Engineer Manager - Tooling Team

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer Manager - Tooling Team. Location: Yorktown Heights, New York, United States

Responsibilities:

• Lead the local tooling software engineering team within IBM Research.
• Establish and maintain an agile, high-performance software engineering practice.
• Manage different components of a complex software ecosystem;
• Foster a strong software engineering culture and proactively address internal team challenges and conflicts.
• Build strong and seamless collaboration with quantum experiment subject matter experts.
• Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions across frontend and backend systems.
• Provide technical leadership for complex software projects and systems.
• Support effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Spend time with teams and clients in the workplace at least three days per week, subject to business needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a people manager in software engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in project management.
• At least 5 years of technical leadership experience managing complex software.
• Background in software engineering or a comparable technical field.
• Hands-on experience and strong understanding of system programming.
• Hands-on experience and strong understanding of cloud architectures.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills;
• Ability to cultivate psychologically safe team environments.
• Ability to enable direct feedback among team members.
• Strong stakeholder expectation management skills.
• Strategic mindset combined with the ability to execute hands-on.
• Exposure to or interest in quantum computing is considered a plus.

Preferred:

• Master's degree.
• Experience implementing team performance frameworks such as DORA metrics.
• Experience applying management and communication methodologies such as radical candor or non-violent communication.
• Experience working with Rust.
• Experience working with Python.
• Experience working with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience working with Node.js.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Projected annual salary range of $234,000 to $300,000.
• Healthcare benefits, including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and mental health and well-being coverage.
• Financial programs including 401(k), cash balance pension plan, employee stock purchase plan, financial counseling, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Opportunities for performance-based salary incentive programs;
• Paid time off including 12 holidays, at least 56 hours of sick time, and 120 hours of vacation.
• Up to 12 weeks of parental bonding leave, subject to IBM policy.
• Additional paid family and care leave where applicable.
• Training and educational resources through IBM's personalized, AI-driven learning platform.
• Access to industry-recognized certifications and professional development opportunities;
• Employee resource groups, giving and volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services, and experiences.

Other Information:

• Work arrangement: Onsite.
• Travel: Up to 20%, approximately one day per week.
• Employment type: Regular.
• Contract type: Regular.
• Shift: General daytime;
• Visa sponsorship: IBM will not provide visa sponsorship now or in the future. Candidates must be able to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
• The compensation range is based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year and may vary according to job-related skills, experience, and location.