Ring is looking for a Sr. Software Manager responsible for leading a team of engineers working on the development and production of products, focusing on camera-based connected products, from security cameras, doorbells, to outdoor floodlight cameras.
A successful candidate will have strong technical skills, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, people management skills, and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
You will work closely with our device engineering team globally, as well as cloud and mobile teams.
You must be responsive and able to succeed within an open and collaborative peer environment.
This position can be based in Los Angeles or Boston.
Key job responsibilities
As a Sr. Software Development Manager at Ring, you will develop software in ambiguous or complex spaces.
You will drive the development of solutions to improve customer experience.
You will be a key contributor to team strategy.
•Work closely with engineers to architect and develop strong technical designs.
• Execute against project plans and provide timely delivery of committed results.
• Manage day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Manage department resources, staffing and mentoring.
• Build, enhance, and maintain engineering team.
• Report on status of development, quality, operations and system performance to management.
• Maintain and enhance software framework.
A day in the life
The successful candidate will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on products used every day by customers around the world.
About the team
You will join a team that builds the device software and technology that powers our devices to help our customers protect their homes.
Our goal is to deliver the most reliable and performant security devices that makes our customers fell “Always Home”.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience
- 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
- Experience in building and developing a strong embedded software team with subject matter experts in diverse areas in IOT.
- System architecture knowledge and experience with high volume designs.
- Strong knowledge in one or more of the following areas: (i) Camera and Computer Vision technologies; (ii) Video and audio streaming; (iii) Low power or battery power systems design; (iv) Embedded system design; (v) System architecture design for consumer devices with connectivity (WiFi, BLE); and (vi) motion sensor technologies.
- Experience in working with overseas CM/OEM/ODM vendors in product development
- Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives
- Proven analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive actions
- High attention to detail including precise and effective customer communications and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
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