Manager – Software Engineering

Alliance Laundry Systems LLC is seeking a Manager - Software Engineering to lead a cross-functional engineering team responsible for delivering high-quality software solutions. This role focuses on team development, sprint execution, and engineering excellence, while also overseeing the quality strategy and collaboration with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Own sprint planning, delivery execution, and predictable delivery outcomes in partnership with Product and Architecture
• Define and enforce engineering best practices across coding standards, documentation, scalability, performance, and maintainability
• Own quality strategy across the development lifecycle—defining testing standards (unit, integration, end-to-end), coverage expectations, and CI/CD quality gates
• Own delivery of applications that run on edge gateway/IoT gateway devices, interfacing with firmware over TCP sockets and local WiFi
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, firmware teams, and other stakeholder groups to align on priorities and milestones
• Drive modernization efforts around .NET, React.js, and legacy workloads
• Promote DevSecOps concepts, CI/CD automation, and secure-by-design engineering practices
• Conduct technical interviews and evaluate candidate technical skills
• Maintain strong communication channels across technical and non-technical teams
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a similar field. Equivalent experience considered
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years of engineering leadership experience (team lead, tech lead, or people manager)
• Experience with edge gateway/IoT gateway devices, including TCP socket communication and offline-tolerant architectures
• Strong background with C#/.NET
• Deep understanding of modern software architecture, REST APIs, and integration patterns
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows
• Demonstrated prior experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, GitHub Copilot) in engineering work
• Ability to coach and mentor engineers on effective AI-augmented development workflows
• Competency evaluating AI-generated code quality during reviews
• Experience designing team processes that incorporate AI tooling effectively
• Experience with device management/orchestration platforms preferred
• Distributed systems experience
• Trunk-based development as the primary branching strategy
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and the DevSecOps Maturity Model
• Experience with AWS IoT product suite
• Experience in with Next.js and React.js