Software Engineering Manager

Point of Rental Software

$120K — $145K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software development experience, preferably managing a shared API or integration layer.
  • Hands-on experience with agentic AI coding tools, including building custom skills and workflows.
  • Proficient in full-stack development, both backend (Node, Python, .NET, PHP) and modern front-end frameworks (Angular, Vue, React).
  • Experience with RDBMS design, including ERD creation and revision.
  • Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively across teams.
  • Proven ability to provide accurate estimates and meet commitments without follow-up.
  • Preferred degree in CS/Math/Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain the Global API and unified platform infrastructure.
  • Lead and mentor a team, providing technical guidance alongside management duties.
  • Participate actively in coding, not just overseeing team output.
  • Drive the use of agentic AI tools for development efficiency.
  • Create and maintain technical artifacts for cross-team clarity on dependencies.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to align the Global API roadmap with product needs.
  • Proactively manage team schedules, performance reviews, and staffing.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and potential remote work options.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on mentoring.
  • Engagement in hands-on project development.
Full Job Description
Description

Position at Point of Rental Software

What You'll Do
  • Own the Global API and unified platform, ensuring the infrastructure that Elite, Syrinx, and Essentials all depend on stays reliable and well-documented.
  • Lead and mentor a small team of engineers, balancing hands-on technical guidance with day-to-day people management.
  • Stay in the codebase yourself, this is not a pure-oversight role. You're expected to ship real code, not just review pull requests.
  • Drive daily use of agentic AI development tools across the team, building reusable skills, sub-agents, and workflows rather than relying on one-off prompting.
  • Produce and maintain the technical artifacts such as, ERDs, swim-lane diagrams, and API flow documentation that keep cross-team dependencies visible to everyone who needs them.
  • Partner with engineering and product leadership across every RMS product to keep the Global API roadmap aligned with what each product line actually needs.
  • Estimate realistically, flag risk early, and deliver on commitments without requiring follow-up.
  • Manage scheduling, time off, performance conversations, and other standard people-management responsibilities for your team.
  • Recommend headcount, tooling, and process improvements to engineering leadership, and participate directly in hiring for your team.
  • Serve as the person other teams turn to when they need to understand how a change to the Global API will affect their product.
What You Bring
  • 8+ years of professional software development experience, ideally including ownership of a shared API, integration layer, or platform used by multiple products or teams.
  • Daily, hands-on experience with agentic AI coding tools. You should be comfortable building custom skills, sub-agents, or workflows around these tools, and able to speak specifically to what you've built.
  • Strong full-stack experience: backend (Node, Python, .NET, PHP, or similar) and front-end SPA framework (Angular, Vue, React, or similar)
  • Solid experience with an RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, or similar), including comfort designing and revising ERDs on the spot.
  • Strong, proactive communication skills. This role sits between multiple teams and requires someone engaged with collaborative
  • A track record of realistic estimation and delivering on commitments without needing to be chased.
  • Preferred: CS/Math/Computer Engineering degree, or equivalent hands-on experience with algorithms, design patterns, and data structures.

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