Manager II Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Position Overview

This role manages a team of software engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that support business objectives. You will be responsible for the technical execution, operational efficiency, and health of your team’s engineering output, ensuring high-quality, scalable software delivery. You will foster a high-performing, collaborative team environment, mentor engineers, and drive continuous improvements in both product and process. This role requires strong leadership, a hands-on approach to problem-solving, and a focus on delivering impactful solutions.

Primary Responsibilities

The below represents the primary duties of the position, others may be assigned as needed. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lead and manage an engineering team, ensuring alignment with product and business goals.
• Own the overall health, scalability, and quality of products within the team’s domain.
• Drive technical execution and delivery of high-quality, scalable software solutions.
• Empower and unblock the team by establishing efficient execution and operational processes, ensuring high velocity and impactful delivery.
• Facilitate and continuously improve team processes, including development, planning, oncall rotations, bug triage, and metrics review.
• Drive execution on projects / goals that may extend beyond the immediate team’s scope, ensuring cross-functional collaboration.
• Coach and mentor engineers, supporting their career growth and skill development.
• Work with a single team and product partners within a domain that may contain multiple products or applications while managing dependencies and expected outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product, Security, and Business teams to align technical strategy with company objectives.
• Ensure adherence to security best practices and compliance standards.
• Monitor and analyze team performance metrics to drive continuous improvements in quality, velocity, and efficiency.
• Manage team capacity and resource planning, ensuring the right talent is allocated to meet project goals.
• Stay up to date on industry trends and emerging technologies, applying relevant innovations to enhance team effectiveness.

Education and Experience

Physical requirements

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact LeaveBenefits@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed

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