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CHISINAU, MOLDOVA
Software Development Manager
Description
Insomniac Design is a global digital agency headquartered in Washington D.C., with offices in London, Bucharest and Chisinau. We’re an agile, determined and innovative team organized by functional areas of expertise — Creative, Technology, Strategy, and Management. We specialize in human-centered design with deep focus on design thinking and digital transformation.
At Insomniac, we leverage AI to free our teams from routine tasks so they can focus on the aspects of our functions that are most valuable. We thrive on creative problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation. By thoughtfully integrating AI into our workflows, we’re not only improving productivity but also ensuring our people have the tools to do their best work. This empowers us to build smarter solutions and deliver stronger results for our clients.
A Software Development Manager at Insomniac Design is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the people, process, and technology required to deliver customer projects. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that the software is developed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and reliability.
A successful Software Development Manager will be proficient in multiple languages, development paradigms, and familiar with various frameworks. More importantly, you should be curious about new technologies and constantly learning new skills, libraries, and frameworks in order to grow your capabilities and share knowledge with the team.
General Responsibilities:
- Expected to have a significant impact within the immediate department, driving innovation and leading strategic initiatives.
- Develops efficient solutions to problems with no known resolutions, designs and implements frameworks, and implements processes and tools to address complex challenges.
- Leads implementation of product, process, automation and/or streamlines work with industry best practices or revolutionary ideas, contributing to measurable improvements at the Department level.
- Enables and unblocks new business strategies through the development of new processes.
- Mentors all team members, actively participates in the hiring process, leads business improvements, and plays a key role in performance management.
Technical Responsibilities:
- Leads project teams through architecture, design, development, testing, and delivery of web applications for customer projects.
- Engages with internal and external stakeholders to elicit requirements, set priorities, and communicate direction and progress.
- Partners with project management and project teams to maintain status reporting, ensure accurate and clear requirements, and promptly escalate issues.
- Oversees the technical documentation of project requirements, developer processes, and end-user documentation.
- Drives continuous improvements in software engineering practices.
- Defines, measures, and meets relevant development milestones.
- Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor Engineers at varying experience levels.
Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
- 7+ years of experience working within software and web application development environments, including 4+ years of experience managing teams.
- Experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban or SCRUM) as a development manager.
- Proficiency in using Jira for Agile project management.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English (B2+)
- Deep understanding of the software development life-cycle and a successful track record of delivering software on time.
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while navigating ambiguity.
- Proficient in documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics.
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