As the Platform Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers in the design and development of a range of products on the Android platform. You will engage with or lead an experienced, cross-disciplinary staff to conceive, design, and bring innovative developer tools to market. You will work closely with an internal interdisciplinary team and external partners to drive key aspects of product definition, execution, and testing. You must be responsive, flexible, and capable of thriving in an open, collaborative peer environment.
A successful candidate will have an established background in developing consumer products, strong technical abilities, excellent project management and communication skills, and a drive to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You will help hire and develop your team and systems. The ideal candidate has current, extensive experience developing and building Android systems and applications, understands the limitations of the platform, and can design and implement additional services or optimize existing ones to meet product requirements.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Prioritize effectively, communicate clearly, and maintain a consistent track record of delivery.
- Oversee the complete systems development lifecycle of a key product subsystem.
- Manage and execute project plans and delivery commitments.
- Lead the day-to-day activities of an engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Collaborate closely with engineers to architect and develop optimal technical designs and approaches.
- Report on development status, quality, operations, and system performance to management.
- Possess in-depth knowledge and experience in Linux kernel development.
- Demonstrate extensive expertise in Android and embedded systems.
- Work effectively and enjoy collaborating with partners, colleagues, and teams to tackle challenging problems.
A day in the life
On a typical day, you'll work closely with multiple internal software teams, SoC vendors, ODMs, the Hardware team, and technical program managers to create new platform features, customize BSPs based on hardware designs, address issues in areas such as HAL, Linux Kernel, drivers, and bootloader, improve system performance and stability, and deliver high-quality, customer-focused smart TV products on schedule.
About the team
Smart TV Platform team is responsible for the delivery and maintenance of high-performance and highly stable platform for Smart TV products.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
