A client in the northeast is creating a family of state-of-the-art Web-based client/server applications. A pre-IPO company, this client offers an attractive compensation package including competitive salary and stock options, excellent benefits, empowerment, and opportunity in a fast-paced, aggressive, dynamic environment.

We are seeking a Software Engineer Manager to manage a team of 5 - 10 software engineers. This individual will have a hands-on style and a proven background in both management and software development.

Responsibilities:

• Personnel management including, appraisals and evaluations, monitoring morale, support teams with issues as they arise, etc.
• Enable team of software engineers to grow and develop to their full potential (mentoring and coaching)
• Help Product Development Manager sustain and grow development team
• Act as a team lead for feature development
• Schedule, oversee, and ensure development work is completed according to plan
• Work closely with senior management, consulting software engineers, and members of development team to ensure successful completion of all projects
• Will be exposed to full life cycle development - interacting with QA, Documentation, UI, Architecture, Design

Required Experience:

• Proven experience managing up to 10 direct reports
• Microsoft technology savvy
• Although this position will not be "hands-on", the ideal candidate will have "hands-on" technical experience
• Ability to take high-level direction and translate to specific actions
• Able to handle directions change quickly
• Thrive in a fast paced, dynamic, multi-task environment