Manager, Software Engineering

Cox Automotive Inc. Logo
Cox Automotive Inc.
Austin, TEXAS, United States
132000 - 219000 USD / Year
  • Software
  • FullTime
  • Applications have closed

Cox Automotive Inc. is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead their software engineering team. The role involves managing and mentoring a team of software engineers to design and deliver high-quality software products while fostering an innovative and agile environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of software engineers in the design, development, and delivery of scalable applications and services using C# and .NET technologies.
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance, contributing to the critical areas of the codebase in C# when needed, while fostering an environment of innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Leads a team to provide high-quality, maintainable software that meets business and technology needs.
  • Must be able to influence other software and IT managers to design and build solutions that meet our needs.
  • Manage career progression for team members, including hiring, performance reviews, salary decisions, mentoring, coaching, and all duties normally associated with a hiring manager.
  • Represent your team in strategy and planning meetings.
  • Work with your team to plan, design, implement and operationalize innovations and improvements to existing programs.
  • Work with your team to continually improve their processes and develop best practices for agile development that delivers value to our stakeholders.
  • Respond quickly and effectively to production issues and taking responsibility for seeing those issues through resolution.
  • Stay current with changes in the technical area of expertise.
  • Share knowledge by effectively documenting plans, decisions, and task ownership.

Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 6 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 4 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year experience in a related field; or 18 years’ experience in a related field.
  • 7+ years of software development experience.
  • 2+ years of experience architecting large software solutions.
  • 3+ years in managing direct reports.
  • Demonstrate experience executing Agile methods for software product development.
  • Experience with a wide range of software architectures, platforms, and tools including: REST APIs, AWS, CI/CD, Design patterns, etc.
  • Very strong business analysis, system analysis, or product analysis skills.
  • Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment.
  • Excellent planning and prioritization skills with the ability to multitask and adapt to change.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
  • High energy, confident, ambitious, and self-motivated individual with a can-do attitude.
  • Ability to lead a team to turn high-level requirements into a working system through iterative development.
  • Servant leadership – we want you to empower your team members and remove roadblocks for them.
  • Desire to mentor and help our team members grow.
  • Strong focus on delivering high quality, scalable products.
  • Change Agent – someone who possesses a healthy dissatisfaction with the status quo and drives change to continuously improve operational efficiency.

Benefits

  • Flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations
  • Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members
  • Additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave
  • Time off to vote
  • Jury duty leave
  • Volunteer time off
  • Military leave
  • Parental leave

Company Overview

  • Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.coxautoinc.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Cox Automotive Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 80 in 2025, 133 in 2024, 128 in 2023, 139 in 2022, 175 in 2021, 257 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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