Boats Group is the fastest-growing digital business in the recreational boating space. We are a talented team of techies, creatives, marketers, closers and customer advocates who spend each day pushing the boundaries of technology to make buying and selling boats easy. We spend each day surrounded by 500,000 boats from across the globe.
Our passion and unyielding dedication to getting people on the water influence our culture in ways you won’t find at other companies. We’re the best at what we do because we’re working in an industry we love. When you walk through our doors, you’ll find smart, dedicated people who consider one another family.
If you want to work in an inclusive, innovative environment where we encourage employees to collaborate, leverage their talents and actively shape the future of the company, then you will enjoy working here!
About The Role
As a Software Development Manager, you will assist to ensure a balanced approach to software engineering in the delivery and maintenance of all of Boats Group’s products, services and systems. This includes helping define and refine all aspects of the technology team’s ecosystem to support and grow the team to be the best they can be. You will build a deep understanding of the strategic and tactical goals for Boats Group and will work directly with the developers with hands-on coding to troubleshoot issues. You will leverage your experiences to work with other technology leaders to support and guide the teams to effectively and efficiently support both the company and technology team’s short and long term goals.
Everyday is something new and complex, you won’t be bored!
This role is Hybrid with some days required per week in our Miami Headquarters. Our office is in the Brickell financial district that overlooks the entire city & ocean with breathtaking views, chock full of motorized standup desks, relaxation pods, ping pong table & shuffleboard in the kitchen, a zillion kinds of free coffee & snacks to choose from, and more!
What You’ll Do
Analyze specific and implied requirements and collaborate with other members of the development team to design, build and deliver features to meet those requirements
Contribute to the continued development and maintenance of several high-traffic, high availability web sites, including working with legacy systems
Document systems, procedures, and processes relevant to our suite of applications
Periodically apply your analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve critical production outages and issues
Coach, mentor and knowledge share with developers ensuring team members have a career and growth path
Stay current on software development trends and advise on which ones, if any, Boats Group should adopt
Providing technical feedback and solution architecture where appropriate, in partnership with the Software Architects
Managing and running efficiently the Agile SCRUM rituals and identifying opportunities for continual improvement
What You Should Have
B.Sc. in Computer Science/related field of study or equivalent experience
8+ years of industry experience designing and building enterprise-level solutions
2+ years leading and managing software development teams
Effective communication and relations management skills with peers and stakeholders
An understanding of web services (RESTful and RPC based), JSON payloads with stateless restful polyglot services
Experience with version control systems (Git, SVN)
An understanding of continuous integration, continuous deployment and unit testing
Knowledge of database technologies both relational and NoSQL
Experience with, or understanding of, Agile/Lean Software Development practices such as Kanban or Scrum
Experience operating in a cloud IT landscape, AWS preferred
Familiarity with modern mobile and frontend build pipelines and tools is a plus
Experience developing in some of the following:
Node.js and the hapi.js framework
React
Java
Browser-side JavaScript
HTML5
Perks
You’ll be joining a close knit and talented team, with plenty of opportunity for professional growth. We offer competitive compensation + benefits that are on par with large companies, while also placing a high value on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
401(k) with 4% matching
15 days of PTO per year (Total PTO bank is granted on day 1 of employment, not accrued over time.)
Holiday break from December 27th-31st
Birthday PTO (You never have to work on your birthday!)
All Federal holidays off & paid
32 hours of volunteer time paid per year (We are big into volunteering and helping out the community here at Boats Group!)
Professional reimbursement program for employees to take courses, attend seminars, etc. (Things to enrich you as a professional)
Short term & Long term disability after 1 year of employment.
Shiny new laptop + large second monitor + other office accessories
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Part-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
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