Manager, Software Engineering in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (# 2908)

About Us

Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets in numerous industries including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, mining, and forestry. Our mission is to create compelling business solutions for the world's builders to easily and confidently exchange equipment. Learn more about us at: https://www.ritchiebros.com/ 

About The Team

Job Description

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Manager, Software Engineering. This is a critical leadership role with full responsibility for one or more functional areas of our e-commerce website. As a Manager, Software Engineering, you will be expected to create and nurture a joyful and productive environment for your engineering teams. You will oversee a group of software engineers, ensuring they deliver business value daily through creative collaboration and lean development practices. Your focus will be on enabling the team’s success, mentoring individuals, and establishing scalable processes that drive our e-commerce business forward.

Responsibilities

• Hire, retain, manage, mentor, inspire and enable a team of software engineers and QA engineers to achieve maximum productivity. This is achieved by creating a productive enabling environment and assuring resilient, self-healing software products with maximum quality.
• Create an environment where creative engineering team members find joy shipping business value on a daily basis.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning within the team.
• Focus on understanding the full team lean value stream and manage and monitor performance and waste within that value stream.
• Identify and implement improvements in workflows, tools, and processes to enhance team productivity by promoting lean development methodologies to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
• Partner with Staff Engineers and Product Management to come up with realistic design proposals and development schedule. Break down a large body of work into multiple phases of development tasks.
• Partner with Product Management to develop a lean backlog that matches senior leadership expectations for daily release and small story size.
• Build skillsets within the team through partnership with Engineering Enablement teams and assure team members have the skills and tools necessary to achieve their team mission.
• Accurately assess each engineer’s capability and capacity, Set clear goals and expectations while providing regular feedback and performance reviews.
• Exercises judgement in evaluating business urgencies and priorities, adjust team resources to achieve better results.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of e-commerce platform features and enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. 
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a leadership role. 
• Strong understanding of Mobile e-commerce platforms and technologies. 
• Extensive work experience with a variety of software products, including modern front end frameworks, advance deployments with Kubernetes and Istio
•  Proven capability of managing software development projects and leading cross-functional engineering teams for the entire cycle of the product development, from requirements gathering, to producing software specification, developing and testing software, until successful release of the projects. 
• Hands-on experience with agile and lean development methodologies. 
•  Demonstrated to be a quick learner, willing to meet the challenge and take on new technology and deploy it onto our software system whenever it is necessary. 
• Passion for fostering an inclusive and empowering team environment. 
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with precise comprehension of ever-changing e-commerce business processes 
• Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment. Proven capability of managing software development projects and leading a team of engineers for the entire cycle of the product development, from requirements gathering, to producing software specification, developing and testing software, until successful release of the projects.

EEOC

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted.