Software Engineering Manager

Voltera•Waterloo, ON

7d•CA$120,000 - CA$150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Voltera is a rapidly scaling and profitable Canadian tech company that has been driving change in the additive electronics industry since 2013. Our customers span 92 countries and use our products to improve quality of life and push the boundaries of what electronics can do. From developing electronics skin to exploring space, our products support some of the world’s most exciting engineering endeavors. Our first product, the V-One PCB printer, integrates drilling through-holes, printing conductive materials, dispensing solder paste, and reflowing circuits to enable fast iteration of circuit board designs. Our second product, the NOVA materials dispensing system, offers precision dispensing of functional materials on both flexible and rigid substrates for flexible hybrid electronics prototyping and materials research. As we continue to tackle new challenges, we are looking for ambitious, talented individuals to join the adventure. We are a tight-knit, mission-driven team. You will be supported by people who care, challenged to grow, and trusted to make a real impact. This role involves leading, coaching, and supporting software developers, managing planning and resource allocation across multiple product lines and platforms, partnering with product managers for project execution, improving engineering operations and workflows, providing technical oversight, collaborating cross-functionally, and upholding standards for quality and reliability. The ideal candidate is a practical software leader comfortable managing people, improving processes, coordinating delivery, and staying close to technical work. They will also be responsible for communication and reporting to leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

Experience leading or managing software developers.
Experience delivering production-grade software systems.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage priorities across multiple projects.
Experience coaching developers, giving feedback, and supporting career growth.
Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong judgment around trade-offs, risk, technical debt, and delivery scope.
Background in at least one of the following: Backend systems and APIs, Embedded or hardware-adjacent software, Full-stack application development.
Experience working in cross-disciplinary environments involving hardware, robotics, manufacturing, or physical products.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Python, Node.js, REST APIs, WebSockets, or similar backend technologies.
Experience with React or other modern frontend frameworks.
Experience with embedded systems, machine control, motion systems, robotics, or hardware interfaces.
Familiarity with CI/CD, containerization, observability, deployment, and release management.
Experience with logging, telemetry, diagnostics, fleet monitoring, or analytics.
Experience with Git-based workflows, Jira, Asana, or similar planning tools.
Familiarity with event-driven systems, microservices, or modular monolith architectures.
Understanding of authentication, authorization, and secure system design.
Experience supporting EVT, DVT, PVT, or other product development phases.
Experience scaling teams, improving engineering process, and managing technical debt.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and support software developers through regular one-on-ones, feedback, career development, code reviews, and technical discussions.
Build a team culture of ownership, clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Allocate software development effort across multiple product lines and platforms, including embedded systems, backend services, and user interfaces.
Balance priorities, capacity, technical debt, and delivery commitments.
Partner with product and project managers to plan, track, and deliver concurrent software initiatives from concept through release.
Help keep work moving, risks visible, and teams aligned.
Improve development workflows, release practices, CI/CD, testing, documentation, and issue tracking.
Establish lightweight processes that help the team deliver more predictably without unnecessary overhead.
Guide technical direction and trade-off discussions across software architecture, hardware-software interfaces, machine control, diagnostics, and production support.
Work closely with hardware, product, manufacturing, service, and leadership teams to deliver cohesive, production-ready systems.
Set and uphold standards for code quality, testing, observability, maintainability, and system reliability.
Support diagnostics, field updates, fleet-level improvements, and production issue resolution.
Communicate status, risks, trade-offs, and decisions clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Ensure the right people have the right level of visibility.