Software Engineering Manager (Java, Spring Boot, AWS)

Would you enjoy solving complex problems?

Are you a Technology expert and ready to mentor, lead a team?

Join our team

Baker Hughes is the leading energy technology company, who delivers across the energy value chain through our market-leading business segments. Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business, is a global leader in industrial inspection solutions, combining advanced hardware, software, and digital technologies to support asset integrity and reliability across critical industries. Inspection Works is a modern, cloud‑native inspection data management platform designed to digitize, standardize, and streamline industrial inspections. It enables users to capture inspection data from advanced inspection devices, securely upload it to the cloud, apply measurements and AI‑assisted defect detection, and generate consistent, high‑quality inspection reports.

Partner with the best

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Engineering Manager to lead our software development teams. This role requires a strong technical foundation in coding, and system architecture, combined with exceptional people management, stakeholder collaboration, and vendor/contractor management skills.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:

Providing technical leadership in the design and development of scalable, secure, and high‑performance cloud‑native applications.Driving system architecture, API design, data flows, design patterns, and engineering best practices across teams.Ensuring high standards of code quality through reviews, testing strategies, and CI/CD adoption.Leading, mentoring, and developing software engineers, tech leads, and senior developers.Owning end‑to‑end delivery of software initiatives with predictable timelines and quality outcomes.Collaborating closely with Product, Architecture, QA, UX, and DevOps teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.Fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.Managing external vendors and contractors, including onboarding, performance governance, delivery alignment, and cost management.Partnering with senior leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders to shape engineering strategy, roadmap execution, and delivery priorities.Ensuring compliance with corporate governance, security, regulatory, and audit requirements.Managing risks, dependencies, and escalations across distributed teams.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.Have 12+ years of experience in the software industry, with proven experience in engineering leadership or people management roles.Have a strong hands‑on backend engineering experience with Java and Spring Boot, building and operating microservices‑based systems.Have a hands‑on experience designing and leading AWS cloud architectures, including deployment, scalability, resiliency, security, and cost considerations.Have demonstrated people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, career development, and team building.Have a proven problem‑solving and analytical abilities, with experience addressing complex engineering and delivery challenges.Have an experience managing vendors, contractors, or partner teams, including delivery governance and cost optimization.Have a strong understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC, testing practices, and quality engineering principles.Have an experience delivering enterprise‑scale, distributed systems in a cloud‑native environment.Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.Have an ability to operate effectively in a global, distributed team model (onshore/offshore).Have an excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior leadership.Have a strategic mindset with a strong execution focus, high ownership, accountability, and integrity.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.  Join us, and you can expect:

Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activitiesComprehensive private medical care optionsSafety net of life insurance and disability programsTailored financial programsAdditional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Digital Technology Manager - Software Engineering