Software Development Manager

United States Cold Storage, Inc. • Conshohocken, PA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Software Development
Manager

Lead distributed engineering teams building systems
that
operate
critical
logistics
infrastructure.

Who We Are:

US Cold owns and
operates
one of the most complex
temperature-controlled
logistics
networks in North America. Every day, our
systems coordinate the storage and movement of food at national scale across a
network of
state-of-the-art
distribution centers, including multiple highly
automated warehouse facilities.

We continue to advance our core warehouse and
logistics
platforms. Our current
focus is on modular, event-driven, API-first and cloud architectures. We
continue to enhance reliability and accelerate engineering productivity by
strengthening our SRE and AI practices. This is a large investment in innovation
to continue to drive operational excellence at our facilities.

If you want to build durable systems that
operate
in the physical world at
scale, this is that opportunity.

The Role:

The Software Development Manager will lead multiple offshore development teams,
primarily based in Colombia. You will collaborate closely with architectural,
site reliability, quality assurance, and platform teams to ensure strategic
alignment and operational effectiveness. Through active participation in design
sessions and code reviews, you will ensure your teams build software that aligns
with US Cold's standards. You will drive delivery roadmaps, own team performance
outcomes, and represent your teams across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years of engineering leadership experience.
• Strong experience with Java including Spring and Hibernate.
• Demonstrated record of delivering production systems at scale.
• Strong understanding of system design principles including SOLID, technical debt management, observability, and performance optimization.
• Experience defining and managing OKRs.
• Experience implementing Agile and Scrum practices in distributed teams.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions and delivery risk clearly.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Azure or other cloud experience.
• Relational and non-relational database design and tuning.
• Logistics, warehousing, or supply chain experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop offshore engineering primarily in Medellín and Bogotá.
• Establish measurable objectives and key results.
• Own roadmap execution and delivery outcomes for offshore teams.
• Monitor progress, remove delivery blockers, and escalate risks appropriately.
• Ensure sprint commitments align with long-term architectural goals.
• Champion standards in architecture, testing, observability, and operability.
• Align offshore teams with U.S.-based architecture and product direction.
• Serve as the operational bridge between U.S. and offshore teams.
• Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and resource needs clearly to leadership.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Architecture, Platform, QA, and Product.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, Legal Insurance, Pet Discount, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, Long Term Care + Permanent Life Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Short Term Disability Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, Supplemental Disability Insurance, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, Supplemental Life Insurance, Supplemental Spouse Life Insurance, Child Life Insurance, Loan Solution, Health Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Flexible Spending Account, Telemedicine, Virtual Primary Care, Prescription Savings Plan, Prescription Specialty Copay Assistance Program, Weight Management Program, Chronic Condition Management, Care Navigator Program, 24/7 Nurse Line, Expert Medical Opinion, Precious Additions Maternity Program, Health Advocacy, Employee Assistance Program, Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Digital Physical Therapy, Behavioral and Mental Health Platforms, Auto and home discount program, Secure Travel Protection, Discount Programs, 401(k) plan, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, Referral program & Commuter Benefit (NJ ONLY).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees