Senior Software Manager

This is a key leadership role in our engineering organization, with the title of Senior Software Manager based on the candidate’s experience and scope of contribution.The candidate leads one or more engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software products or platforms. This role balances technical leadership, people management, and strategic planning, ensuring teams are aligned with business goals and engineering excellence.You are contributing to the vision and execution of your product. You operate within the company’s overall product strategy and in collaboration with Software Product Development and Management Leadership.## Key Tasks and Responsibilities : ## Leadership & Management

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of software engineers and technical leads.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct performance reviews, set goals, and support career growth.## Technical Oversight
• Guide architectural decisions, design reviews, and code quality standards.
• Drive technical roadmap in alignment with product and business strategy.
• Stay hands-on as needed, especially for complex system designs or troubleshooting.
• Understanding of end-user needs or how engineering decisions impact the customer experience.## Project and Delivery Management
• Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to plan and prioritize software deliverables.
• Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure software.
• Use Agile or other methodologies and tools (Scrum, Kanban, Jira) to track progress and evolve software organization with continuous improvement.
• Experience working in a global organization with geographically distributed teams, and flexibility to engage across time zones as needed.## Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with DevOps, QA and Security teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Represent engineering in product planning, release readiness, and customer discussions.
• Communicate effectively with executive leadership on team performance, risks, and timelines.
• Working closely with UX and / or Product Owners to ensure the product is intuitive and user-friendly.## Key Qualifications :
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8–12+ years of experience in software development.
• 3–5+ years in a leadership or managerial role.
• Minimum 2 to 3 years of warehouse logistics expertise and subject understanding. While not necessary, this experience is preferred.## Technical Skills
• Excellent skills in one or more of the programming languages :
• React and TypeScript
• Azure Databricks, pyspark, Python, LakeBase
• Azure services (including Event Hub, Cosmos Db), Python, .Ne
• Familiarity with microservices, distributed systems, and modern software architectures.
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and CI / CD pipelines is a plus.## Soft Skills
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Comfortable communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strategic thinking with a bias toward action and results.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Skilled in balancing technical depth with big-picture thinking to guide teams through architectural decisions, trade-offs, and scaling challenges.
• Experience representing engineering in planning, quarterly business reviews, or strategy sessions.## We offer :
• A Collaborative & Inclusive Culture where we celebrate and value everyone’s contributions, encouraging diverse perspectives in decision-making.
• Work-Life Balance & Well-being : We offer 1 hour per week of paid exercise, health insurance, and a generous pension plan, prioritizing your mental and physical well-being.
• A Creative and Safe Workplace by joining a company experiencing rapid growth, with the stability of being Norway’s first unicorn listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
• International and Supportive Environment within a Norwegian multinational that values collaboration and innovation with a structured onboarding plan and career opportunities within the companyLocation for this role is in our offices in Lysaker, Oslo.Application deadline : December 19th. Please note that we review applications continuously —if this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply as early as possible! All inquiries are treated confidentially
• AutoStore does not accept agency resumes or assistance for this role. Please do not forward resumes to our job's alias or AutoStore employees. AutoStore is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. This policy should be respected.
• We believe that following a defined and structured recruitment process will ensure that we have a fair and equal process for all candidates. We focus on finding the right talent and have designed our process to reduce biases and have a good candidate experience. For that reason, we are not accepting open applications, but encourage you to set up a job alert on our recruitment page to be notified when the next opportunity arises within your field of interest.AutoStore, founded 1996, is a warehouse robot technology company that invented and continues to pioneer cube storage automation, the densest order-fulfillment solution in existence. Our focus is to marry software and hardware with human abilities to create the future of warehousing. We are a value driven organization, with our people being our most important asset. Lean, Bold, and Transparent manifest itself in everything we do, and are pushing borders to increase efficiency, safety and develop new products for our customers. AutoStore was born out of the great idea for storing goods like Rubik's Cube, instead of Dominos. We are now looking for talent that share our values and curiousity for new technology and development

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