Senior Manager, Software Engineering (IoT)

TL;DR

Senior Manager, Software Engineering (IoT): Leading and growing engineering teams to deliver scalable device platform services, managing high-throughput ingestion, command & control, and firmware updates for 1M+ IoT devices. Focus on guiding architecture for resilient microservices and real-time APIs, elevating engineering excellence, and ensuring reliability and data quality.

Location: Onsite in San Diego, CA

Salary: $172,250.00–$218,750.00

Company

hirify.global transforms real-time video and telematics into safety intelligence to prevent collisions and save lives on roadways.

What you will do

• Develop leaders and teams, fostering a culture of ownership, learning, and craftsmanship.
• Drive strong program execution, converting strategy into clear roadmaps and predictable delivery.
• Guide architecture for high-throughput ingestion, resilient microservices, and real-time APIs.
• Elevate engineering excellence by advancing testing, observability, and incident response.
• Own outcomes, ensuring reliability, latency, data quality, and safety impact meet business goals.
• Collaborate with product, firmware, data, and domain teams to accelerate platform evolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years building scalable backend/distributed systems.
• 5+ years managing teams and growing senior-level talent.
• Proven success with cloud-native microservices and high-scale streaming/messaging (Kafka, MQTT).
• Strong program execution, roadmap ownership, delivery predictability, and cross-functional coordination.
• Full-stack experience; comfortable reviewing UI, API, and data contracts end-to-end.

Nice to have

• AWS expertise.
• C#/.NET experience.
• IoT/telematics, large device fleets, and OTA/firmware workflows.
• Kubernetes and containerized deployments.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts.
• 401(k) and 401(k) match.
• Flexible Time Off or Paid Time Off, 11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year, Volunteer Time Off.
• Employee Well-Being program, Employee Referral program, and Employee Recognition.
• Education Reimbursement Program.
• Commitment to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.