Job description
Software Engineering Manager (m/w/d)
About the job
Wir bei Jacobs stellen uns der Herausforderung von heute, die Zukunft neu zu erfinden. Wir befassen uns mit den zentralen Problemen der Welt in Bezug auf wachsende Städte, widerstandsfähige Umwelt, unternehmenskritische Ergebnisse, operativen Fortschritt, wissenschaftliche Entdeckungen und modernste Fertigung und wandeln abstrakte Ideen in die Realität um, die die Welt zum Guten verändert.Dein AufgabengebietBy working together in international teams and with different perspectives, we gain the experience that is our collective strength. In Jacobs, every day is a chance to make the world a better place - let's design your career with us!
Job Summary
The Software Engineering Manager will play an important role in the Jacobs Global Technical Excellence team, focused on managing a team of software developers to deliver new engineering software solutions to the business. You will be responsible for overseeing development processes, technical quality and consistency across a portfolio of solutions. Reporting to the Design Automation Program Technical Solutions Lead, you will partner with the Solutions Architect and Product Manager(s) to design solutions based on key business challenges, stakeholder requirements and manage a team to execute development.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership and Team Management Managing a team of developers, testers and Scrum Masters, cultivate a culture of engineering excellence through shared best practices, standards, and documentation
- Fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture, including running regular sessions for knowledge sharing, best practice and upskilling
- Manage and hold the development team to account on following process, quality and coordinating with the Product Manager on budget or schedule implications
- Work with the Resource Manager to manage team workload and prioritization, identify resource requirements for recruits or vendors
- Coordinate with Scrum Master, UI/UX designers, Product Managers, Product Owners, Solutions Architect to ensure development progresses according to scope
- Technical Stewardship Working with the wider development leadership team, define and implement a common tech stack to be used by the team and define and manage development best practices across the Design Automation program
- Establish and maintain technical documentation in a knowledge library
- Implement streamlined CI/CD pipelines and processes that balance speed with security and quality
- Lead the adoption of Agile practices and DevOps throughout the development life cycle
- Collaborate with Product Manager and Product Owners and technical leads in continuous planning, dependency & risk management and constant process improvement
- Continuously identify and learn from our delivery on how to further improve our effectiveness
- Accountable for the overall quality and integrity of delivered solutions
- Solution Design Work with wider Design Automation team to support solution design and possible backend delivery options when building business cases
- Support the team to develop preliminary proof of concepts during Incubation
- Establish a tight connection to other teams like IT and Cyber-security to unblock dependencies, provide visibility and maintain compliance with company policy
- Address challenges and roadblocks faced by development teams employing strategic problem-solving to overcome obstacles
- Advise on development processes and support troubleshooting
- Quality Assurance Ensure sufficient test plans are implemented on each work package and conduct regular code reviews of development activities
- When using vendors, ensure purchase orders are delivered to expected quality and scope
- In partnership with the Product Manager, execute Critical Design Reviews of each work package before major releases of new solutions or features
Your keen ability to multi-task, communicate effectively and tackle challenges will allow you to thrive in our fast-paced environment. Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future – big and small, global, and local.
Requirements / Qualifications
Das bringst Du mit
- At least 10 years of experience with hands-on experience in software development and engineering workflows
- Experience managing teams of at least 5-10 engineers
- Knowledge of modern CI/CD practices (GitHub Actions, GitOps), testing frameworks, and developer tooling ecosystems
- Strong expertise in Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) practices and implementation
- Familiarity with developer portals, internal platforms, and self-service tooling like Backstage or custom solutions
- Experience implementing developer-centric security and compliance controls within development processes (static analysis, dependency scanning, policy enforcement)
- Effective communication skills for connecting technical concepts with business value
- Understanding of developer needs and challenges, with dedication to improving developer experience
- Experience using software delivery management platforms like Azure DevOps or Jira
- Experience and knowledge of the following C#, Java, .NET, Cloud services (eg., Azure, Google, AWS), WPF, Python, Rest APIs
- Experience and knowledge of engineering software e.g., Autodesk, Bentley and their APIs
- Experience and knowledge of systems architecture and managing cyber security requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Ideally, you’ll also have Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science or similar
- Experience with Dynamo and Grasshopper
Salary & Benefits
Here’s What We Offer
- Permanent Employment in sustainable, future-orientated projects
- Flexible Working Hours and option to work remotely
- Corporate Fitness Programs
- Company Bike Leasing
- Capital-Forming Benefits and Subsidies for Company Pension Plans
- Personalized Career Development Opportunities in Germany and Abroad
- Diverse Employee Networks
We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.
