Software Engineering Manager – Device Intelligence and Geospatial Insights

T-Mobile•Overland Park, KS

12d•$136,600 - $246,300•Onsite

About The Position

The Device Intelligence & Geospatial Insights (DIGI) team transforms device-generated signals into trusted data products, geospatial intelligence, and AI-enabled insights that influence T-Mobile's network investments, customer experience improvements, and Autonomous Network capabilities. As the Software Engineering Manager for DIGI, you will lead a technical engineering team responsible for building scalable software and data platform solutions. These solutions power critical business and technology decisions across the company. The team's insights drive strategic decisions shaping customer experience, network investment, device performance, and emerging AI-enabled capabilities. This role offers the opportunity to lead a lean, high-impact engineering team solving complex technical challenges at enterprise scale, while partnering with leaders across Network, Product, Care, Engineering, and other business organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of related work experience OR Advanced degree with 3 years of related experience (Required)
Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science or in a computer programming related field. (Required)
4-7 years Experience in an Analytics and Business Intelligence development environment. (Required)
Less than 2 years Experience in managing or supervising a team of 15 developers or more. (Required)
Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience leading modern engineering teams.
Strong technical credibility with exceptional people leadership.
Experience leading software engineering teams delivering scalable enterprise applications or data platforms.
Experience coaching engineers while remaining technically engaged.
Experience driving architectural discussions and engineering best practices.
Experience partnering effectively across engineering and business organizations.
Experience delivering reliable, maintainable software solutions in fast-paced environments.
Experience building trust through technical expertise, collaboration, and execution.
Analytical Thinking
Business Metrics
Coaching
Collaboration
Computer Programming
Customer Delivery
Leadership
People Management
Product Delivery
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Resource Management
SQL
Software Development
Software Development Management
Technical Writing
Technology Roadmap
Vendor Management
Snowflake
Java
SDLC
At least 18 years of age
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

Telecommunications experience is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers responsible for delivering scalable software and data platform solutions.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Support career development, performance management, hiring, and succession planning.
Build confidence and ownership within the team by removing technical blockers and helping engineers succeed.
Lead technical execution across the team's software and data platform initiatives.
Review architecture, influence technical design decisions, and guide engineering best practices.
Improve software development processes, platform scalability, operational efficiency, security, governance, and data quality.
Partner with senior engineers to solve complex technical challenges while maintaining high standards for reliability and maintainability.
Contribute technically when appropriate, including design discussions, architecture reviews, and hands-on problem solving.
Partner closely with Network, Product, Care, Engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted device intelligence and geospatial analytics capabilities.
Prioritize engineering work that delivers scalable, reusable data products supporting customer experience and Autonomous Network initiatives.
Manage technical vendor relationships and ensure delivered capabilities align with engineering and business objectives.
Translate complex engineering work into actionable business outcomes for stakeholders.
Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent.
Develop future technical leaders while strengthening overall engineering capabilities.
Promote collaboration across distributed and cross-functional teams.
Perform other duties and strategic initiatives as assigned.