Software Development Manager

We’re looking for a Software Development Manager to join our engineering team and help continue building out our Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) product. PMM is a free and open-source client/server platform for monitoring and managing the performance of SQL/NoSQL databases and servers, or cloud instances.

What You Will Do

• Remotely build and manage a distributed team of 10 developers and testers ranging from experienced to very senior
• Drive software delivery through championing team velocity, predictability, and accountability
• Ensure reliable delivery by managing scope, workload, addressing blockers and resource changes
• Develop people through coaching, mentoring, and management support
• Conduct regular 1:1, goal‑setting, and feedback conversations with direct reports to ensure team health and individual growth
• Work with development teams, product managers, product owners, and others to maintain high levels of transparency, efficiency, collaboration and set context with the team so they are empowered and equipped to make great business and engineering‑informed decisions
• Continually find ways to improve processes and efficiencies through technology and automation
• Strong ownership of team results, building on the good and taking corrective action on the bad

What You Have Done

• 5+ years of experience leading and managing development teams
• Experience managing an agile engineering team that has been responsible for multiple products in an environment where they are either shipped to end users or hosted as a single Web/SaaS application (huge plus if you’d lead a team that delivered both)
• Software Development experience is a must! We use Go and React, but you should have at least Java/Python/Angular/JavaScript or similar experience
• A cross‑team facilitator: working with other teams and figuring out how to get things running more smoothly
• Knowledgeable about open source software
• High level of organization with a proven ability to prioritize, manage, budget, and deliver on time
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience in project management with the ability to decompose complicated projects into simple tasks, estimate and manage risks
• Self‑directed with the ability to operate independently without needing everyday input
• Maturity to build relationships and operate across the organization (not locked to only operate in the vertical chain)

Location

Remote, work‑from‑anywhere role, with a large portion of the broader team based in Eastern Europe.

Why Percona

At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely by providing the best open‑source database software, support, and services. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. Percona is proud to be a remote‑only and globally dispersed workforce with colleagues in more than 50 countries. We offer a collaborative, highly‑engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.

Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also support work‑lifebalance through teams, FlowDays, FryDays, and overall flexibility. We support social responsibility via our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology.

Seniority Level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

Application Notes

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