Software Engineering Manager

Point of Rental Software; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Point of Rental Software in Fort Worth, TX seeks a senior engineering leader to own the Global API and the unified platform used by multiple product teams. You will ship real code, mentor engineers, and align roadmaps with product needs.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, collaboration across RMS product lines, and practical estimation while driving AI tooling adoption and producing essential API documentation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development, with ownership of an API or platform.
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI coding tools and workflows.
• Strong full-stack experience: backend + frontend SPA framework.
• Solid experience with relational databases and ERD design.
• Proactive communication across multiple teams.
• Track record of realistic estimation and on-time delivery.
• CS/Math/Engineering degree or equivalent hands-on background.

Responsibilities

• Own the Global API and unified platform powering multiple products.
• Lead and mentor a small engineering team; balance code with people management.
• Stay hands-on; ship real code, not just reviews.
• Drive daily use of agentic AI development tools across the team.
• Produce ERDs, swim-lane diagrams, and API flow docs for visibility.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to align roadmaps.
• Estimate realistically, flag risks early, deliver commitments.
• Manage scheduling, time off, performance conversations, and related duties.
• Recommend headcount, tooling, and process improvements to leadership.
• Serve as the point of contact on API impact when others ask.

Skills

API ownership

Hands-on AI coding tools

Full-stack development

Team mentorship

Communication

Estimation & delivery

Education

CS/Math/Computer Engineering degree

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

ERD design

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Own the Global API and unified platform, ensuring the infrastructure that Elite, Syrinx, and Essentials all depend on stays reliable and well-documented.

• Lead and mentor a small team of engineers, balancing hands-on technical guidance with day-to-day people management.

• Stay in the codebase yourself, this is not a pure-oversight role. You’re expected to ship real code, not just review pull requests.

• Drive daily use of agentic AI development tools across the team, building reusable skills, sub-agents, and workflows rather than relying on one-off prompting.

• Produce and maintain the technical artifacts such as, ERDs, swim-lane diagrams, and API flow documentation that keep cross-team dependencies visible to everyone who needs them.

• Partner with engineering and product leadership across every RMS product to keep the Global API roadmap aligned with what each product line actually needs.

• Estimate realistically, flag risk early, and deliver on commitments without requiring follow-up.

• Manage scheduling, time off, performance conversations, and other standard people-management responsibilities for your team.

• Recommend headcount, tooling, and process improvements to engineering leadership, and participate directly in hiring for your team.

• Serve as the person other teams turn to when they need to understand how a change to the Global API will affect their product.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, ideally including ownership of a shared API, integration layer, or platform used by multiple products or teams.

• Daily, hands-on experience with agentic AI coding tools. You should be comfortable building custom skills, sub-agents, or workflows around these tools, and able to speak specifically to what you’ve built.

• Strong full-stack experience: backend (Node, Python, .NET, PHP, or similar) and front-end SPA framework (Angular, Vue, React, or similar)

• Solid experience with an RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, or similar), including comfort designing and revising ERDs on the spot.

• Strong, proactive communication skills. This role sits between multiple teams and requires someone engaged with collaborative

• A track record of realistic estimation and delivering on commitments without needing to be chased.

• Preferred: CS/Math/Computer Engineering degree, or equivalent hands-on experience with algorithms, design patterns, and data structures.