Software Developer Manager
About The Position
Lotlinx is seeking a dedicated leader to manage, mentor, and develop the AI Platform team, which is the backbone of the company's transformation towards an Agentic AI approach. This hybrid leadership role requires a player/coach who will split their time between people leadership & project management (60%) and hands-on technical guidance & architecture (40%). The manager will be responsible for ensuring team productivity, partnering with Product Management to define the roadmap, and providing architectural vision and mentorship to build scalable, reliable, and cutting-edge solutions.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in a direct management role, leading a team of software engineers.
- Strong technical background and demonstrable experience working on AI/ML-driven products, understanding the ML lifecycle and practical challenges of building AI systems.
- Deep, practical experience designing, building, and maintaining complex microservice-based architectures.
- Strong proficiency in Python AND/OR Java, with professional comfort working in both.
- Proven, hands-on experience with AWS services and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
Nice To Haves
- Direct, hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks like LangChain.
- Familiarity with React frontends.
- A strong interest or background in Agentic AI principles and RAG architectures.
- Experience in the automotive industry or a similar field with massive, complex datasets.
Responsibilities
- Manage the performance and career growth of a 5-person engineering team, providing continuous feedback, coaching, and mentorship.
- Own the team's technical roadmap and agile processes, working closely with product managers and stakeholders to translate business goals into an actionable backlog.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the team, managing dependencies, clearing roadblocks, and fostering collaboration and accountability.
- Effectively communicate the team's progress, technical vision, and challenges to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Manage team dynamics and facilitate healthy, constructive resolutions to disagreements.
- Lead technical design reviews and guide the team in building robust, scalable microservices on AWS.
- Stay hands-on by reviewing PRs, spiking new technologies, and contributing to critical components.
- Own the technical stack, ensuring effective leverage of Python, Java, AWS, Kubernetes, and LangChain.
- Instill best practices for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability within the team.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Flex time off
- Career development opportunities
- Comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
