Software Engineering Manager, General Platform

About the role

RADAR is building the data infrastructure layer for the physical world, starting with retail. We are deploying our hardware-enabled SaaS platform across 1,400+ stores, processing tens of billions of real-world events daily, with a focus on inventory accuracy and future AI-driven commerce experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the General Platform team end to end, including tenant and store onboarding systems and the core front end RADAR experience.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers; own performance management, career development, and team culture.
• Set technical direction and support architecture decisions for onboarding and front end platform systems, and champion engineering best practices across the team and with peers.
• Stay technically engaged through design reviews, architecture decisions, and code review as a practicing engineer.
• Manage agile processes, execution priorities, and on time delivery of high quality solutions.
• Partner closely with Product, UX, and cross functional stakeholders to define roadmap, project plans, and requirements.
• Identify, communicate, and drive resolution for technical and organizational risks.
• Foster a culture of security, quality, operational accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support hiring and help grow the broader engineering organization.
• Represent General Platform in cross functional conversations and act as a strong point of integration across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years managing engineering teams of 5 or more direct reports.
• Proven ability to remain technically hands on, contributing to design, architecture, and code review as a practicing engineer, not just an overseer.
• Demonstrated experience owning full stack systems in production, including both backend platform services and front end applications.
• Proficiency in at least one core language such as Java, Python, C++, or Go, and familiarity with modern front end frameworks.
• Experience with onboarding, provisioning, or multi tenant platform systems.
• Solid foundation in systems or cloud architecture, DevOps and SecOps practices, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and people leadership skills, with experience influencing across engineering, product, and design.
• Prior experience working at a startup or high growth company, with firsthand understanding of the pace, ambiguity, and tradeoffs that come with that stage.

Preferred

• Leading a team through a period of significant growth or organizational change.
• Prior experience owning a customer facing front end platform alongside backend infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and container orchestration.
• Experience building or scaling multi tenant SaaS platforms.
• Passion for mentoring, technical empowerment, and building an inclusive engineering culture.