Staff Software Engineering Manager: Lead High-Impact Teams

Bear Robotics; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 253,000 - 309,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Parental leave

Provided daily lunch

Flexible schedule

Healthcare options

Job summary

Bear Robotics is seeking a Staff Software Engineering Manager in Redwood City, CA to lead a skilled software team building robotics software. You will set technical direction, drive best practices, and mentor engineers to deliver high-quality projects.

You will collaborate with product managers, program managers, and stakeholders to align goals with business objectives while scaling engineering processes and architecture. Startup mindset encouraged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Significant experience delivering complex software projects as a software engineer.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, and people-management skills.
• Startup environment experience preferred.
• Autonomous robot software development is a plus.
• Knowledge of Docker/Podman, Terraform, security protocols, elastic scale.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and define best practices for the team.
• Build and lead a high-performing software engineering team with hiring and onboarding.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to define goals and timelines.
• Drive delivery of complex software projects balancing technical and business needs.
• Mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and promote continuous improvement.

Skills

Team leadership

C++

Rust

Python

Architectural patterns

Engineering best practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Technical strategy

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in CS/SE

Tools

Docker

Podman

Terraform

Systemd

Ostree

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Job description

Bear Robotics is seeking a Staff Software Engineering Manager in Redwood City, CA to lead a skilled software team building robotics software. You will set technical direction, drive best practices, and mentor engineers to deliver high-quality projects.

You will collaborate with product managers, program managers, and stakeholders to align goals with business objectives while scaling engineering processes and architecture. Startup mindset encouraged.