Software Development Manager

About the role

Bentley is creating an open platform for the built and natural environment to empower software developers to build digital twin experiences. We believe in advancing the platform for the collective success of the ecosystem and equipping the software developer community with open source and open standards. This management role reports to and collaborates closely with the Head of Software Engineering to empower Bentley’s platform software development teams to do their best work and continuously ship meaningful software that impacts the world and our business.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support engineers, fostering trust, autonomy, and high performance.
• Establish the processes and systems that enable continuous delivery of high-quality software.
• Promote openness and teamwork across teams and with the open-source community.
• Partner with the Head of Engineering on hiring, coaching, mentoring, and performance growth.
• Work with Product Management and the DCTO to deliver the roadmap on a scalable architecture.

Requirements

• Proven engineering leader focused on team health, culture, and execution rather than individual technical contribution.
• 10+ years of software development experience, including leadership of distributed engineering teams.
• High emotional intelligence with a transparent, collaborative leadership style.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical, business, and executive audiences.
• Leadership experience building developer platforms, APIs, libraries, or technical standards.
• Bonus experience with open-source platforms, geospatial and digital twin technologies, 3D visualization, AECO workflows, or cross-platform architectures.
• This role requires minimal travel.
• Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer.

Benefits

• A great team and culture.
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging, and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
• A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world.

About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance.

www.bentley.com