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BrightDrop - Senior Engineering Manager, Platform

  • Palo Alto
  • Engineering
  • Full time
  • Added
  • JR-202306838

Description

Leads, guides and directs a large group of technical employees responsible for engineering deliverables in support of the organization's business objectives. Leads engineering execution of team as related to the BrightDrop Core Platform Software deliverables.  Provides technical leadership to work team. Interacts and collaborates with many teams cross-functionally.  Leads team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures. Leads team to meet targets. Conducts regularly scheduled Group Meetings, Communicates GM Policies & Procedures, Leadership and Safety Messages. Creates and communicates vision & strategies specific to functional responsibilities.  May include preparing and giving presentations.  Reviews deliverables and provides candid & constructive feedback. Conducts performance interventions when necessary. Provides timely and consistent feedback to direct employee's as appropriate. Participates in compensation planning and administers compensation treatment.  Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues.
 

In this Senior Software Engineering Manager role, you will lead and grow a strong team of engineers, build relationships with customers internally and externally, and champion our vision of building the best platform services and systems for BrightDrop’s new electrified last-mile delivery ecosystem.  This role provides a unique opportunity where you will be working across all of the BrightDrop software products, and truly steering the future of BrightDrop’s system architecture, APIs, products, and customers.  We are an innovation first team, and we need your help to ensure we meet the highest standards. Come join us and let’s innovate! 

What you get to do in this role:

  • Recruit, hire, scale, and develop an amazing team of engineers

  • Be actively involved in providing guidance to the engineering team on architectural direction and system/service design on robust and scalable solutions

  • Empower the engineering team to achieve a high level of technical productivity, reliability and simplicity

  • Lead engineering team on high quality and timely execution and delivery of software services

  • Collaborate across various engineering teams, product, and other cross-functional stakeholders to effectively deliver the best solution to internal and external customers


Additional Description

Qualifications: 

  • 3+ years of Engineering Management experience

  • 7+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role

  • Experience in building or leading backend software areas

  • Experience hiring top talent, building diverse and inclusive teams, foster a culture of healthy work environment that is both supportive and challenging

  • A genuine enjoyment of learning about how things work, with the ability to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions

  • Ability to work well cross-functionally, and navigate through ambiguity 

  • Ability to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs

  • Extreme customer focus, committed to investing in partnerships with
    other engineering teams to establish empathy and understand their use-cases

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Engineering preferred

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The expected base compensation for this role is: 159,000 - 235,000 USD Annual USD Annual (this is a U.S. National Mid-Range Average. This range does not indicate specific locations which is taken in to account). Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, location etc.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.


About BrightDrop

BrightDrop is a tech company transforming commercial delivery and logistics. Its portfolio of electric delivery vehicles, smart eCarts, and software solutions are designed to create a smarter, safer, more sustainable future. BrightDrop is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors. For more information, visit gobrightdrop.com.

Why Join Us 

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values; 
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.   We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.


We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at Careers.Accommodations@GM.com or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.