Engineering Manager

OUR MISSION

At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.

ABOUT US

Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate, manage and monitor your workflows across any application, service or server - in the cloud or on premises - with confidence and control.

CORE VALUES

• One Team. One Redwood
• Make Your Own Weather
• Obsess over Customer Success
• Work the Problem
• Be Curious
• Own the Outcome
• Respect Each Other

YOUR IMPACT

We are looking for an Engineering Manager, Products & Platforms to join our Product engineering team to lead a high-performing software engineering team while driving technical strategy across Redwood’s Workload Automation Platform. You will be instrumental in mentoring engineers, managing team deliverables, and guiding the design, development, and enhancement of scalable, secure software that powers enterprise data exchange for more than 1,000 customers worldwide.

• As an Engineering Manager, you will:
• People Leadership & Mentorship: Manage, coach, and grow a team of talented software engineers, supporting career development, conducting performance reviews, and fostering an inclusive, collaborative team culture.
• Technical Strategy & Architecture: Provide hands-on technical guidance, participate in design reviews, and define technical roadmaps for Java/Spring Boot microservices while ensuring high standards for architecture, security, and observability.
• Delivery & Platform Ownership: Oversee team execution, Sprint planning, and delivery timelines to ensure resilient, scalable core platform features and infrastructure.
• AI Integration: Research and apply AI/ML concepts and their usage to innovate and enhance the MFT (Managed File Transfer) and WLA (Workload Automation) product capabilities (e.g., intelligent routing, predictive maintenance, enhanced security).

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years of direct people management experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong Java, Spring Boot, and REST API skills with a solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, and architecture principles.
• Cloud Platform Expertise (AWS Preferred): Extensive experience architecting, deploying, and managing complex solutions on a major cloud platform, with a deep understanding of cloud concepts including networking, security, and cost optimization.
• Expertise in building distributed SaaS systems, micro services, APIs, Kubernetes, cloud platforms.
• AI Awareness: Proven familiarity with AI/ML concepts and their usage, with practical experience or a strong conceptual understanding of how to apply these techniques to solve engineering problems.
• DevOps Expertise: Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, and automated platform management.
• EKS/Kubernetes: Mastery of container orchestration, specifically with EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), including managing inter-component communication and cluster operations.
• Protocol Understanding: In-depth understanding of enterprise file transfer protocols (e.g., SFTP, FTPS, AS2) and secure communication protocols.
• Proven track record of building and managing high-performing engineering teams, hiring top talent, and driving team productivity.
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise application integration, preferably with SAP.

If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

THE LEGAL BIT

Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Redwood prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), sexual orientation, pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by regional or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and will have a zero tolerance policy applied to it.

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