Manager, Software Engineering

Qdoba Restaurant Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Qdoba Restaurant Corporation seeks a hands-on Manager of Software Engineering to lead design, development, and continuous improvement of enterprise and internal software platforms. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and drive technical strategy within the corporate tech ecosystem.

The role partners with Product Management, Data Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure to deliver scalable, secure, reliable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Software Eng.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years in people leadership, tech lead, or engineering management.
• Experience delivering enterprise-grade software solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET/.NET Core, REST APIs, SQL Server, cloud services, CI/CD, and Git-based source control.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, integration patterns, testing, security, and modern architecture.
• Experience in Agile environments and handling multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers with coaching and performance management.
• Set and enforce engineering standards for architecture, security, testing, CI/CD, and documentation.
• Oversee design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of applications and services.
• Translate requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions with Product Management and stakeholders.
• Lead design reviews and guide secure, resilient, observable systems.
• Own reliability, performance, and reduction of technical debt across platforms.
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Manage third-party partners and distributed teams ensuring quality and knowledge transfer.

Skills

C#

.NET/.NET Core

REST APIs

SQL Server

Cloud services

CI/CD pipelines

Git-based source control

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

Job description

QDOBA is seeking a hands-on Manager of Software Engineering to lead the design, development, delivery, and continuous improvement of enterprise and internal-facing software platforms. This leader will manage and mentor a team of software engineers while contributing to solution architecture, technical strategy, engineering standards, and delivery execution.

The ideal candidate combines strong people leadership with deep technical expertise in modern application development, cloud platforms, APIs, integration patterns, and AI-assisted engineering. This role will partner with Product Management, Data Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, reliable solutions across QDOBA's corporate technology ecosystem.

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers through coaching, career development, performance management, and technical guidance.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards for architecture, secure coding, code review, automated testing, documentation, version control, and CI/CD.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, deployment, support, and continuous improvement of software applications and services.
• Collaborate with Product Management and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Lead technical design reviews and guide teams in building secure, resilient, observable, and high-performing systems.
• Own application reliability, performance, maintainability, operational readiness, and technical debt reduction.
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and post-incident reviews for supported applications.
• Manage third-party engineering partners, consultants, and distributed development resources, including technical quality, deliverables, and knowledge transfer.

AI & ENGINEERING INNOVATION:

• Champion AI-assisted software development practices that accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and strengthen the developer experience.
• Establish standards and governance for responsible use of Claude Code and related AI development tools across the software development lifecycle.
• Identify opportunities to use AI agents for code generation, codebase analysis, documentation, testing, debugging, refactoring, technical analysis, and workflow automation.
• Define appropriate review, validation, security, intellectual property, and human-oversight controls for AI-generated code and artifacts.
• Measure and communicate the impact of AI-enabled engineering practices using agreed productivity, quality, adoption, and risk indicators.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a people leadership, technical lead, or engineering management role.
• Experience designing, delivering, and supporting enterprise-grade software applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET or .NET Core, REST APIs, SQL Server, cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based source control.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, integration patterns, testing practices, security, and modern application architecture.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments and managing multiple concurrent priorities.
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, project management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:

Qdoba and its affiliates will make reasonable accommodations to allow a qualified individual with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities and to perform the essential functions of the job. This position description should be applied accordingly.