Paychex is reimagining how businesses manage their workforce by bringing payroll, HR, benefits, and advisory services together into a single connected HCM platform. As Paychex and Paycor come together, we're combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, AI, and human expertise to help organizations work smarter, support their people, and achieve better business outcomes. This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to invest in innovation, simplify client experiences, and shape the future of work. At Paychex, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, make a meaningful impact, and be part of something bigger as One Paychex.
Overview

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to take the reins of our talented Code Advanced Payroll development teams. This role offers the unique opportunity to oversee the continued excellence of our foundational payroll application with cross-platform integrations on a highly scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure while simultaneously building and scaling new applications powered by AI. To be successful in this role, you need to be able to balance the reliability essential for enterprise systems while embracing the speed and agility of building new solutions from the ground up. If you are a technical leader who thrives on mentoring engineers, setting a bold technical direction, and delivering industry-leading HCM features that have a tangible impact on hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of employees, this is your opportunity to define the future of our engineering organization.

Responsibilities

Participates in the interview and hiring process. Prepares and administers annual reviews and development plans, makes promotion and salary recommendations. Responsible for personnel planning and the allocation of team members to meet Enterprise Development project needs. Identifies and mentors future leaders / managers for company growth.

Provides support and assistance to several agile development teams and their scrum masters. Has strong working knowledge of agile development principles. Helps to remove roadblocks that agile teams are unable to solve by themselves.

Provides input to product owners on the product strategy and vision. Gives feedback to the product owners on the content and prioritization of the product backlog.

Builds relationships with other IT departments and business units and mitigates conflict to facilitate inter-department communication and agile team progress in order to meet business objectives. Acts as a catalyst for change to improve applications or processes which benefit IT and/or the business unit.

Demonstrates application knowledge and understands functionality of applications outside their area of expertise to identify potential impacts and make recommendations to minimize the impacts. Responds to questions from other IT departments and business units and coordinates resolution of critical issues to provide support for production applications.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer related discipline - Preferred
7 years of experience in Related field.
4 years of experience in supervisory, management, project leadership, or project management.
Mentorship - Required
Planning -Required
Coaching - Required
Collaboration - Required
People Management - Required
Software Engineering - Required
Product Management - Preferred
Computer Science - Preferred
Software Development - Preferred
Agile Methodology - Preferred
Java (Programming Language) - Preferred
Amazon Web Services - Preferred
Engineering Management - Required
Python (Programming Language) - Preferred

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share that the starting base pay range for this position is $117,345 - $184,400 annually. Please keep in mind that this range is the base pay only and does not consider other components that make up the total rewards package for the position. If you are hired at Paychex, your overall compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience which may result in total compensation outside of this range.

Live the Paychex Values

Act with uncompromising integrity.

Provide outstanding service and build trusted relationships.

Drive innovation in our products and services and continually improve our processes.

Work in partnership and support each other.

Be personally accountable and deliver on commitments.

Treat each other with respect and dignity.

What's in it for you?

We value your well-being: We provide over 21 comprehensive rewards, including medical coverage, virtual wellness classes, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) + employer match, adoption assistance, financial assistance, and much more.
We value your time: From paid time off to company holidays, culture days, and comprehensive work-life balance programs, we will ensure you have the flexibility you need to be your best.
We value your development: Our award-winning training and development programs empower our employees with ongoing learning opportunities to give you the building blocks to grow your career.
We value your perspective: Our company culture reflects the diversity of our employees. We want you to be you and your voice to be heard.
We value our communities: We offer paid time off for volunteerism and promote many company-wide and local initiatives that benefit organizations you care about.

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