What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineering Manager position at BrightHire Search Partners?
We are seeking a Software Development Manager to join our client's growing cloud software engineering team. This company is fully immersed in the IoT space, with innovative hardware and robotics.
The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams—including Product Management, Firmware Engineering, Mobile and UI Development, Software Quality, and Technical Support—to deliver innovative, robust, and maintainable solutions. This person will also lead an existing team of 6 Engineers.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze product requirements and translate them into scalable software designs and engineering specifications.
- Lead the design and development of robust backend services built on Node.js
- Architect and implement cloud infrastructure that is scalable, reliable, and cost-optimized.
- Evaluate and apply performance vs. cost trade-offs in design decisions.
- Collaborate with QA and automation engineers to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Work closely and lead DevOps team to align implementations with CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to small development teams.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of team practices, architecture, and code quality.
- Participate in system and software design reviews.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in software engineering.
Qualifications:
- 8 years of experience of software development in a cloud environment with a JavaScript (node) based tech stack.
- Proven experience designing and implementing microservice architectures in cloud environments.
- Strong expertise in public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs; strong knowledge of JSON and XML.
- Proficiency in designing containerized applications using Docker and orchestrating deployment in cloud platforms.
- Advocate of Agile/Scrum, TDD, and CI/CD methodologies.
- Solid understanding of software design principles (extensibility, reusability, maintainability).
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor small development teams.
Desired Qualifications
- AWS certification and 5 years of hands-on AWS experience.
- Broad technical knowledge across multiple languages and platforms.
- Experience with Linux, Windows, networking concepts.