Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

Supermicro; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity awards

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager for our San Jose headquarters to lead networking software development and drive architecture across the switch department. You will own major software components, guide teams, and collaborate with product managers to deliver high-quality networking solutions.

The role requires deep data center networking expertise, experience with SONiC OS or SDN, and hands-on leadership of full-stack development teams across backend and frontend

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or equivalent experience.
• Masters degree preferred.
• Minimum 12 years hands-on networking software development experience.
• Minimum 5 years software development management experience.
• Deep expertise in data center networking with SONiC OS or SDN experience.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of key applications in the Super Fabric Manager (SFM).
• Mentor teammates and hire high-performance engineers; lead team discussions for clarity.
• Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to meet project goals.
• Drive process improvements and build robust, secure, scalable network solutions.
• Lead testing automation, CD/CI, and practical diagnostics to resolve issues quickly.

Skills

Networking software

Software development management

Team leadership

AI networking

Full stack development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or equivalent experience

Masters degree preferred

Tools

Node.js

Next.js

JavaScript

Go

C/C++

Job description

About Supermicro

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary

Supermicro is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager with exceptional networking software development and technical leadership experience to join our rapidly growing switch department. In this role, you will be involved in the design, development, and testing of switching software products. This position will be based at our headquarters in San Jose, CA.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Includes the following essential duties and responsibilities (other duties may also be assigned):

• Networking Software Design & Development : End-to-end ownership key applications in the Super Fabric Manager (SFM) software. Understand and translate requirements into functional specs, design, implement, and review software. Deliver high-quality software on aggressive project schedules.
• Collaboration, hiring & mentoring: Collaborate with cross-organizational stakeholders, product managers and technical leads to meet project goals. Mentor teammates on best practices and architecture. Actively lead team discussions, share feedback, and use strong verbal skills to drive collaboration and clarity. Hire high-performance engineers, build high performance teams and manage their performance
• Customer Focus: Collaborate with external and internal customers and resolve technical issues. Use excellent verbal and interpersonal skills to understand customer needs and solve customer pain points. Deliver creative and innovative solutions to customer issues.
• Process Improvements : Take initiative to recommend and implement process improvements. Share ideas and lessons learned with the team in meetings and retrospectives.
• Software Ecosystem: Build robust, secure, and scalable network solutions. Collaborate with security teams as needed.
• Software Testing Automation: Lead building tools and scripts for continuous development and integration (CD/CI), software automation for the white box and black box testing, validate problem descriptions, perform detailed diagnostics, and resolve issues quickly.
• Documentation & Communication: Ensure comprehensive documentation, create user guides, and write up methodologies. Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or equivalent experience. Masters degree is preferred.

Technical

• A minimum of 12 years of extensive hands-on experience in networking software development.
• A minimum of 5 years of extensive software development management experience
• Deep expertise in the data center networking with SONiC OS or similar. Hands-on design and development experience in the Intent-based Controller or Network Observability & Automation software or SDN.
• Experienced in design and development for the AI networking use cases: build & deploy backend, frontend, storage and HPC fabrics, fabric observability, fabric automation & troubleshooting. Preferred: Agentic AI development experience preferred.
• Full stack development. Software Stack: node.js, next.js, JavaScript, go, C/C++.

Communication And Teamwork

• Clear and effective verbal and written communication
• Lead team meetings and discussions. Ability to receive and give constructive feedback
• Experienced in hiring high-performance engineers and managing their performance
• Collaborative approach to problem-solving in cross-functional teams.

Salary Range

$220,000 - $245,000

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as participation in bonus and equity award programs.

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.