Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore, are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week subject to business needs.
Your role and responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our local tooling team. This role combines strong technical expertise in systems and cloud environments, with leadership excellence, maintaining agile and high-performant engineering processes in a research team environment.
Key Responsibilities- Establish and maintain an agile and high performance practice of software engineering discipline.
- Project manage the different components of a complex software ecosystem.
- Foster a strong software engineering culture and proactively address team-internal challenges and conflicts.
- Foster a strong and seamless collaboration with quantum experiment SME.
- Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions across frontend and backend systems.
Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week, subject to business needs.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Experience- Minimum 2 years of experience as a people manager in software engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in project management.
- At least 5 years of technical leadership, managing complex software.
Technical Skills- Background in software engineering or a comparable technical field.
- Hands-on experience and solid understanding of system programming.
- Hands-on experience and solid understanding of cloud architectures.
- Exposure to or interest in quantum computing is a plus.
Personal Skills- Ability to cultivate psychologically safe spaces within their teams and across teams.
- Capacity to enable direct feedback among team members.
- Demonstrated ability for cross-functional thinking and collaboration
- Excellent stakeholder expectation management skills.
- Strategic mindset combined with hands-on execution capability
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Experience implementing team performance frameworks such a DORA metrics.
- Experience applying management and communication methodologies such as radical candor or non-violent communication.
- Demonstrated experience working on technologies such as Rust, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILSIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
