Software Engineering Manager

Job Overview

Genea is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to help grow our development team. You will participate in the full SDLC from preliminary system analysis to testing and deployment. This hybrid-engineering role includes building high quality and fully performing software that meets quality and software development standards alongside a great team.

What you would do, day-to-day?

• Drive team efforts
• Have a keen eye on code quality with code scalability, maintainability, readability in mind.
• Have a solution-oriented mindset and high load capacity system in mind.
• Estimate work, delegate work.
• Manage the people on a large engineering team to keep them aligned and focused on achieving the teams goals.
• Drives the design, strategy, and execution of software development projects to support product roadmaps.
• Lead technology architecture and development as per product needs
• Oversee the daily activities and progress of multiple SCRUM teams.
• Monitor, and continuously update, team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence. Ensure a consistent, regular process for assessment of goals and improvement of deliveries.
• Lead many SCRUM teams through estimating engineering effort to build new features and fix prior mistakes.
• Collaborate with Product Managers on new products and new features.
• Implement data driven approach to execution to drive transparency.

What are we looking for?

• 8+ years of total experience and 3+ years of relevant work experience as leading teams (Engineering Manager, Tech Lead or similar)
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and scaling teams in IoT, cloud, or embedded domains.
• Experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems.
• Backend proficiency in C#/.NET, Java, Go, Python, or Node.js (we use .NET but welcome strong engineers from any stack).
• Proficient in database technologies (SQL/NoSQL we use Azure SQL, but PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc. are fine)
• Experience working with Azure or AWS is highly preferable. We work with Azure services like App Service, Functions, Service Bus, Blob Storage, Azure SQL, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Azure IoT Hub, IoT Edge, or similar cloud IoT platforms.
• Knowledge of industrial protocols (BACnet, Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT, etc.).
• Experience with embedded systems, device drivers, or gateway software.
• Proficient in frontend technologies, preferably Angular, but we’re open to any other JavaScript - based frameworks like React, Vue, etc.
• Excellent understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) with experience guiding teams through planning, development, and rollout using best in industry agile practices
• Having experience in work estimation and delegation is preferable.
• Understanding of testing practices like writing unit/integration test cases
• Strong Articulation skills - Ability to write/explain complex problems over email or call.
• Obsession for excellence - Should strive for being excellent at work in terms of quality and speed.
• Professionalism - Sincere, Integrity, Commitment, Ownership
• Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate product and business strategies.
• Prior experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams of manager, senior engineers simultaneously working on multiple projects and technologies.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills at high levels.
• Possess innate customer service skills including the ability to be empathetic, accurate, compassionate, responsive, resourceful, and conscientious.
• Strong relationship management, strategizing, project management, problem solving, and change management skills.

Competencies:

• Initiative

  - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Seeks increased responsibilities; Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.

• Planning/Organizing

  - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.

• Quality

  - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.

• Teamwork

  - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

• Written Communication

  - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.