Software Engineering Manager

FCSD is a true one-stop shop, offering comprehensive Diagnostics, Repair & Service Capabilities for a full portfolio of Electrified, Hybrid and Internal combustion vehicles globally.

In this position...

• Provide engineering leadership to multiple product lines within FCSD.

• Help business partners understand our iterative development approach and focus on delivering a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and releases.

• Design and deliver industry-leading products and services to maximize value and productivity for commercial customers.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field

• Experience 10+ years with progressive responsibilities in Software Engineering, Architecture and Agile Framework.

• Must be able to write high quality and clean code in Java

• Must be able to operationalize and assist teams with abstract technology concepts.

• Strong demonstrated competencies on cloud and digital platforms.

• Strong communication, collaborative, and influencing skills.

• Proven ability to work closely with senior leadership.

• Strong personal presence and capabilities to resolve technical concerns.

• Experience with cloud services and platform knowledge.

• Demonstrated ability to drive development of highly technical technology services and capabilities.

• Experience with Lean methodology & eXtreme Programming.

• Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive API economy and solutions.

• Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive highly available consumer ready Internet properties and technical platforms.

• Experience collaborating with engineers, designers, and product owners.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to the audience.

• Ability to work collaboratively and navigate complex decision making in a rapidly changing environment.

• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.

Even better, you may have...

• Technical expert who has experience building complex backend and underlying services for re-use.

• Understands business priorities and technical feasibility to prioritize the platform backlog, identify dependencies, and manage risks.

• Ability to jump in and assist product lines and product teams to resolve technical blockers.

• Focus on delivering product value through reusable services and technologies that other product teams can leverage.

• Initiates or translates the product road map into manageable product features in the backlog through quarterly scoping sessions.

• Work hands-on with the product teams to prioritize, plan, and deliver the platform foundations capabilities.

• Attends FCSD Technology councils and cascades relevant information to appropriate members of their product line.

• Assess the technology feasibility of the product group roadmaps.

• Employs and/or champions Agile software processes, culture, best practices, and techniques.

• Actively works to identify and remove/ mitigate risks and blockers to product delivery.

What you'll do...

• Work as software engineer engineering within a product line, lead portfolio of products, provide technical solutions, write complex java and React components, implement Java Spring Boot backend services, and troubleshoot production issues

• Ensures software engineering excellence (e.g. best practices and quality) is achieved within the product line.

• Collaborates with Product Anchors to reduce complexity in the product, enhance interoperability between services, and make key design decisions across the portfolio.

• Provide thought leadership for the development, structure, technology, and tools used within FCSD.

• Innovate and operate with an iterative, agile and user-centric perspective.

• Clearly communicate technology strategy and vision to team members and internal and external stakeholders.

• Demonstrate software engineering excellence through actively coding, pairing, and performing code and architecture reviews with the software engineers within the product line.