Job Description

Job Summary

This Engineering Manager role will lead our development initiatives for our Linking capabilities within the Workiva Platform. Linking is what differentiates Workiva in the marketplace and is a key piece to our platform's success.

The Engineering Manager serve as a leader of an agile product development team. This role guides the effective coordination and optimization of behavior across a diverse team. This role provides technical oversight and guidance while also managing the team members to ensure effective team functioning and product development.  Key responsibilities for which the Engineering Manager is accountable include: people management; oversight of customer requirements, technical oversight, product development planning, process improvement, and stakeholder relationship management.

Responsibilities

Leads a squad of engineers, SDETs, & QAA and assign roles and tasks within the team as appropriate
Represents and communicates resource needs and matters impacting the team to group leaders based on priorities, roadmap, and team capacity; assess and own engineering trade offs within their squad in consultation with other group leaders.
Works with group leaders and individual contributors to define, assess, and execute and adhere to product quality strategy guidelines.
Identifies and mitigates or communicates technical risks to your group's leadership
Collaborates with group leaders to define & plan group objectives
Promotes sustainable product development practices & agile principles ensuring appropriate attention to overall support burden, architectural direction, & tech debt in support of the taxonomy group
Contributes to and enacts accountability for the product delivery schedule
Represents Workiva Engineering at internal and external events; where appropriate, actively recruits via meet-ups, conferences and events.
Communicates, reinforces, and holds squad(s) accountable for developing software within the principles, standards, and best practices for Workiva Product Development (Engineering, Architecture, and Product).

Team Performance Development

Assesses and documents individual employee performance.
Meets with direct reports to discuss and coach in areas including, but not limited to: career development, assigned product development work, and issues or obstacle that they face. Address issues from 1:1s
Conducts skip-level meetings.
Assesses and manages team health, including employee engagement and conflict management.
Prioritizes and invests time into career growth for direct reports; identifies and provides opportunities related to goals, as appropriate.
Interviews and participates in the recruiting and selection process; manages new team member onboarding.

What You'll Need

Education        

Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.

Skills

Excellent communication (verbal, listening, writing) skills
Strong attention to detail
Strong facilitation and conflict resolution skills
Understanding of the software development life cycle and why each piece is important
Demonstrated proficiency in programming to include a solid foundation in computer science, with competencies in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented software design (Product Development)

Experience

4+ years of related engineering leadership experience
Experience at a SaaS based product company highly preferred
Experience building or leading a team building a product where data integrity is imperative
Experience implementing operational efficiencies as a manager highly preferred
Progressive software engineer experience in automated testing or process improvement; working within the software development life cycle as a software engineer, quality analyst, or similar position
Demonstrated leadership potential; prior experience leading a team of people preferred
Experience working in an Agile development environment preferred
Experience working in the areas of accounting or financial reporting preferred
Solid testing background is strongly preferred

Travel

Typically requires no more than 25% travel to meet with customer, vendors and/or suppliers, attend trade shows

 Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office

How You'll Be Rewarded

Base Pay Range in Colorado: $145,000 - $206,000
A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire

The base pay range represents the low and high end of the hiring range for this job. Actual pay will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and capabilities.

Where You’ll Work

Our values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we’ve created.

Customer Success:  Always delight our customers.
Trust: Rely on each other. 
Integrity: Do the right thing, every time. 
Collaboration: Share resources and work together. 
Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways. 
Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong. 
Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.

We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.

At Workiva, you’ll enjoy: 

Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.
Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.
Involvement: Ability to participate in Employee Resource Groups, (Women in Tech, Women in Sales, Ethnic Diversity, Veterans, Rainbow (LGBTQ), Remote Employees, Caregiving) Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more
Work-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.