Engineering Manager

Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide!

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader that helps businesses accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable Unified Communications, Contact Center Applications, and Communications APIs.

Vonage Engineering Mission: We embody the notion of be what’s next now! We envision, develop and manage technology to connect the world. Our team brings excellence, passion, creativity and curiosity to the job. We look at the business environment and technologies in new and challenging ways, striving to develop and deliver integrated whole-system solutions to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs.

 

Why this role matters

The Engineering team at Vonage is a fast growing group of talented engineers. They face multiple challenges associated with high performance, distributed systems, and processing large volumes of data in real time.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to help us develop a best in class fraud prevention platform. We’re continuing to add industry-leading features to help our customers manage their traffic across our products, as well as bolstering our fraud detection capabilities. Our engineers work on an exciting mix of both greenfield and existing projects, giving them an opportunity to explore new technologies.

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What you will do

• Build systems to add features across our messaging platform.
• Provide direction to a team of software engineers, creating scalable microservices that will help support our impressive growth.
• Work with product owners and customers to understand use cases and business requirements.
• Lead team members in the planning and delivery of product / solution releases.
• Assign, manage and perform project work, including scope, schedule, resource allocation and cost estimation.
• Ensure delivery of secure, high quality, well-tested and scalable software to meet customer and business requirements.
• Assist with maintenance and prioritization of the product development backlog.
• Ensure team activities align with and support broader organizational goals and objectives.
• Write efficient and scalable code, in well-tested systems.
• Develop on AWS infrastructure.

 

What you will bring

• Engineering leadership skills.
• An excellent practical understanding of high performance, highly distributed computing.
• A strong focus on testing.
• Excellent software engineering skills in Java.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to:
• Navigate ambiguity.
• Present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a wide variety of audiences.
• Identify risks and threats in current and emerging technologies, procedures, features and operations.
• Manage multiple priorities with accuracy and efficiency while meeting deadlines.
• Develop technical and process skills in others. 

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There’s no perfect candidate. You don't need all the preferred qualifications to make a valuable impact on our team. Our employees and customers come from diverse backgrounds, so if you're passionate about what you could achieve at Vonage, we'd love to hear from you.

Who we are:

At Vonage, our mission is to accelerate the way the world connects. As an emerging leader in the $10B+ cloud communications platform (CPaaS) market, we empower businesses to connect better with their customers, employees, and partners through transformative communications experiences. Our innovative solutions span messaging, voice, video, and data technologies, providing seamless and engaging interactions for customers like Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, and Snapchat.

Join us to be part of a dynamic team committed to shaping the future of connectivity!

Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. Assignments may differ for individuals within the same role based on business conditions, departmental need or geographic location.