Software Development Manager

About Spokeo:

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Spokeo is a people search engine that helps over 18 million monthly visitors reconnect with friends, reunite with families, and protect against fraud. Additionally, our 12 billion records and over 250 million unique profiles help business professionals locate people and assets, research criminal investigation subjects, and more.

Founded in 2006, we have grown to a company of nearly 200 dedicated employees, with flexible work locations and an average tenure of 5.3 years. Find out why we were named a “Best Company” by Comparably for Women, Compensation, Happiest Employees, Company Perks & Benefits, and Work-Life Balance, as well as “Best CEO” for co-founder Harrison Tang.

About this Opportunity

We’re looking for a technical Software Development Manager to join our engineering-fueled team. You’ll work with the latest versions of React and Node.js, scrum teams, and 4B pages to impact! You can also help further define and promote best practices for functional areas, continuous integration, automation, and coding standards.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a small team of engineers with opportunities to expand your management scope 
• Benefit from a supportive management structure with minimal politics, where delegation and autonomy are valued 
• Own a significant area of the codebase and drive architectural direction 
• Contribute directly to spokeo.com and its millions of visitors with frequent releases and a path toward continuous deployment 
• Shape our development process and influence code quality standards 
• Work daily with technologies such as Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, CSS, RSpec, Elasticsearch, and SQL

What you’ve done:

• Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or gained equivalent hands-on experience 
• Led web application development teams for 1+ years 
• Guided scrum-based teams (e.g., as a scrum master, tech lead, or similar) for 1+ years 
• Developed full-stack applications for 5+ years using technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript/React, Node.js, MVC/Rails, MySQL, NoSQL, and RESTful APIs 
• Demonstrated a passion for building collaborative teams and high-quality software through a team-first leadership approach 
• Exhibited excellent project management and communication skills

Working at Spokeo

Spokeo offers a bonus program, equity plans, and 401K. Once a year, we do a discretionary, merit-based salary increase. Additional benefits include 100% medical/dental/vision coverage and unlimited employee PTO.

Spokeo extends written offers to candidates who successfully complete their selection process. Spokeo’s offers include a base salary, participation in a company bonus program, stock options, and comprehensive benefits. A final offer will depend on several factors, including, but not limited to, marketplace competition, job leveling, the candidate’s experience, skills, etc.

Privacy Notice for Candidates: https://www.spokeo.com/recruiting-policy

Spokeo is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. Spokeo fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best products, and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Recruiters or staffing agencies: Spokeo is not obligated to compensate any external recruiter or search firm who presents a candidate or their resume or profile to a Spokeo employee without 1) a current, fully executed agreement on file, and 2) being assigned to the open position (as a search) via our applicant tracking solution.