Software Engineering Manager
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A Software Engineering Manager is an technical people engineering manager that leads software engineering teams to deliver software engineering solutions.
- AKA: SWE Manager.
- Context:
- It can typically oversee Software Engineering Teams with software engineering developers, software engineering architects, and software engineering tech leads.
- It can typically balance Software Engineering Technical Decisions with software engineering team development needs.
- It can typically conduct Software Engineering Performance Reviews for software engineering team members.
- It can typically manage Software Engineering Project Delivery within software engineering timelines and software engineering budget constraints.
- It can typically ensure Software Engineering Code Quality through software engineering review processes and software engineering standards.
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- It can often facilitate Software Engineering Sprint Planning using software engineering agile methodology.
- It can often mentor Software Engineering Team Members through software engineering career development programs.
- It can often coordinate Software Engineering Cross-Team Collaboration across software engineering organizational boundarys.
- It can often drive Software Engineering Process Improvement through software engineering best practice adoption.
- It can often handle Software Engineering Stakeholder Communication between software engineering technical teams and software engineering business partners.
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- It can range from being a Hands-On Software Engineering Manager to being a Strategic Software Engineering Manager, depending on its software engineering technical involvement level.
- It can range from being a Small Team Software Engineering Manager to being a Large Organization Software Engineering Manager, depending on its software engineering team size.
- It can range from being a Junior Software Engineering Manager to being a Senior Software Engineering Manager, depending on its software engineering management experience.
- It can range from being a Single-Domain Software Engineering Manager to being a Multi-Domain Software Engineering Manager, depending on its software engineering technical breadth.
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- It can implement Software Engineering Hiring Processes to build software engineering team capability.
- It can establish Software Engineering Team Culture through software engineering value systems and software engineering practice standards.
- It can manage Software Engineering Budgets for software engineering resource allocation.
- It can resolve Software Engineering Conflicts between software engineering team members and software engineering stakeholders.
- It can communicate Software Engineering Technical Concepts to software engineering non-technical stakeholders.
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- Example(s):
- Technology Company Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Google Software Engineering Manager, managing software engineering search teams with software engineering innovation focus.
- Amazon Software Engineering Manager, leading software engineering service teams with software engineering operational excellence.
- Microsoft Software Engineering Manager, overseeing software engineering product teams with software engineering enterprise focus.
- Meta Software Engineering Manager, directing software engineering platform teams with software engineering scale challenges.
- Software Engineering Manager Specializations, such as:
- Frontend Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Backend Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Full-Stack Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Domain-Specific Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Data Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Machine Learning Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Security Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Organizational Level Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Startup Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Enterprise Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Hybrid Role Software Engineering Managers, such as:
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- Technology Company Software Engineering Managers, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- Hardware Engineering Manager, which manages hardware engineering teams rather than software engineering developers.
- Software Project Manager, which focuses on project coordination without people management authority.
- Software Tech Lead, which provides technical leadership without formal management responsibility.
- Scrum Master, which facilitates agile processes without direct report management.
- Data Annotation Manager, which manages data annotation teams rather than software development teams.
- QA Manager, which oversees quality assurance teams rather than software engineering development teams.
- See: Organization Manager, People Manager, Engineering Manager, Technical Manager, Software Engineering Leadership, Director of Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering Manager.
References
2024
- GPT-4
- ... engineering managers play a crucial role in coordinating between teams, reducing information overload, and representing their teams effectively. This specialization allows for better focus and less context-switching for engineers. ... Effective management ensures the smooth operation and development of the team and organization. ...
2020
- https://www.glassdoor.com/Job/software-engineering-manager-jobs-SRCH_KO0,28.htm
- QUOTE: What you'll be doing here
- Lead a full stack scrum team developing features as a player-coach, split between developing and management
- Take a lead role in steering architecture to scale technology and process to a high scale and quality
- Work closely with stakeholders in various internal groups to help balance delivery speed and quality
- About you and your skill
- Customer focused outlook on software design
- 2+ years managing software engineering team.
- 2+ years experience in an Agile environment/framework
- Experience building solutions for AWS (or other cloud services)
- Experience working with distributed systems (microservices) a plus
- Experience with front-end javascript frameworks such as React or Angular a plus
- Experience with containers and container orchestration systems a plus
- QUOTE: What you'll be doing here
2019
- https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/21/good-engineers-can-become-good-leaders/
- QUOTE: ... engineering management is a full-time job ... Many engineers, including those in management roles, aren’t sure what management is supposed to be. There’s a respect and simplicity that comes along with being a principal engineer that is more challenging to recognize in management roles. In an engineering environment, you’ll hear phrases like:
- “Oh yeah, she’s a Haskell wizard!”
- “Nobody knows Kafka better than him.”
- “She’s definitely your go-to person if you need some ZooKeeper magic.”
- You are less likely to hear things like:
- “He prioritizes our roadmap so well; our work is so on strategy.”
- “She increases team retention rates like you wouldn’t believe.”
- “That guy really recognizes gaps and foresees risks like a champ.”
- Much of the job of an effective engineering manager is less technical in nature: prioritization, communication, risk-awareness, connecting silos, inspiring teams, growing new leaders, and so forth. This makes success less visible, or at least less obvious, and pushes the day-to-day of the job away from having immediate and tangible gratification.
- QUOTE: ... engineering management is a full-time job ... Many engineers, including those in management roles, aren’t sure what management is supposed to be. There’s a respect and simplicity that comes along with being a principal engineer that is more challenging to recognize in management roles. In an engineering environment, you’ll hear phrases like:
2014
- http://www.defmacro.org/2014/10/03/engman.html
- QUOTE: Welcome to engineering management. It’s fun, it’s exhausting, it’s rewarding — but most importantly it’s new! What worked for you before won’t work now. You’ll have to acquire a new set of skills, and shed some bad habits in the process. Here is a short guide to get you started.