Manager, Software Engineering (Remote)

Manager, Software Engineering

About the job

The Manager, Software Engineering, will have responsibility for leading a dedicated engineering team delivering on a multi-track roadmap for a product area, and is comfortable owning planning, scheduling, and execution across complex, large-scale projects. Strong technical acumen and proven leadership skills are required to guide teams through delivery, enable innovation, and ensure alignment with organizational priorities. The focus of this role is on mentoring and growing team members, advocating for customer needs, and collaborating with product leaders and senior management to achieve strategic outcomes. A sound understanding of software development lifecycles, agile methodologies, and cross-team coordination underpins this critical role in ensuring KORE delivers high-quality, scalable engineering solutions.

Core Accountabilities

People & Team Leadership

• Manage budgets, resources, and recruitment to build and scale high-performing teams.
• Create a culture of accountability, innovation, and customer focus across engineering groups.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams.

Delivery & Execution

• Lead a dedicated engineering team delivering on a multi-track roadmap for a product area.
• Own planning, scheduling, and execution of medium-to-large scope projects and programs, ensuring timely delivery against KRAs and milestones.
• Define, delegate, and track project-level work; provide visibility of progress and risks to senior management.
• Ensure delivery quality, scalability, and alignment with business requirements and customer needs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with product managers on technical feasibility, estimation, and solution design.
• Drive process improvements in software development, deployment, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Strong technical background and understanding of high throughput and highly scalable systems.
• Experience managing people and teams
• Previous experience with Go/Golang and AWS preferred.

Skills/Competencies

• 5+ years of experience with prior leadership responsibilities.
• Strong technical foundation in programming paradigms, concepts, and at least one programming language.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, processes, and agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
• Track record of successful delivery both as an individual contributor and as a leader.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to convey big-picture goals, align teams, and manage client/stakeholder relationships.
• Skilled at prioritization, conflict resolution, and making trade-offs in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Proficient with tools such as JIRA and Confluence.

KORE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES

VISION: To be the trusted global leader in IoT Connectivity Solutions for over 100,000,000+ connected devices, enabling a smarter, more connected world for all.

MISSION: To empower our customers to deliver transformative solutions that deliver impactful outcomes to the communities and customers they serve.

KORE VALUES

• Customer Obsession: We earn trust through deep understanding and relentless commitment. We earn the trust of our customers and aim to delight them through our solutions – we want to be loved by our customers.
• Be the Spark: We lead with energy, creativity, and urgency. We don't wait for change – we ignite it. We listen, engage, and encourage others to participate.
• Own the Outcome: We take accountability seriously – delivering on our promises to customers, teammates, and ourselves. We finish what we start. We think like owners and we’re frugal where it makes sense.
• Grit & Positivity: We face challenges head-on – with resilience, optimism, and determination. We look at these situations as an opportunity to create a positive outcome. When we make a commitment, we deliver. We challenge those in a respectful way that do not meet their commitments.
• Challenge. Debate. But Be Human: We speak up, question assumptions, and challenge ideas – not people. We aim for the best outcomes through respectful, direct, and open dialogue, keeping in mind we’re all on the same team.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain stationary; move; lift, push, pull and/or move up to 15 pounds. The employee must regularly sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; communicate. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Equal Opportunity Statement

KORE Wireless Group, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind. KORE is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at KORE are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. KORE will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Employer-provided Pay range in Germany

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Base salary 82,151 EUR/yr - 105,429 EUR/yr