DEKA Research and Development is seeking a Junior Software Project Manager to coordinate the activities of an integrated software development team, working with product development teams to create development plans, and ensure the development process enables the rapid delivery of custom solutions with high quality.
Requirements
- 3+ years hands on experience with embedded software development (backend or full stack) examples include:
- Programming language experience Python 3 and C/ C++ 20
- RTOS and embedded systems development
- Distributed messaging systems
- Object-oriented design,
- Continuous integration, continuous deployment
- Knowledge of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), understanding of software development life cycle models (DEVSECOPS preferred) as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
Responsibilities
- Responsible for breaking the roadmap into milestones, epics, and stories, maintain prioritized backlogs as projects evolve
- Coordinates activities of the product software development team with other cross-functional teams (ie. Systems, Hardware, Cloud, Test, and Quality)
- Ensuring projects meet milestones and quality measures in a timely manner by quickly identifying and removing roadblocks, and contributing to project deliverables
- Contribute to the development of project-level documentation in support of Quality including project plans, requirements, technical design descriptions and cybersecurity deliverables
Other
- ambitious, self-motivated person
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience in technical project leadership
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
- Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
- Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams
