FIND YOUR MISSION

Missions are accomplished with people, driving towards a greater purpose. At ClearCo, our mission is to help our 3000+ clients achieve theirs. When talking to our own team of A players, you’ll find that it’s not only the opportunity to drive this mission forward that keeps us thriving. It’s the freedom, flexibility, and support ClearCo provides which contributes to our professional development and the pursuit of our personal missions and passions outside of work. Learn more about our state of the art, cloud-based talent platform and why you should consider joining us here.

SENIOR TECHNICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER

Finding, engaging and retaining top talent is challenging in today’s work environment. We should know because we’ve been helping small and medium-sized businesses do just that through our unique talent management SaaS platform for almost twenty years. As a leader in talent management software, we’ve also learned a thing or two about what it takes to run an amazing company. So if you’re looking to join an organization that cares about its engineers, believes team collaboration is a better way to problem solve, and provides a supportive environment where you can advance your career, come join our engineering team at ClearCo! We’re a rapidly growing and financially stable company with a bright future and lots of opportunities.

The salary for this role will be between $175,000-$195,000 depending on experience.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering, as a Senior Technical Software Engineering Manager at ClearCo, you will join our talented, collaborative, and inclusive engineering team to help grow our team’s capabilities to expand our best-in-class HR platform. Our team has a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives, which has helped us build the amazing culture that we have today. That culture, along with our core value of “Listen to Many, Execute as One”, has enabled us to not only create an excellent technical platform but also an environment where everyone’s voice can be heard. We’re very proud of the culture we’ve built.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the engineering team responsible for our Platform Architecture and Shared Services that span technologies, frameworks, and other components that contribute to the application development ecosystem.
• Analyze existing systems and processes to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvements.
• Contribute to long term vision and the strategy to achieve the vision for the technology organization.
• Lead collaboration across technology teams to foster innovation and follow guidelines around re-usability of frameworks and governance of architecture patterns.
• Own and drive the engineering roadmap for the Platform team as we modernize our architecture from monolithic to services-oriented to support rapid growth.
• Coach, mentor, and provide performance feedback to direct reports to help them further develop their skills and guide them on their career paths.
• Design, test, code, and instrument new solutions (work on POCs as needed).
• Collaborate with senior management to establish team policies, develop resource plans, and evaluate individual performance.
• Partner with Product Management, UX, and Tech Leads to drive product innovation and technical excellence
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture that emphasizes continuous learning and growth

WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO HAVE

• SaaS Architecture Expertise & Decision Making: 10+ years’ of experience involved in building and supporting SaaS products at scale, with the ability to quickly make difficult architectural and technical decisions.
• Modernization Leadership: Software-first leader with 5+ years of people leadership experience who has modernized legacy codebases and platforms from reactive operations to proactive platform engineering.
• AI-First Development: Well-versed in AI-assisted and AI-first development practices, with hands-on experience using AI platforms to accelerate development, testing, code reviews, and security scans. Embraces AI and its potential to transform how we deliver high-quality products to our clients.
• Culture of Experimentation: Fosters an engineering environment that challenges the status quo, values experimentation, and fast follow-ups. Fosters a collaborative engineering culture that values continuous learning, mentorship, and innovation.
• People and Project Management: Possesses a track record of delivering complex projects on schedule while maintaining code quality and team well-being. Proven experience working with strong personalities, ensuring the team remains focused and on-track.

OUR TECHNOLOGY STACK

You’re probably wondering what we use for our tech stack, so we’ll list the major ones below.

• Back-end: C#/.NET Core, Postgres, MySQL/Entity Framework, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, Redis
• Front-end: React, TypeScript, WebSockets, Sass
• AI tools: GitHub Copilot, Claude, Revo
• Infrastructure: AWS using EC2, S3, Aurora...and the list goes on and on

WHAT YOU WILL LOVE ABOUT ClearCo

• The people! Our employees and customers consistently express the best thing about ClearCo is our close-knit, exceptionally talented team. Check out our G2 reviews to see what people are saying about our solutions.
• A commitment to inclusion & belonging. Engagement = Inclusion. Your uniqueness powers our vision of a world where organizations perform optimally with empowered managers and engaged employees. Not only will you transform how we do business, but you will be a catalyst to change the world of work for our 3,000+ customers.
• Outstanding benefits. Flexible vacation, medical/dental/vision, 401k with match, and even pet insurance. We’ve got your back so you can live your best life. See the full list here.
• It's about Listening to Many and Executing as One: We listen to many voices then we stack hands and move forward as one team. Learn more about all our core values here
• Professional growth. We have promoted 24% of our team members annually compared to 11% across the industry and open new roles to our employees first.
• Our environment! We celebrate success and believe in transparency and teamwork to get us there. We invest in collaboration tools so you can meet with your team face to face. You can even drop in for a virtual coffee break, connect with your ClearCo mentor, or jump into a training session with our Learning Managers. Learn more here or check out our Great Places to Work Certification and Glassdoor reviews

ClearCo is an equal opportunity employer. We support and encourage diversity.