Seegrid Hiring for Software Manager – Fleet Application Software at Pittsburgh, PA, USA Full Time

Why join Seegrid?

Seegrid is the leading provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling. Seegrid has been recognized as a Top 5 most innovative robotics company in the world by Fast Company in 2022.

We develop and deliver mobile robots and enterprise software for global leaders in logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, and e-commerce.

Our suite of solutions includes mobile robots, enterprise fleet management software, and best-in-class service and support.

Our unique and proven technology sets us apart-our automation solutions have safely driven millions of autonomous miles in real production facilities without a single personnel safety incident.

We are seeking energetic, bright, and friendly people to help achieve our vision : to fortify global supply chains and create profitable economies with safe, seamless, and smart mobile robotics solutions.

About the Role : Software Manager, Fleet Application Software

The Fleet Application Software team at Seegrid is responsible for delivering server-side product features and capabilities associated with our enterprise material handling solutions.

The manager of the Fleet team owns the backend applications that power our enterprise AMR software stack. Ownership includes the design, development, support, operations, and on-going maintenance of the software.

In this role, you will work in close partnership with Product Management (PdM), User Experience designers (UX), and a Technical Project Manager (TPM) to properly define features, scope software releases, and ensure technical deliverables are met by the team.

The Fleet team works closely with Test Engineering, Hardware, and other software teams to include User Interface Software (UI), Vehicle Application Software (VSW), and Autonomy Software to ensure coordinated development efforts across engineering and the on-time delivery of our solutions to our customers.

Software Managers at Seegrid are expected to be technical and through their strong technical grounding they lead software teams, keep them focused, identify process bottlenecks, remove roadblocks, and generally set their team up for success.

Software Managers are given the agency to own their time. While it is not expected that a Software Manager will spend the majority of their time writing code, it is up to the Software Manager to determine the extent to which they will engage in hands-on development while being mindful not to block or slow down the progress of their team.

This role s to the Director of Software Engineering. Remote Friendly.

Responsibilities Include

• Leadership and people management of a team of software engineers responsible for delivering fleet application software.
• Collaborate with PdM, UX, UI, VSW, TPM, and other engineering teams to define, scope, and build distributed material handling solutions – you will own the work break-down for the backend fleet application software components
• Promote and enact modern software development practices that will enable the Fleet team to deliver safe, secure, and robust software predictably according to the schedule defined by our product roadmap.
• Coordinate and manage the backend architecture, implementation, and operations of the Fleet software stack
• Clearly communicate performance expectations to all Fleet team members individually. Solicit and deliver feedback to your team members early and often.
• Together with your TPM partner, clearly communicate how the team is tracking to its current release timeline and surface any risks to the appropriate constituents.
• Identify headcount needs of the Fleet team with proper justification.
• Manage and participate in processes for escalated field support issues.

Required Qualifications :

• Degree in Computer Science, or a related field
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience
• Fluent in at least one JVM-based language (Java or Kotlin preferred) as well as Python
• Comfortable with several of the following technologies : PostgreSQL (or other SQL RDBMS), Amqp / RabbitMQ, gRPC, REST APIs, reactive programming, Docker, and Linux (Ubuntu / Debian preferred)
• Grounded in modern software engineering practices (git + PR workflows, testing, CI / CD, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills
• A strong desire to lead a software team
• A passion for positive team culture

Desired Qualifications :

• Professional experience in managing software teams
• Strong grasp of agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of Jira
• Previous professional experience in developing enterprise fleet management software for mobile robotics or autonomous vehicles in any field
• Professional experience with ROS, ROS2, DDS, or other data-centric middleware

Seegrid has been recognized nationally as a Best-Place-to-Work. We’d love to have you join us!

Seegrid is an equal opportunity employer. All people are encouraged to apply, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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