Be responsible for technical backlog, make sure technical debt is not growing and team dedicates enough capacity for technical improvements
- Status reporting for Group Development Manager
- Track and reporting delivery metrics
Cross-functional collaboration
- Help defining team’s goals that address the organization’s strategy
- Contribute to crafting the roadmap that reflects priorities in the different areas
- Work closely with product management team and development team to turn the roadmap into delivery plan. Propose and own trade-offs if needed
- Work closely with architects, UI/UX designers, product management team, and your development team to define the best solution for new product features
- Own technical outcomes that impact customer experience, quality, reliability
- Collaborate with peer teams and teams from other departments on dependencies and integration points
People management
- Coach, mentor team, help them to grow
- Provide regular and constructive feedback
- Help your team members with individual development plan and personal goals
- Conduct performance reviews
- Foster a healthy, inclusive, and high‑performing engineering culture
- Hire and onboard new resources if needed
- Be an escalation contact point for your team members.
Job Requirements
- Overall 5+ years' experience of software development (backend development via Java tech stack is preferred)
- Strong experience in backend development (Java preferred)
- Overall 3+ years' experience of managing development team of 6+ people
- Experience with developing a product following agile methodologies
- Experience with short-term (Sprint) and mid-term (Release) planning for cross-functional development team of 6+ people
- Experience with setting up software engineering best practices for a team
- Experience with cloud software development (AWS is preferable)
- Experience with people management for 3+ people
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
- English: C1 or higher
Would be a plus
- Experience with classic project management (PMBoK)
- Experience with scaled agile frameworks (SAFe, Nexus Scrum, Less)
- Experience with development in Python.
Operating Company
Envista is a global family of more than 30 trusted dental brands, united by a shared purpose: to partner with professionals to improve lives. Envista helps its partners deliver the best possible patient care through industry-leading products, solutions, and technology. Our comprehensive portfolio, including dental implants and treatment options, orthodontics, and digital imaging technologies, covers an estimated 90% of dentists’ clinical needs for diagnosing, treating, and preventing dental conditions as well as improving the aesthetics of the human smile.
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