<span>Software Engineering Manager - OTA Cloud</span>

$186,000 - $232,500/Yr

Unclassified - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time - Manager

Palo Alto, CA

About the position

The Software Engineering Manager for OTA Cloud at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies will lead a team responsible for developing and maintaining the full stack infrastructure that enables regular software updates for electric vehicles. This role is crucial in ensuring the reliability and scalability of the OTA software stack, which is central to the company's identity of supporting and improving products post-sale. The manager will work closely with stakeholders to define product roadmaps and mentor a team of engineers to achieve technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders and the team to define roadmaps, requirements, metrics and a long term vision for the OTA product
• Lead and mentor a team of talented full-stack software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and technical excellence
• Recruit, onboard, and develop new engineers to realize the team's scope
• Ensure the team works under a healthy and effective software development lifecycle, including owning and revising the team's practices and standards
• Effectively prioritize the needs of diverse customers to create the best possible business outcomes
• Leverage strong technical expertise to provide guidance and maintain high-quality standards.

Requirements

• Experience working directly with stakeholders and customers to shape a complex technical roadmap and product vision
• Experience leading full stack web development teams, including at least 3 years of direct people management
• 10+ years experience in full stack development on highly available, massively scalable platforms
• Experience developing web applications on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or a similar cloud provider
• Ability to drive and lead the team through ambiguity, including defining the team's goals
• Strong technical comprehension and communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience designing and operating a cutting-edge over-the-air (OTA) update system
• Experience translating diverse stakeholder needs into strategic, long-term product roadmaps
• Experience managing highly performing engineering teams
• Familiarity with tools and tech such as Terraform/Terragrunt, AWS, Databricks, Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Goland, PySpark, Git, Gitlab, Jira.

Benefits

• Robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment.