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We are looking for a highly motivated and energetic Senior software Engineering Manager for managing the Emerging Ventures engineering team. You will be responsible for managing a full stack team of developers designing and developing products/solutions towards Emerging Ventures line of business within Mobility Engineering organization. You will be expected to partner with other technology leaders and product management team and responsible for the deliverables to our end customers. You must have excellent technical skills and aptitude to oversee and coach the team on agile practices. In this role, you will be managing a team of highly technical engineers and will report to the Head of Engineering.

What you will do 

Supervise and guide inspectors, technicians, and other staff.

Coach, mentor and lead a team of lean/agile app developers.

Establish team metrics for measurement of quality and operational excellence and a consistent, regular process for assessment and improvements

Work in an agile development environment with a team of highly motivated employees

Work to establish engineering strategies with a focus on quality

Hire, Coach and mentor team members on career growth

Be highly results driven and have a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Collaborate with cross functional teams such as architecture, backend integration, visual design, UX teams, QA, etc.

Responsible for all phases of SDLC in designing and developing software solutions.

Responsible for end-to-end architecture/design and development and ensuring quality standards.

Provide hands-on leadership.

Creates and maintains consistent reporting to keep stakeholders informed of progress

Regularly maintains a clear roadmap that helps the organization understand what will be delivered and when

Encourages good practices on the engineering team like regular code reviews and test-driven development

Ensures designs have clear documentation and well-understood architecture

Collaborates across the organization to plan for and lead change

Mentors and provides feedback to direct reports via regular one-on-ones

Ensures that Agile sprints are properly planned and reduces confusion

Maintains a practice of continuous improvement

Comfortable getting hands dirty in the code and conducting code reviews

Clear and consistent communicator

Seeks ways to measure and improve metrics like lead time and escaped bugs

Listens to others, exudes positivity, humility, and empathy. 

Leads by example and explains the why not just the how.

Qualifications:

10+ years of experience in product development space with hands-on experience in architecting, design and developing software products in a Lean/Agile environment with deep understanding of design paradigms.

Has 3+ years managing engineering teams

Hiring/Mentoring engineering staff 

Hands on experience in building software products.

Has architected, developed, and maintained JVM-based systems running on AWS

Experience managing agile technical teams while working in a service-oriented continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) environment

Has deep understanding of how to engineer distributed microservices which use relational databases, message queues, and various cloud technologies

Knows how to organize and guide teams of engineers to deliver business value consistently, with high quality, on-time

Collaborates in a cross functional manner with team members across Product, QA, Operations and Business stake holders.

Has a track record of growing individuals within the team to new roles with increased responsibilities

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent domain

Nice to Have 

Experience in leading Agile Transformation 

5+ years of people management experience in managing a high performing development team.

Experience in IOT/Telematics product development space. 

Who We Are

About Cox Automotive

There’s nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox 

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us.  Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators.  We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation.  We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).  For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.  Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.  

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