Senior Manager, Software Development

EVgo; Colorado; Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the electric vehicle charging industry is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a dynamic team in delivering web and API products. This high-impact role involves improving processes, managing a team of engineers, and ensuring high-quality outputs. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in web application architecture and team management, with a focus on operational excellence.

Benefits

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Unbounded paid time off

401(k)

Discretionary target cash bonus

Qualifications

• Proven history shipping web applications and APIs.
• Experience managing a team of software engineers.
• Ability to recruit qualified engineers and minimize retention risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver web and API products.
• Proactively improve process and technical standards.
• Ensure high-quality output and clear communication with collaborators.

Skills

Web application architecture

Team management

Communication

Agile methodologies

Project management

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related degree

Tools

React

Next.JS

TailwindCSS

GraphQL

Job description

EVgo (Nasdaq: EVGO) is one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles. Our mission is to expedite the mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) by creating a convenient, reliable, and affordable EV charging network that delivers fast charging to everyone. We partner with multiple stakeholders including automakers; fleet and rideshare operators; retail hosts such as grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, gas stations, and more to make our vision of Electric for All a reality. The EV industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. Join us as we charge forward into an all-electric future. Software is an integral part in realizing this vision and we are hiring a software manager to play a leadership role shaping our future.

Position Summary:

Senior Engineering Manager is a high-impact role leading a team to deliver web and API products. Join a dynamic team shipping a variety of business-critical projects in the EV charging space. Proactively improve process and technical standards. Ensure high-quality output, prioritization of key objectives, and clear communication with collaborators across the organization. An ideal candidate knows how to empower engineers to deliver the best possible work.

Required Experience:

• Proven history shipping web applications and APIs.
• Up-to-date and detailed knowledge of web application architecture, tooling, stacks, and platform capabilities.
• Experience managing a team of software engineers, fostering an environment that rewards success, handling underperformers, and actively guiding career development.
• Ability to recruit qualified engineers with appropriate skillsets and minimize retention risks.
• Aptitude to own your engineering backlog, prioritize work, and assign tasks to achieve the best outcome.
• Excellent communication skills ensuring clarity across your manager, stakeholders, and collaborating teams.
• Deep understanding of industry best practices in agile, code review, and team structure. Enthusiasm to iterate on your team’s process in pursuit of operational excellence.
• Technical depth, grounded in hands-on experience, sufficient for guidance of technical vision and oversight.
• Project management competence building a roadmap, scoping team size, and estimating implementation time.
• Proactive mindset, effective delegation, awareness of how your team contributes to the larger organization, influence that extends to the wider engineering department, proficiency working with minimal oversight.
• B.S. in computer science, related degree, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with electric vehicle charging standards such as OCPI
• Experience delivering customer, internal, and business-facing applications
• Track record with React, Next.JS, TailwindCSS, and GraphQL

In this role, you will work primarily remotely with occasional travel as needed and be a part of a team distributed across the US. EVgo is headquartered in Los Angeles.

For job positions in CA, CO, and NYC, the estimated salary range for a new hire in this position is $160,000 USD to $180,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition to a competitive base salary, discretionary target cash bonus, and restricted stock units (subject to Board Approval). EVgo offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, life, and disability insurance, unbounded paid time off including parental leave, and a 401(k).

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