Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Manager, Software Engineering

Management Level

Manager - People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $119,600.00 - $199,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Engineering Manager will provide leadership and oversight for the Software Engineering group. This role is accountable for guiding teams in applying secure software engineering principles to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software and cloud infrastructure. The Engineering Manager partners with cross-functional leadership to align business requirements, architecture, and technology direction while evaluating alternative approaches.

This leader ensures that software and systems are designed for functionality, scalability, resilience, and security, while also prioritizing developer and user experience. The role incorporates agile practices with a focus on delivering business value, fostering collaboration, and driving continuous improvement.

Importantly, this position requires recent, hands-on software development experience. The right candidate will be comfortable diving into the codebase when needed to support their teams and provide technical guidance.

As a Engineer Manager at Cox Automotive you will:

Oversees Software Engineering processes and teams. Provides support and engage in the planning and delivery of product / solution releases. Ensures delivery of secure, high quality, well tested and scalable software to meet requirements of the customer and business. Prioritize and maintain the KTLO backlog and maintain a healthy KTLO roadmap to sustain the security and stability of our products.Assists with maintenance and prioritization of the product backlog. Engages with customers, end users and business partners to understand issues with software development and deployment. Ensures issues are resolved in a timely and sustainable fashion. Advocates secure coding practices and testing requirements.Ensures the teams are setup for success.Provides timely feedback (both positive and constructive) to team members.Builds a culture of supportive team, pride in ownership, and continuous improvement.  Provides and supports good engineering practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 6 years’ experience in a related field with at least 1 year experience in a management or lead role; or a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years’ experience; or PhD and 1 year experience or 10 years’ experience in a related field.6+ years of managerial or leadership experience.6+ years of recent, hands-on software development experience, with the ability to contribute directly to code and support engineering teams.Strong skills in analytical thinking, business acumen, requirements analysis, and technology problem-solving.Proven ability to build partnerships, engage stakeholders, guide team success, lead change, and establish a compelling vision.Cloud experience with AWS.

Preferred Qualifications

AWS platform skills including: EKS, Cognito, WAF, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, S3, Systems Manager Experience automating Terraform/CDK at scaleExperience with Database Server infrastructure (RDS, MySQL, Postgres, etc)Github and GitHub ActionsExperience with Dart/Flutter, NodeJS. CDK and/or Pega platform a plus.

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the 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; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.