Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VERSANT Media is an industry-changing media and entertainment business known for its trusted brands that shape culture and inform audiences. They are seeking an experienced Manager, Software Engineering to lead their engineering team in creating reliable and scalable digital products while driving engineering excellence and fostering a high-performance culture.
Responsibilities
- Serve as both a technical leader and people manager, guiding your team to make sound architectural and engineering decisions
- Support your team through regular one-on-ones, clear communication of priorities, cross-functional collaboration, and by proactively removing blockers and resolving conflicts
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering career growth, engagement, and a high-performance culture
- Partner with business and technology leadership to align on priorities, manage stakeholder expectations, and deliver impactful outcomes
- Provide accurate effort estimates and technical input for new features, enhancements, and product initiatives
- Promote ownership and accountability across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design through delivery and operations
- Collaborate closely with product management and design to prioritize and execute on the team’s roadmap
- Work with fellow engineering leaders to continuously improve engineering practices, processes, and overall team effectiveness
- Encourage the adoption of AI development tools and intelligent solutions to improve productivity and product capabilities
- Participate in security and compliance governance, including PCI and PII standards
- Take on additional responsibilities as needed to support team and organizational success
Skills
- 8+ years in a software engineering role following Agile development processes
- 3+ years in team lead or management role
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices
- Solid track record of leading a software engineering team in a technical capacity
- Demonstrated ability to drive technical excellence, pushing innovation and quality
- Experience leading geographically dispersed teams in a collaborative, team-driven environment
- Adept at prioritizing and balancing multiple projects in a constantly evolving environment
- Strong understanding of system design, scalability, performance and reliability best practices
- 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting, designing and developing technology platforms using Ruby on Rails, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript
- 3+ years of experience working with relational and NoSQL database platforms (MySQL, MongoDB)
- Some experience with modern caching technologies (Redis preferred)
- Experience developing and deploying applications in cloud environments, including familiarity with cloud-native architectures and services
- Deep understanding of service-oriented and event-driven architecture
- Outstanding interpersonal skills: written and verbal, in-person, and remote
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools or integrating AI/ML capabilities into products or engineering workflows
- Experience working in high-availability, high-traffic production environments
- Experience developing or integrating with movie theater or entertainment systems
- Experience developing Point of Sale, F&B, Ticketing, Inventory or Order Management Systems
- Experience working with CRM, Loyalty and Membership solutions
- Experience integrating Payment platforms, including EMV and card reader integrations
- Experience with DevOps and SecOps practices
- Experience with monitoring, logging and observability tools
- Understanding of the mindset of 'Fail Fast, Learn Fast' and continuous improvement
Company Overview
Versant Media is a media company that offers television and digital entertainment services. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://versantmedia.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Versant Media has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 11 in 2026. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.