Director of Software Engineering

Energy Jobline ZR; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary 175k–225k USD per year

Incentive compensation / equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Electric Era is seeking an engineering manager to lead a world-class software team responsible for the complete product life cycle—from ideation to field support. You will own architecture decisions across enterprise cloud software, embedded systems, and IoT, while maintaining a strong ownership mentality.

The role emphasizes fast execution, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and delivering real-world solutions in the renewable charging space.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7+ years of consumer/industrial electronics, aerospace, or automotive embedded systems or programming experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a software engineering or similar discipline
• Prior experience managing teams of 5 or more software engineers
• Track record of success working effectively and independently in a multi-disciplinary manner to prioritize and deliver with competing deadlines
• Experience managing software development in live, consumer-facing environments, and building operational scalability with both tactical and strategic planning
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and hard driving attitude

Responsibilities

• Manage a small but growing team of world-class engineers in developing the most autonomous charging platform in the field to date, and the most capable next-gen charging platform to hit the market
• Champion software design and drive your architectural vision across a number of different domains: enterprise cloud software, embedded software, IoT products, AI tooling, security infrastructure, and more
• Communicate with customers on calls and in person, and continuously develop and update product-market fit for new software features
• Develop, maintain, and update the software development roadmap as the company navigates a complex path through the energy economy
• Own company-level objectives and be responsible for reporting out to executive staff and the broader company
• Develop the team to greatness; support individual contributors career growth into technical and managerial leadership
• Build and manage software deliverables through production and into the field, participating in on-call rotations and supporting your product and team in a real-world environment

Skills

Embedded systems

Team leadership

Software architecture

Customer communication

Roadmap planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering

Job description

Electric Era is seeking an engineering manager to lead a world-class software team responsible for the complete product life cycle—from ideation to field support. You will own architecture decisions across enterprise cloud software, embedded systems, and IoT, while maintaining a strong ownership mentality.

The role emphasizes fast execution, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and delivering real-world solutions in the renewable charging space.