Software Engineering Manager
CurrentAt Templafy I am an engineering manager for two teams of altogether 11 engineers. This role involves, but is not limited to:- Helping my teammates develop their careers through regular one on one meetings and building a career development plan- Supporting the process of discovering and understanding the needs of our customers by working closely with the product owner, lead engineer and product designer- Performing a quarterly team check-in and communicating any insights back to the CTO and an engineering director- Adjusting the day-to-day team processes to fit the team based on Scrum/Kanban/Agile methodologies- Assisting the product owner in planning upcoming work by evaluating priorities, dependencies on other teams, estimates and team capacity- Empower the team by ensuring that domain and technical knowledge is shared, peripheral tasks are done on a rotational basis and that the team has enough external contact with stakeholders and technical support personnel- Providing technical insights to the team when necessary- Assisting with various technical tasks like POCs, code review, the occasional user story implementation and release management for a part of our systemI am also involved in the mentorship of two people outside my teams.