Manager, Software Engineering

Cox Communications • Atlanta, GA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for leading and developing high-performing engineering teams that design, build, and deliver scalable, high-quality software solutions. This role combines strong people leadership with technical direction, ensuring teams consistently deliver business value while maintaining engineering excellence. In addition, this role drives adoption of AI-transformed development practices and specification-driven engineering, enabling faster, higher-quality, and more predictable delivery outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 6 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year experience in a related field; or 18 years’ experience in a related field.
• Proven background in hands-on software engineering required, with demonstrated success designing, building, and scaling production-grade systems prior to moving into leadership.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading or managing teams.
• Experience designing and building distributed, cloud-based applications (e.g., AWS).
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and modern engineering practices.
• Availability for rotational on-call duties outside of standard business hours may be required.
• Atlanta based Candidates Only - In Office 3 days a week required.
• Drug Testing To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading distributed or global engineering teams.
• Experience in highly scalable or high-availability systems.
• Background in platform engineering or API-driven architectures.
• Experience driving large-scale engineering transformations (e.g., AI adoption, modernization initiatives).

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the planning, design, development, and delivery of software products and services.
• Ensure delivery of secure, scalable, and well-tested software aligned with business and customer needs.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, including testing, automation, observability, and reliability.
• Drive continuous improvement across development processes, including Agile practices and DevOps principles.
• Promote high standards of code quality, architecture, and system design.
• Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude) for coding, testing, and documentation.
• Define best practices for safe, secure, and effective AI usage within the SDLC.
• Enable teams to evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, and maintainability.
• Drive productivity improvements through AI-enabled automation and developer workflows.
• Establish and scale spec-driven development (SDD) practices across teams.
• Ensure clear, structured specifications define requirements, architecture, and acceptance criteria before implementation.
• Promote specification-first workflows where specs serve as the authoritative input for development and AI-assisted execution.
• Align engineering, product, and UX teams around shared specifications to improve clarity and reduce rework.
• Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap planning.
• Represent engineering in cross-functional planning and strategy discussions.
• Use metrics to guide data-driven decisions and continuous improvement.
• Manage hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development of team members.
• Coach engineers on technical skills, system design, and modern development practices.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, craftsmanship, and learning.

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• retirement planning (401(k))
• paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager