Insomniac Design is a global digital agency headquartered in Washington D.C., with offices in London, Bucharest and Chisinau. We’re an agile, determined and innovative team organized by functional areas of expertise — Creative, Technology, Strategy, and Management. We specialize in human-centered design with deep focus on design thinking and digital transformation.
A Senior Software Development Manager at Insomniac Design is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the people, process, and technology required to deliver customer projects. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that the software is developed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and reliability.
A successful Senior Software Development Manager will be proficient in multiple languages, development paradigms, and familiar with various frameworks. More importantly, you should be curious about new technologies and constantly learning new skills, libraries, and frameworks in order to grow your capabilities and share knowledge with the team.
General Responsibilities:
- Expected to have a significant impact within the immediate department, driving innovation and leading strategic initiatives.
- Develops efficient solutions to problems with no known resolutions, designs and implements frameworks, and implements processes and tools to address complex challenges.
- Leads implementation of product, process, automation and/or streamlines work with industry best practices or revolutionary ideas, contributing to measurable improvements at the Department level.
- Enables and unblocks new business strategies through the development of innovative processes.
- Mentors all team members, actively participates in the hiring process, leads business improvements, and plays a key role in performance management.
Responsibilities:
- Leads project teams through architecture, design, development, testing, and delivery of web applications for customer projects.
- Engages with internal and external stakeholders to elicit requirements, set priorities, and communicate direction and progress.
- Partners with project management and project teams to maintain status reporting, ensure accurate and clear requirements, and promptly escalate issues.
- Architects solutions for projects and establishes roadmaps.
- Creates, manages, and successfully executes project plans within a dynamic, high-paced engineering environment.
- Oversees the technical documentation of project requirements, developer processes, and end-user documentation.
- Drives continuous improvements in software engineering practices.
- Drives definition and achievement of OKRs.
- Defines, measures, and meets relevant KPIs.
Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
- 7+ years of experience working within software and web application development environments, including 4+ years of experience managing teams.
- Proven experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban or SCRUM) as a development manager.
- Proficiency in using Jira for Agile project management.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Deep understanding of the software development life-cycle and a successful track record of delivering software on time.
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while navigating ambiguity.
- Proficient in documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics.
- Ability to commute to our headquarters in Washington D.C. (5) times per month.
Insomniac Design is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. We believe that embracing differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, and cultural backgrounds allows us to create better solutions for our clients and a stronger team. We strive to ensure that all employees, candidates, and clients feel valued and respected, and we continuously work to improve our practices and policies to foster a more diverse and inclusive environment.
Applicant Eligibility: Please note, candidates who are eligible to work in the US without visa sponsorship are eligible to apply. No recruiters or staffing agencies please.
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What We Do
Insomniac Design is an award-winning digital creative agency founded in 1999, based in D.C.’s historic Blagden Alley. We’re an agile, nimble and innovative team organized by functional areas of expertise — Creative, Technology, Strategy, and Management. With offices in the U.S. and Europe, we’re a global team with diverse experience and cultural backgrounds who consistently strive for excellence. We specialize in human-centered design — with projects and work that includes complex web and mobile builds, digital transformation, branding, visual design, content, video and creative services.
We’ve worked in the areas of policy, advocacy, government, foundations, commercial brands, and more — with clients like Brand USA, UNICEF, The World Bank, World Health Organization, Amnesty International, BBC Worldwide, National Endowment for the Arts, Lufthansa Airlines, Adobe, and Google. Insomniac Design’s work has won numerous awards such as W3 Awards, Communicator Awards, and the AIB awards. Beyond the U.S., our work in Asia and Africa has been featured in news and media around the world.
