Senior Engineering Manager

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Paylocity

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1997

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💰 $10M Venture Round - Paylocity on 2008-05

HR Tech • SaaS • B2B

Paylocity is a provider of cloud-based payroll and human capital management software for businesses of all sizes. Its platform includes payroll, HR, time & labor, benefits administration, talent management (recruiting, onboarding, performance, learning), employee experience tools and AI-driven features, and it serves small businesses through enterprises as well as partners such as accountants, brokers, and tech partners.

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee four engineering teams and two principal engineers in the Payroll domain • Serve as a technology-focused bridge between engineering teams and business strategy • Support team strategy through continuous collaboration with engineering teams and leadership • Guide teams through complex Payroll systems and concepts • Own the health, engineering quality, scalability, and improvement of multiple products • Modernize legacy applications through actionable plans with engineering teams • Coordinate cross-functional development priorities with organizational leaders • Communicate project timelines, architectures, engineering practices, quality, risks, and solutions • Establish communication and decision-making routines and frameworks • Manage delivery tradeoffs with Product partners, including technical debt and maintenance work • Mentor and develop engineering managers and individual contributors • Hire globally distributed talent and conduct managerial interviews • Hold 1:1s and skip-level meetings, provide performance feedback, and foster psychological safety • Guide technical decision-making and make final decisions when necessary • Lead operational incidents, root-cause analyses, and postmortems • Create growth opportunities, recognize achievements, and reward high performance • Hold managers and teams accountable for secure, reusable, scalable, and high-quality software • Build and maintain strong relationships with product counterparts

🎯 Requirements

• BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience • 8+ years of experience in software engineering • 4+ years in a management role overseeing multiple teams • Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog and PagerDuty • Experience leading and scaling high-performing engineering teams in a SaaS or enterprise software environment • Demonstrated strategy development with successful outcomes • Collaborative project planning accounting for risk/reward tradeoffs, assumptions, and confidence levels • Exceptional communication ability with a friendly, collaborative demeanor • History of direct and indirect data-driven influence • Basic understanding of enterprise financial planning and management tools • Familiarity with cloud technologies, preferably AWS • Understanding of architectural patterns including SOA and microservices and their tradeoffs • Extensive experience designing and developing large-scale .NET/SQL platforms with asynchronous processing • Experience with modern APIs in a React-based ecosystem • Passion for the role and ownership of team deliverables • Ability to work effectively in an agile team environment • Practical and creative problem-solving ability • Ability to work five days per week during designated work hours • Ability to sit for extended periods, typically 7–8 hours per day • Ability to operate computers, phone systems, type, and use multiple software programs simultaneously

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Disability insurance • 401(k) match • Perks supporting employees, families, and finances • Career development opportunities • Annual bonus eligibility • Restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance • Fully remote work from home or location of record within the U.S. • Flexible schedule/location arrangement subject to business needs and individual performance