Engineering Manager

Cvent is a global meeting, event, travel, and hospitality technology leader, with more than 5000+ employees worldwide. As a leading cloud-based technology company, we have over 28,000+ customers, including 80% of the Fortune 100 companies, in more than 100 countries.

Cvent’s software solutions optimize the entire event management value chain and have enabled clients around the world to manage hundreds of thousands of meetings and events. In addition to helping event planners navigate every aspect of the event process, we also provide an integrated platform to hoteliers to help create qualified demand for their hotels, manage that demand more efficiently, and measure their business performance in real-time.

About the role:

The Engineering Manager oversees the specifications, design, development, and deployment of large-scale, high-performing internet-based applications. As a key member of the high performant Product Development team, you will manage the delivery of scalable, high-performance solutions for transaction-intensive web applications and services, incorporating cutting-edge AI technologies to enhance product capabilities and user experiences.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Manage specifications, design, development, code reviews, deployment, and troubleshooting of scalable and high-performance web applications.
• Advocate for software design best practices and recommend frameworks and design patterns.
• Lead technical design discussions and provide suggestions to mitigate any impact.
• Make decisions to evolve software applications and architectures as needed.
• Review work of development team to ensure coding standards and best practices are being followed. Also, ensures applications meet Non-Functional requirements (Security, Scalability, Resiliency, Accessibility, and Performance)
• Provide leadership, and support to coach, motivate, and lead high performing team.
• Guide supervised employees in setting goals, provide feedback, and conduct performance evaluations.
• Encourage and support the training and upskilling of team members.
• Continuously improve the Software Development processes.
• Coordinate development projects and production issues with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Product and Program Managers to influence the Product roadmap and Project plan.
• Report team status to stakeholders and seek feedback for improvement.
• Assist in recruiting efforts for development teams.

Think AI First:

• Drive the integration of AI technologies into software solutions, prioritizing AI opportunities that enhance performance and user experience.
• Lead the exploration and implementation of generative AI tools and frameworks to drive innovation and efficiency.
• Foster a culture of AI-driven problem-solving and decision-making within the team.

What You Will Need for this Position:

You need to have a strong passion for software development and must take pride in designing and coding. You should also have great analytical skills and ability to handle complex, modular software development in a collaborative team-based environment.

In addition to this, you will have a leg up if you also meet the following criteria:

Educational Qualifications / Background:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science OR related technical discipline
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with effective articulation and ability to simplify complex ideas along with strong interpersonal skills

Primary Skills:

• 11+ years of relevant Software Development experience in developing and shipping software.
• 5+ years of recent experience in Software Development using Java.
• 3+ years of management/leadership experience in a global software development organization.
• Hands-on experience in the design, development, and release cycle of software.
• Experience with Microservices, Event-driven and Service-Oriented Architecture and cloud computing platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Proficient in Java programming experience, Object Oriented Design, and working experience with Databases (Relational/No-SQL) and Queuing Technologies (Rabbit MQ/Kafka)
• Experience understanding business strategy and its alignment with technology.
• Strong understanding of the software engineering practices and patterns for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and live site operations.
• Strong Leadership in Technology, including the ability to influence technical discussions and build a technical vision
• Strong understanding of product requirements and being customer-focused, with an emphasis on problem-solving and incident handling
• Experience in leading change management initiatives and driving innovation within the team
• Experience of partnering with product and program management teams.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of forming, mentoring, and growing strong high-performant engineering teams.
• Experience in managing team dynamics, fostering a healthy team culture, and handling conflicts effectively
• Must be organized, detail-focused, results-driven, and capable of multitasking in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience in hiring
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience/Knowledge into JavaScript + Angular/React Js/Typescript, Graph Query Language (GQL).
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) or related domains, with a focus on leveraging AI to drive innovation and optimization in development delivery.
• Ability to bring optimization to the development process through the introduction of innovative AI tooling.