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Software Engineering Manager

The Software Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a cross-discipline team of engineers to deliver high quality software. Software Engineering Managers focus on removing obstacles for their direct reports, debugging process issues on their teams, and focusing on the growth of our engineers.

Compensation: $120,000-155,000 plus yearly bonus objectives

Primary Duties:

• Act in the capacity of a Hiring Manager for open team roles
• Conduct regular 1:1s with direct reports with a focus on removing obstacles, providing career development coaching, and and constructive feedback
• Find ways to recognize good work in both public and private settings
• Champion the velocity and well being of the team, advocating for iterative improvement of team process
• Coordinate with team members in Engineering Leadership to help develop the organization’s holistic approach to software development and engineer growth
• Design end-to-end UX and UI solutions for Lithia’s product suite from business requirements
• Help establish design process within a cross-functional sprint team
• Collaborate with Product, Technology, and Design leads to drive business outcomes
• Champion design decisions within the team and to other internal stakeholders
• Work with other Designers and UX Content Strategist to create a best-in class automotive retail experience

Qualifications:

Skills

• Expertise in HTTP, web application architecture, scalability, performance optimization, reliability, deployment, monitoring, security
• A portfolio with visual and interactive work.

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 4-year degree or work experience in a related field preferred

Experience

• Experience working in our core family of technologies Javascript (React), Typescript, Kotlin, Java, Springboot, Docker, Azure3+ years managing software engineers in Agile teams
• 5+ years experience shipping and supporting high-scale, high-performance web applications in a cloud environment.
• Experience with container-driven development environments
• 5+ years experience designing solutions for web and/or mobile applications.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research (user testing and A/B).
• Experience with Figma, Usertesting.com, and/or other design tools.
• Experience in service design or offline/retail design is a plus.

Manager Competencies

• Humble: models the mission and values and follows ethical and moral standards
• Leads high performing teams: proactive, fact-based, and results oriented
• Smart: maintains knowledge of business and financial acumen to make sound decisions
• Nimble: leads teams to accept change, values innovation, and solves problems
• Charismatic: leads teams to be collaborative and communicate effectively

We offer best in class industry benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Paid Holidays & PTO
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Lithia Learning Center
• Vehicle Purchase Discounts
• Wellness Programs

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.