Sr. Software Development Manager, Control Plane, Leo Software Defined Network

Key job responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership
• Lead a multi-layered organization of 50+ software engineers, managers, TPMs with end-to-end network control scope
• Build a high-performance engineering culture grounded in ownership, velocity, and operational excellence
• Provide career development for a group of exceptional SDN developers
• End-to-End Technical Ownership
• Manage the software lifecycle of SDN deliverables from concept to operations, encompassing our SDN Controller software deployed in the Cloud and SDN Agents deployed on satellites, gateways, and customer terminals
• Own and drive execution of the multi-year vision and strategy for the team
• Develop new networking features that offer improved quality and functionality
• Lead cross-organizational integration and troubleshooting initiatives across challenging mobile, space and terrestrial environments
• Define long-term architecture and ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability across product generations
• Operational Excellence
• Define, manage, and monitor KPIs for your systems
• Define mechanisms and processes to ensure predictable/high-quality software deliveries, and continuous improvement
• Translate ambiguous product concepts into clear, executable engineering plans
• Cross-Functional System Design
• Partner with MAC, Radio, POP, and product teams to define system architecture, requirements, and roadmap

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience
• 5+ years of engineering team management experience
• 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Experience working in large-scale networking environments
• Knowledge of network design, protocols and troubleshooting
• Experience with architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience running an effective operational excellence program
• Experience leading large-scale, technical or engineering programs with a proven record of thought leadership, business case development, realizing customer benefits, and successful program completion
• Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
• Experience working with distributed teams
• Experience in management: developing engineers into managers and building teams
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams
• Familiarity with satellite, wireless, or telecommunications network architectures and operational models
• Experience driving architecture evolution and migrations in large-scale production systems with minimal customer impact