Team Leader Software Engineering (Developer Experience)

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. is seeking a full-time Team Leader Software Engineering to lead the Developer Experience (DevEx) team near Garmin’s U.S. headquarters in the Kansas City area.

This role directs a team responsible for tools, infrastructure, and telemetry enabling Garmin engineers to build and deliver high-quality software efficiently. You will define vision and roadmaps for development tooling, drive automation initiatives, and collaborate with multiple Garmin engineering groups to boost productivity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/CE/Software Eng OR 10+ years relevant experience.
• Proficient in C, C++, C#, and/or Java for Garmin’s needs.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Previous leadership or mentorship experience.
• Proven ability to balance priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a software engineering team responsible for developer build tools, shared test infrastructure, software telemetry, and software health measurement.
• Define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for development tooling and engineering enablement across Garmin.
• Partner with engineering organizations to improve software development efficiency and product quality.
• Drive automation, standardization, developer productivity, and software quality improvement.
• Recruit, interview, hire, onboard, train, and evaluate team members.

Skills

C/C++/C#

Java

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/CE/Software Eng

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps

Test automation

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Team Leader Software Engineering to lead Garmin's Developer Experience (DevEx) team at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for directing and coordinating activities of a Software Engineering team that is responsible for the tools, infrastructure, and telemetry that enable software engineers across Garmin to build, test, measure, and deliver high-quality software efficiently.

Essential Functions

• Lead a team of software engineers responsible for developer build tools, shared test infrastructure, software telemetry, and software health measurement
• Define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for development tooling and engineering enablement across Garmin
• Partner with engineering organizations across Garmin to identify opportunities to improve software development efficiency, product quality, and engineering effectiveness
• Drive company-wide initiatives focused on automation, standardization, developer productivity, and software quality improvement
• Collaborate with IT and engineering teams to design, implement, and support scalable development platforms and infrastructure
• Establish metrics and utilize telemetry data to measure software health, engineering productivity, platform adoption, and initiative effectiveness
• Communicate strategy, roadmap progress, risks, and results to engineers, managers, directors, and executive stakeholders
• Balance competing priorities across multiple product segments while ensuring alignment with broader company objectives
• Directly supervise team members by providing coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and professional development opportunities
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, customer focus, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Participate in recruiting activities, interview candidates, hire, onboard, train, and evaluate team members

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR a minimum of 10 years relevant experience
• Must possess detailed knowledge and experience with high level language structure in C, C++, C# and/or Java relevant to Garmin’s business needs
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Previous leadership or mentorship experience

Desired Qualifications

• Previous software engineering leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams responsible for developer platforms, engineering productivity, infrastructure, CI/CD, DevOps, or developer tooling
• Proven ability to define, gain alignment on, and drive large-scale initiatives spanning multiple engineering organizations
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Experience working with software build systems, source control platforms, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines
• Experience with test automation frameworks, shared testing infrastructure, or software quality engineering practices
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and utilizing telemetry and operational data to drive engineering improvements and business decisions
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies and engineering best practices
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic planning with day-to-day operational execution
• Experience leading organizational change and adoption efforts for new tools, processes, or engineering practices
• Customer-focused and data-driven approach to problem solving and decision making

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits