Sr. Manager, Software Development Mgmt

Development Manager in Service Engineering
TiVo Service Engineering is constantly seeking ways to make the TiVo service more scalable, more robust, and easier to deploy. This powers a great experience for our customers as well as for the many television service providers worldwide who incorporate TiVo’s unique offerings. As a development manager you will guide a team of engineers who participate in the design and development of significant new service platform components that will help TiVo navigate a future where sophisticated service infrastructure becomes ever-more-crucial to business success.
What you will do
 Balance the needs of the business with the skills and needs of the engineering teams
 Become an expert at product features and requirements
 Interact effectively with partners and stakeholders
 Mentor and guide the teams you work and interact with
 Establish and follow coding best practices
 Work with other service development teams to understand their integration, monitoring, and operational needs, and help develop common strategies to meet those needs
 Resolve issues before they become major problems
 Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines
 Build and maintain a product backlog
 Work effectively using Agile processes including facilitating sprint reviews, retrospectives, backlog grooming sessions, etc.
Here is what you'll need to be successful:
Must Have:
 Experience as a technical lead role on a medium-large team of developers (5+ years)
 Solid understanding of the full lifecycle development process including understanding business and functional requirements, developing detailed technical designs, and implementing testable solutions
 Relevant software development experience (Java, C++, bash, or Python)
 In-depth knowledge of object oriented software development, modern development practices and techniques
 Understanding of technical issues and ability to help resolve them
 Formalized project planning and tracking, scoping and schedule estimation
 Proven track record in working cross-functionally to drive projects to production deployment
 Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 Bachelor's degree in computer science (Master’s preferred)
A plus:
 Experience with large-scale, high-performance server infrastructure
 Experience with server virtualization
 Experience with AWS or similar cloud-based services suite
 Detailed knowledge of Linux OS
 Code inspections and/or reviews; experience with Code Collaborator
 Completion of formal Scrum training or other Agile education.