Software Engineering Manager

Illumination Technologies, Inc.
Plano, United States of America
25 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 120K

Job location

Plano, United States of America

Tech stack

JavaScript
.NET
Artificial Intelligence
HTML5
Automation of Tests
Azure
C Sharp (Programming Language)
CSS
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
Relational Databases
DevOps
Firmware
Interoperability
Machine Learning
Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
Network Protocols
Object-Oriented Software Development
Software Engineering
SQL Databases
Systems Integration
Cloud Platform System
Reliability of Systems
Backend
Information Technology
Web Technologies
Front End Software Development
Legacy Systems
Microservices

Job description

Leadership & Talent Development

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire backend, frontend, and DevOps engineers, fostering a collaborative, positive, and high-performance engineering culture.
  • Develop engineering talent through coaching, skill-gap identification, and ongoing technical and professional growth opportunities.

Technical Strategy & Platform Convergence

  • Define and drive the technical vision and architectural roadmap for the convergence of multiple legacy systems into the unified Luminator Suite.
  • Establish and maintain engineering best practices, cloud-native architectures (Azure preferred), and event-driven microservices patterns.
  • Make full-stack and infrastructure technical decisions, including build-vs-buy scalability, interoperability, and maintainability considerations.

Product Engineering & Delivery

  • Oversee engineering planning, prioritization, execution, and delivery of high-quality software releases.
  • Ensure software reliability, system performance, and maintainability across distributed, cloud-enabled environments.

Cross-Functional & Customer Collaboration

  • Partner closely with Product Management to refine requirements, contribute to solution design, and align technical execution with business needs.

  • Collaborate deeply with Customer Success to:

  • Ensure customer-reported issues are triaged, prioritized, and resolved in a timely manner.

  • Provide engineering insights that support root-cause analysis and long-term product improvements.

  • Participate in defining customer solutions, integration approaches, and deployment patterns.

  • Coordinate with global engineering, hardware, and firmware teams to support coherent system-level behaviors and end-to-end product quality., Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Senior Manager of Software Engineer…

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Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 10+ years of software development experience, including leadership roles required.
  • 5+ years of direct team management experience.
  • Expertise in C#, .NET, object-oriented design, and enterprise grade software engineering. -oriented design, and enterprise-grade software engineering.
  • Strong experience with SQL relational databases.
  • Knowledge of transport/network protocols such as MQTT, HTTPS.
  • Experience with web technologies including JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud environments (Azure preferred) and event-driven microservices architectures.
  • Experience implementing DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing environments., * Experience leading global engineering teams.
  • Experience building IoT applications or transportation industry products.
  • Experience integrating with embedded device software (IoT devices).
  • Experience building or scaling AI/ML applications for enterprise/B2B markets.

Benefits & conditions

  • Competitive compensation with career growth potential.
  • Generous time off: Vacation and wellness time, 10 paid observed company holidays, and 2 floating holidays.
  • Educational Assistance Program: Robust reimbursement program for professional growth.
  • Health and wellness: Top Tier Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Generous 401k match through Vanguard
  • Benefits effective on Day One.

About the company

At Luminator Technology Group, we believe we are Better Together. We always put the Customer First, focus on achieving Results, strive to Be the Best, and foster a culture of Respect & Trust. We are on a mission to innovate and revolutionize global transportation technology. Luminator is a global leader spanning over 85 countries and nearly 1,000 employees Luminator Technology Group is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the development and convergence of our next-generation Management Software platform within the Luminator Suite, supporting smart displays, control units, and real-time passenger information systems for the transit industry. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without visa sponsorship. This role guides a multidisciplinary engineering team (10+) to deliver intelligent, scalable, cloud-enabled solutions that empower transit operators with reliable, real-time information and streamlined system management., © 2026 Careerjet All rights reserved

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