Senior Engineering Manager

We're Civica and we make software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world. From local to state government, to education, to health and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to help provide critical services to over 100 million citizens. 
 
Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work around the globe, supporting the needs of citizens and those that serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point on our journey to realise that aspiration. 
 
As a company, we're passionate about what we do and the citizens we help to serve. If you too would like to help champion the use of technology in public services, to improve outcomes for citizens and public sector organisations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve growth in your career whilst making a real difference to people and communities.  

Why you will love this opportunity as Senior Engineering Manager at Civica 

Using your technical and leadership expertise, you will manage engineers and engineering managers, owning the people management and delivery efforts of multiple engineering teams. You’ll make data driven decisions, instilling a culture of measurement and constant learning and improvement. 

You’ll strive to make Civica a great place to work, learn and grow for software engineers. 

What you will do to be successful in this role   

• Hire, build and manage multiple teams of successful & happy software engineers 

• Enabling your teams for success, delivering high-quality products to our customers 

• Set and communicate clear priorities and a strategy that contribute to Civica’s goals 

• Help to set the long-term technical vision for your teams, and contribute to the wider Civica Engineering vision 

• Drive the evolution of Civica’s engineering culture 

• Develop and align processes and decision-making across teams 

• Aligning engineering efforts with product colleagues & other senior stakeholder 

• Experience in recruiting, coaching and mentoring software engineers and managers 

• A technical background, able to engage with software engineers on a deeply technical level and contribute to technical decision making 

• Strong knowledge of modern software development practices such as agile development, testing principles, security, and observability 

• Expertise implementing engineering metrics to drive quality and performance 

• Comfortable with ambiguity, and able to create clarity for your teams 

Requirements

Nice to Haves: 

• Awareness of Developer Experience principles 

• Experience modernising legacy software 

• Worked in an environment where engineers own production services 

• Experience working with globally distributed teams 

We Want You to Bring Your Whole Self to Work 
 There is no such thing as the perfect candidate, so if you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point on the list above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit. 

 Some technologies that we use: 

• .NET (C#) 

• Go (Golang) 

• Playwright 

• Azure & AWS Platforms 

• GitHub 

• Kubernetes 

• Docker 

• Terraform 

• Datadog 

• SQL Server 

Benefits

Why You'll Love Working with Us 
 As a company, we're passionate about what we do and the citizens we serve. If you, too, want to champion the use of technology in public services to improve outcomes for citizens and public sector organizations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve career growth, and make a real difference to people and communities.  
We know that when our people are happy, they work better and have greater job satisfaction. Here's what you can expect: 

We're all different - and we love this about us.

We provide an inclusive, safe, and welcoming environment to all Civicans - there are heaps of opportunities to enable you to grow and be your best.   

Giving culture - we encourage you to "give back" with benefits such as our Days of Difference leave where you can volunteer for a charity of your choice.

Flexible Work - we have the technology and tools to support you to work from home and come into our offices now and then to catch up and socialise with colleagues.

Apply for this job - Become part of something special Do you see yourself in this role? If so, then we would love to hear from you.