Manager Software Development

Manage a team of software engineers to design, implement and maintain Cepheid’s C360 connected platform. Cepheid C360 is a web-based cloud software platform providing administrative and analytics support for Cepheid’s GeneXpert product family.
The software development team is focused on the design and development of a product with a front-end written in Angular and a back-end in Java/Spring. The work is done in cross-functional Agile scrum teams together with Software Quality (SQA) to develop and test cloud services for disease surveillance and systems administration in the diagnostics area.
This role requires a combination of a highly technical hands-on software engineer and a dedicated people manager. The Position is within software development organization.
Job responsibilities include:
Lead the execution and delivery of C360 software development activities
Perform employee performance management including goal setting and performance review
Provide coaching and mentoring to team members
Oversee the assignments and duties of employees, including day-to-day activities
Manage requirement analysis, design and development activities, schedules, resource allocations, and delivery of development output.
Ensure design and code for the product are meeting the highest standard
Recruit, inspire, and develop team members
Responsibility includes interacting with cross-functional stakeholders from SW Development, SQA, Marketing, Service and support organizations, and project/program managers during the development and delivery of the product



Knowledge and skills:
Strong leadership skills with demonstrated capacity to mentor highly productive and motivated software development teams
Experience from fostering a strong engineering culture, setting clear expectations and creating a positive work environment based on accountability, in collaboration with software test engineering and core teams
Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive software development efforts
Proven project management capabilities with highly delivery focus
Experience with Agile development process
Working experience with Software development with Java, Spring
Experience with REST, JSON, and databases (SQL/MySQL)
Comfortable in using a wide variety of open source technologies and tools
Working experience with Git, Linux (command line)
Knowledge about CI, Jenkins, AWS Cloud and Docker is meriting
Ability to communicate both at the code level as well as translation between broader business imperatives and low-level implementation details.
Background from medical device industry or regulated industry is meriting
Fluent in English, speaker and writer on technical subjects
Knowledge in Swedish is meriting



Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of related work experience or Master’s degree in field with 5-8 years of related work experience