Gartner is looking for a Manager of Software Engineering to build and lead a newly formed Scrum team within the Peer Community product organization. You will be responsible for establishing the third team in this group, collaborating closely with the other two to deliver mobile, web, and backend platforms.
What You'll Do
- Build and lead a new Scrum team — recruit, hire, onboard, and grow engineers, and establish a healthy team culture from the ground up.
- Own delivery execution — remove blockers, manage dependencies with the other two GPC teams, and ensure your team ships reliably and predictably.
- Drive technical direction and architectural decisions in partnership with principal engineers, ensuring integration and interface clarity across all three teams.
- Lead discovery and contribute to the architectural runway to maintain delivery readiness and technical alignment.
- Champion engineering standards, on-call practices, observability, and non-functional requirements within your team and across the broader GPC org.
- Partner with Product and Design to translate customer problems into technical solutions and measurable outcomes.
- Represent your team in cross-functional planning, stakeholder conversations, and roadmap prioritization.
- Improve engineering processes and tooling to reduce cycle time and increase release stability.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems.
- 2+ years of engineering management experience with direct reports.
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams, including hiring and onboarding.
- Strong technical foundation in at least two of: React/Next.js, React Native, Go — sufficient to guide technical decisions and code review.
- Hands-on experience with observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
- Excellent written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field required.
- Able to work independently or within a team proactively in a fast-paced AGILE-SCRUM environment.
- Owns success – Takes responsibility for the successful delivery of the solutions.
- Strong desire to improve upon their skills in tools and technologies.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Scalr).
- Experience with Next.js and server-side rendering patterns.
- Prior experience in distributed systems, high-traffic services, or data-intensive platforms.
- Experience with data science platforms.
- Experience working in or scaling agile/scrum delivery models across multiple teams.
Technical Stack
- React/Next.js
- React Native
- Go
- Kubernetes
- AWS/GCP
- Terraform/Scalr
Team & Environment
Leads a newly formed Scrum team within a three-team Scrum organization. Part of the Peer Community product organization in Digital Product Technology (DPT).
Benefits & Compensation
- World-class benefits
- Highly competitive compensation
- Disproportionate rewards for top performers
- Hybrid work environment with flexibility
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position.
Gartner provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
