Engineering Manager

Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide!

Vonage Engineering Mission:

We embody the notion of what's next now! We envision, develop and manage technology to connect the world. Our team brings excellence, passion, creativity and curiosity to the job. We look at the business environment and technologies in new and challenging ways, striving to develop and deliver integrated whole-system solutions to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs.

Why this role matters:

The Engineering team at Vonage is a group of talented engineers working on complex challenges associated with high-performance distributed systems and processing large volumes of data in real time.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to help evolve and scale our best-in-class SMS messaging platform. As we continue to introduce industry-leading features, our engineers work across an exciting mix of greenfield initiatives and enhancements to existing systems

Your key responsibilities:

• Build systems to add features across our messaging platform, which runs on Kubernetes and Nomad in AWS.
• Provide direction to a team of software engineers, creating scalable microservices that will help support our impressive growth.
• Work with product managers and customers to understand use cases and business requirements.
• Lead team members in the planning and delivery of product / solution releases.
• Assign, manage and perform project work, including scope, schedule, resource allocation and cost estimation.
• Ensure delivery of secure, high quality, well-tested and scalable software to meet customer and business requirements.
• Assist with maintenance and prioritization of the product development backlog.
• Ensure team activities align with and support broader organizational goals and objectives.
• Treats AI assisted engineering as a core part of modern software practice, leveraging AI tools to enhance design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation, while guiding the team in adopting effective patterns and evolving best practices for AI enabled ways of working

What you'll bring

• Engineering leadership skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• An excellent practical understanding of high performance, highly distributed computing.
• A strong focus on testing.
• Software engineering skills in Java.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a wide variety of audiences.

How you’ll benefit:

• Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
• Private Medical Insurance with the option to add dependents at your own cost
• Multisport Gym Membership
• Educational Assistance Reimbursement Program
• Opportunity to be reimbursed for conferences, trainings, and other events consistent with the area of work aimed at personal development
• Three Paid Volunteer Days a Year
• Reimbursement for the costs of prescription glasses
• Maternity and Paternity Leave

Additional benefits and perks will be shared and discussed with you by the recruiter during the interview process

There’s no perfect candidate. You don't need all the preferred qualifications to make a valuable impact on our team. Our employees and customers come from diverse backgrounds, so if you're passionate about what you could achieve at Vonage, we'd love to hear from you.

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Who we are:

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader. And your talent will further help brands - such as Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, and Snapchat - accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable-based unified communications, contact center solutions, and communications APIs. Ready to innovate? Then join us today.

Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. Assignments may differ for individuals within the same role based on business conditions, departmental need or geographic location.