Engineering Manager, Automation

Genus Technologies; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Professional development

Job summary

Genus Technologies in Minneapolis, MN, is seeking an Engineering Manager, Automation to lead a team of 8–12 engineers and specialists. You will own technical delivery, drive engineering quality, and align with strategic partners to deliver automation solutions that improve customer outcomes.

This role requires a proven people leader who can hire, coach, and develop talent, set engineering standards, and manage complex customer engagements across .NET/C#/JavaScript platforms, cloud services, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering, business administration, or related field.
• 10 years of experience in software engineering and/or automation solution delivery, including .NET, C#, and/or JavaScript.
• Experience establishing and enforcing engineering best practices (design patterns, code reviews, testing, and delivery docs).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead escalations and root-cause analyses.
• Excellent communication skills with experience leading technical teams.
• 2 years of people management or equivalent leadership responsibility.
• Experience with Cloud Services (Azure or AWS) and SQL Server/Databases.
• Ability to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide people leadership for engineers and technology specialists, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management.
• Partner on resource planning, capacity forecasting, and aligning skills to customer needs.
• Own technical delivery and engineering quality across workstreams; set standards for design, build, testing, and release.
• Serve as engineering escalation point for complex designs and troubleshooting in customer environments.
• Collaborate with program leaders to provide input into discovery, estimates, and delivery readiness.
• Ensure design patterns and code reviews to drive maintainability, security, and performance.
• Coordinate with related teams to align requirements and handoffs between design and implementation.
• Drive continuous improvement with reusable assets, playbooks, and documentation standards.
• Develop team capabilities through training, certifications, and succession planning.
• Oversee troubleshooting and production issue support with root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
• Stay current on roadmaps and translate trends into engineering standards and guidance.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

.NET

C#

JavaScript

Azure

AWS

SQL Server

Job description

Full-Time - MN

Overview

The Engineering Manager, Automation leads the Engineering function within the Automation Practice Group, managing a team of 8-12 engineers and technology specialists, who align with our strategic technology partners. Reporting to the Automation Practice Group Director, this role is accountable for technical delivery, engineering quality, and team performance across customer-facing professional services engagements that deliver automation solutions to improve customer outcomes.

We're looking for an experienced people leader who is technically strong, customer-facing, and passionate about automation technology. This role partners closely with leaders and practitioners across the practice group, including Document Workflow & Automation and Financial Process Automation practices, and Program Managers to deliver solution designs, ensure delivery readiness, and scale repeatable engineering standards and practices.

Key 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 and Director of Resource and Project Management on resource planning and utilization, including capacity forecasting, staffing plans, and aligning the right engineering 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, including .NET/C#/Java/JavaScript components, integrations, and troubleshooting in customer environments.
• Partner with Engagement/Project leadership to provide engineering input into discovery outputs, technical approach, estimates, staffing, and delivery readiness; proactively surface technical risks and mitigation plans.
• Ensure consistent application of design patterns and best practices; lead/enable code reviews and technical design reviews to drive maintainability, security, and performance.
• Coordinate with Document Workflow & Automation and Financial Process Automation teams to align requirements, solution architecture, and handoffs between process design and engineering implementation.
• Drive continuous improvement by creating and maintaining reusable assets (templates, reference architectures, accelerators), playbooks, and engineering documentation standards.
• Develop team capabilities, including but not limited to training, certifications, skills matrices, and succession planning across engineering development and testing competencies.
• Oversee technical troubleshooting and production issue support for delivered solutions; ensure structured root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
• Stay current on platform roadmaps and industry trends; translate them into engineering standards, team enablement, and recommendations to practice leadership and customers.

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), including hiring, performance management, and career development.
• Experience with Cloud Services (Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services).
• Experience with SQL Server/Databases.
• Ability to travel as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and AI‑driven development.
• Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax) TotalAgility exposure and/or related Tungsten automation platform experience.
• ServiceNow platform implementation experience (e.g., workflows, integrations, and platform development); ServiceNow certifications a plus.
• Understanding of Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) technologies.
• Understanding of process automation techniques.

Location:

• Genus Technologies is located in downtown Minneapolis, MN. This role is in‑office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

Estimate Pay Range:

• $120,000 - $160,000 salary is the estimated range for this role, based on a good‑faith assessment at the time of posting. Actual base compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. This role is also eligible for additional variable compensation. In addition to base and variable compensation, Genus offers a competitive total rewards package that includes health benefits, retirement plan options, life insurance, professional development, and more.