Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. The Software Engineering Manager – Foundry leads the team developing Signal, AHEAD’s in-house ERP application, and owns the team’s growth, performance, and delivery. The role partners with product and business stakeholders while guiding technical decisions and responsible AI-assisted development.
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers building Signal, the software that drives Foundry
- Global Collaboration: Lead a globally distributed team, collaborating closely with developers based in both the US and India
- Career Development: Conduct regular 1:1s, provide feedback, and support career development for team members
- Hiring and Onboarding: Participate in hiring efforts, including sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding new engineers, hiring and developing for judgment, product sense, and verification skills rather than raw output
- Team Culture: Foster a healthy team culture built on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with product management and business stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable development plans
- Delivery Ownership: Own delivery timelines and ensure the team ships high-quality software on schedule
- Technical Guidance: Guide technical discussions and help the team make sound architectural decisions
- Removing Obstacles: Remove obstacles and shield the team from distractions so they can focus on building
- Development Process: Establish and refine development processes and AI-assisted workflows, balancing agility with predictability
- AI Leadership: Champion fluent, responsible use of AI tools and coding agents as a force multiplier, so the team delivers faster while staying firmly accountable for review, testing, quality, and security
- AI Workflows and Standards: Shape the team’s AI workflows, tooling, and standards, and keep improving them as the landscape shifts
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, customer success, and other engineering teams
- Technical Engagement: Stay close enough to the codebase, and to how the team works with AI, to give meaningful input during code reviews and technical planning
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2 years in a management or team-lead role
- Experience managing teams building web applications, ideally in Elixir/Phoenix or similar modern stacks, with the ability to provide meaningful technical guidance
- Fluency with modern AI development tools, and a clear point of view on how they change the way teams build, hire, and measure impact
- Strong understanding of software development practices, including testing, CI/CD, code review, and Agile methodologies
- Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain strong engineering talent, with a genuine interest in the growth and well-being of the people you manage
- Experience managing delivery across multiple products or initiatives simultaneously
- A track record of building trust with both the team and cross-functional partners
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to make decisions with incomplete information
- 8+ years of experience in software development, with 3+ years managing teams building web applications and experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or ERP systems
- Familiarity with REST and GraphQL APIs, database design, and cloud infrastructure is a plus
- Experience in manufacturing or supply chain is a plus
Benefits
- A multi-million-dollar lab with top-notch technologies
- Cross-department training and development
- Sponsorship of certifications and credentials for continued learning
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Remote work
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