Automation Engineering Manager - Lead Delivery & Team

Genus Technologies; Minneapolis, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan options

Life insurance

Professional development

Job summary

Genus Technologies is seeking an Engineering Manager, Automation in Minneapolis, MN. This leadership role oversees 8–12 engineers and specialists, guiding delivery of automation solutions for customer engagements and driving engineering standards across the practice.

You will partner with the Automation Practice Group Director to plan resources, mentor staff, and ensure high-quality design, build, and testing. Strong technical background with .NET/C#/JavaScript and cloud experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 10 years of experience in software engineering and/or automation solution delivery, including development in .NET, C#, and/or JavaScript.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and enforcing engineering best practices (design patterns, code reviews, testing practices, and delivery documentation).
• Strong problem-solving skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to lead technical escalations and root-cause analysis in customer environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience leading technical teams and partnering cross-functionally with consultants, analysts, and architects.
• 2 years of people management experience (or equivalent informal leadership responsibility).
• Experience with Cloud Services (Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services).
• Experience with SQL Server/Databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide people leadership for engineers and technology specialists, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, career development, and team engagement.
• Partner with the Automation Practice Group Director on resource planning, capacity forecasting, staffing, and aligning skills to customer needs.
• Own technical delivery and quality across engineering workstreams; establish engineering standards for design, build, testing, release, documentation, and support transition.
• Serve as the engineering escalation point for complex solution design and implementation across .NET/C#/Java/JavaScript components.
• Provide engineering input into discovery outputs, technical approach, estimates, staffing, and delivery readiness; surface technical risks and mitigation plans.
• Ensure design patterns, code reviews, testing practices, and documentation are applied; drive maintainability, security, and performance.
• Coordinate with related teams to align requirements, solution architecture, and handoffs between design and implementation.
• Drive continuous improvement by creating reusable assets, playbooks, and engineering documentation standards.
• Develop team capabilities including training, certifications, skills matrices, and succession planning.
• Oversee technical troubleshooting and production issue support; perform root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
• Stay current on platform roadmaps and industry trends; translate into standards and enablement for leadership and customers.

Skills

People leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

.NET

C#

JavaScript

Azure

AWS

SQL Server

Job description

Genus Technologies is seeking an Engineering Manager, Automation in Minneapolis, MN. This leadership role oversees 8–12 engineers and specialists, guiding delivery of automation solutions for customer engagements and driving engineering standards across the practice.

You will partner with the Automation Practice Group Director to plan resources, mentor staff, and ensure high-quality design, build, and testing. Strong technical background with .NET/C#/JavaScript and cloud experience is required.