Software Engineering Manager

“I can succeed as a Software Engineering Manager at Capital Group.”

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a team that builds and manages a complex set of applications and data capabilities to support portfolio construction, research and monitoring capabilities for our multi-asset portfolio solutions business. Our investment professionals use the platform to construct portfolios, monitor and review their portfolios, and to make investment decisions.  You will collaborate with the Product Management team, investment professionals, and technology associates to create and implement detailed quality technical designs for mission critical and complex applications using existing and emerging technology platforms.  You have an agile mindset and will contribute to the design, implementation, and delivery of large-scale, critical, and complex data architecture, storage, and pipelines.  You will build complex cloud-based web applications and enterprise data processing and analytics systems, optimizing both computational and storage efficiencies on cloud platforms.  In this role, you will lead a team of Engineers and be responsible for their coaching and professional development. You are a player-coach, passionate about our mission, and committed to driving superior long-term investment results through the application of modern engineering and data management methods.  

“I am the person Capital Group is looking for.”

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field
• You are a people leader, capable of leading a team of Engineers while developing and mentoring individuals on the team.
• You encourage your team to be effective and efficient through a metrics-driven analytical approach. 
• You are a hands-on manager, architecting, designing, and guiding your team members, and have a strong technical ability to provide feedback in design reviews and code reviews. 
• You have significant experience running business critical data & technology capabilities effectively.
• You can seamlessly partner with Product, business users, Architecture, Enterprise Data Office, and other technology teams. 
• You are a continuous learner who seeks out stretch opportunities to build new technical skills and expand business acumen.
• You have led a team of at least 3+ direct reports to deliver high-quality data and analytics solutions. Experience managing 5+ direct reports is a plus.

Qualifications:  

• You are an experienced manager of engineers (5+ years)
• You have extensive prior experience as an engineer, with a solid understanding of engineering best practices (e.g. Agile software development, test-driven development, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, etc.)  
• You have prior experience and knowledge of the following: 
  • Design patterns including distributed systems design and OOD. 
  • Strong experience in various data systems and structures (i.e., SQL, NoSQL, Key-Value, Streams) 
  • Building ETL data pipelines using Python and Pyspark
  • Orchestration tools like Apache Airflow, Luigi, etc
  • Building cloud-based applications and have fluency in Python, Java, JavaScript or similar
  • AWS services (S3, containers – ECS & EKS, Lambda) preferred. 
• You understand the importance of implementing end-to-end monitoring & alerting solutions, and utilization of data processing technologies (i.e., Hadoop, Apache Spark, AWS Glue, and Kafka)
• You're thoughtful in your approach to ensuring engineering best practices are established, understood, and adopted by the teams you lead.
• You are passionate about management, leadership, and developing others.
• You possess the business acumen and the ability to communicate effectively with your team, distributed teams, and with the leadership team. 
• Prior experience in building tools for multi-asset portfolio construction and investment preferred

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Southern California Base Salary Range: $194,862-$311,779

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In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

* Temporary positions in Canada and the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.