Sr Manager, Platform Software Engineering

At LegitScript, we are passionate about making the internet and payment ecosystems safer and more transparent. We help companies of all sizes keep their services legal and safe for consumers. To do this, LegitScript combines big data with the world’s leading team of experts skilled in highly regulated and complex sectors, including transaction laundering detection, pharmaceuticals, online gambling, and more.

The result? Unmatched accuracy and deep risk analysis that identifies which commercial entities play by the rules, and which do not. Our diverse industry partnerships provide unique insights that keep businesses and governments at the forefront of emerging trends. That’s why LegitScript is trusted by the world's largest search engines, internet platforms, payment companies, and regulatory agencies.

Overview:

This role will lead two scrum teams of engineers to develop and deliver software solutions. They will oversee project planning, ensure best practices, and mentor team members. Responsibilities include aligning technical efforts with business goals and fostering collaboration across teams. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AWS and Databricks, and be able to drive deliverables as they align to organizational goals

What You'll Do:

• Manage multiple scrum teams comprised of both software and quality engineers, helping them succeed in their careers and day-to-day work
• Have a passion for leading teams to produce high-quality products
• Coach and mentor our teams to improve both their technical skills and business acumen
• Ensure teams meet their shared and individual goals to achieve business success
• Be willing to roll up your sleeves and work to solve issues with your teams
• Oversee team execution, performance, and timely delivery based on company priorities
• Maintain a high standard of quality and security across our deployed products
• Have a customer-oriented approach to software delivery
• Collaborate closely with our Product Manager to align the team to meet business goals
• Conduct performance assessments and manage compensation and career growth
• Ensure that coding, quality, and security best practices are being followed 
• Ensure our teams of engineers are aligned with the business mission
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to use good judgment and make strong independent decisions
• Demonstrates an inspirational attitude that contributes to a positive team environment
• Ability to analyze and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, management, and other stakeholders

What You'll Bring:

• Experience in coaching, mentoring, and overall performance management of both developers and quality engineers
• Expert-level knowledge of Jira and project management in a Scrum/Agile environment
• Experience delivering systems in a micro-service or service-oriented architecture
• Experience deploying systems into cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with Databricks for building and maintaining ETL pipelines, managing Delta Lake storage, running large-scale Apache Spark jobs, and integrating machine learning workflows
• Proven ability to work closely with application development teams to design, optimize, and integrate Databricks solutions into production systems
• Experience using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to move and synchronize data from on-premises or cloud-based sources into AWS for downstream processing in Databricks
• Experience with MLOps deployments, including model training, versioning, monitoring, and automated CI/CD pipelines for ML models
• Familiarity with common MLOps tools such as MLflow, Kubeflow, Apache Airflow, AWS SageMaker, and AWS Step Functions
• Proficiency with data storage and processing tools that integrate with Databricks, such as Delta Lake, Apache Spark, and Kafka
• Experience designing and implementing web crawlers for data collection and processing at scale (e.g., using Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, Selenium, or Playwright)
• Must possess and consistently exhibit the competencies relative to the position
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to lead discussions in diverse groups of varying sizes

In addition to competitive salaries, full-time employees enjoy a great benefits package:

• Multiple Medical plans (one with $0 employee premium option), Dental & Vision plans
• 401k with company match and immediate vesting
• Generous paid time off package and 11 paid holidays
• And much more!

If you got to this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you just read. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people that believe in LegitScript’s mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. We cannot support international remote work.

**We do not accept unsolicited applications from third-party recruiters or agencies for this job posting. Any candidate submission without a prior agreement will be considered the property of our company, and we will not be responsible for any fees or obligations related to such submissions. We encourage interested candidates to apply directly through our official channels.**