Manager Software Engineering

About the role

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Manager of Software Engineering. As we scale, you will be instrumental in building our foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, work closely with leadership, and develop and implement engineering practices that support our mission and growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5 software engineers who develop the software that runs on and interacts with the products we ship.
• Hold regular one on ones, run team meetings, and support career planning and growth for each direct report.
• Own team allocation planning, tracking, and scrumming, and provide consistent status reporting to PE and PM.
• Manage day-to-day resourcing at the department level while keeping execution steady and predictable.
• Document and maintain departmental processes and procedures, and lead continuous improvement efforts such as cross-training, process refinement, CI/CD, and tooling.
• Provide technical oversight of departmental scope and track portfolio risk and burn-down.
• Facilitate peer reviews with team SMEs to make sure artifacts and external communications are accurate and high quality.
• Recruit, interview, and help onboard new engineers as the team grows.
• Work closely with hardware, firmware, product, and program teams to keep software delivery aligned with product schedules.
• Participate in code reviews and hold the team to solid engineering practices.
• Communicate clearly and often with leadership, PE/PM, and your team about schedule, quality, risk, and resourcing.
• Use tenacity, patience, self-discipline, and a passion for excellence to keep schedules accurate, data clean, and documentation clear.
• Use every opportunity to grow your team's competency through mentorship, curiosity, communication, exposure, and initiative.

Requirements

• This position requires access to export-controlled information.
• Employment is contingent upon the applicant being a U.S. person as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3).
• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7-10 years of software engineering experience, at a level equivalent to a Software Engineer III/IV.
• 2+ years of experience leading, managing, or directing a software team.
• Experience with software that runs on or