Manager, Software Engineering

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Manager, Software Engineering

Management Level

Manager - People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $119,600.00 - $199,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading, growing, and developing a team of innovative Software Engineers in designing, implementing, and delivering high-quality software products. To be successful in this role, you must be able to lead effectively in a fluid, fast-paced agile environment.  This position requires strong technical, design, communication, and collaboration skills. We have aggressive goals over the next couple of years and are looking for candidates with a passion for solving large scale problems and a can-do attitude!Your role:

• Provide leadership and oversight to the Software Engineering group.
• Oversee team efforts to apply the principles of secure software engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing and evaluation of software and cloud infrastructure.
• Engage with cross-functional leadership to understand business requirements, architecture and technology direction and evaluate alternative approaches, ensuring software and systems are designed accordingly.
• Incorporate state-of-the-art concepts and practices to facilitate system functionality, scalability, resilience and security, as well as ease-of-use (developer / user experience).
• Ensure appropriate application of agile principles to software development with a focus on delivery of business value, collaboration and continuous improvement. 
• Oversees Software Engineering processes and teams.
• Provides direction and oversight in the planning and delivery of product / solution releases.  

• Ensures delivery of secure, high quality, well tested and scalable software to meet requirements of the customer and business.  

• Assists with maintenance and prioritization of the product backlog. 

• Engages with customers, end users and business partners to understand issues with software development and deployment.  

• Ensures issues are resolved in a timely and sustainable fashion.  

• Advocates secure coding practices and testing requirements.

• Must be able to influence other software and IT managers to design and build solutions that meet our needs. 

• Manage career progression for team members, including hiring, performance reviews, salary decisions, mentoring, coaching, and all duties normally associated with a hiring manager. 

• Represent your team in strategy and planning meetings. 

• Work with your team to plan, design, implement and operationalize innovations and improvements to existing programs. 

• Work with your team to continually improve their processes and develop best practices for agile development that delivers value to our stakeholders. 

• Respond quickly and effectively to production issues and taking responsibility for seeing those issues through resolution. 

• Stay current with changes in the technical area of expertise. 

• Share knowledge by effectively documenting plans, decisions, and task ownership. 

Qualifications:​

• Demonstrate experience executing Agile methods for software product development. 
• Looking for developers with hands-on experience in C# or similar programming languages and a willingness to adapt to new technologies.

• Very strong business analysis, system analysis, or product analysis skills. 

• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment. 

• Excellent planning and prioritization skills with the ability to multitask and adapt to change. 

• Very strong business analysis, system analysis or p