Software Engineering Manager

Are you someone who never rests on their laurels, always strives to go above and beyond, and is committed to keeping your PROMISES ? Do you appreciate a company culture that is open, fosters work-life balance, and a dynamic team environment? Then Old Dominion is the home for you. We take pride in being the best in the industry, and from our humble beginnings we know that our People and our Family Spirit are the main ingredient in our secret sauce to success. At Old Dominion we are looking for individuals to join the OD Family that will provide innovative solutions and exceed expectations to keep OD the premier transportation solutions provider.

Responsible for enabling significant organizational and technological change by providing a foundation for high-velocity delivery of business capabilities with the goal of continuously improving Old Dominion s ability to exceed our customer expectations.

Provide leadership across multiple application delivery teams. Oversee SDLC processes and tools including the design, development, project management, and maintenance of ODFL applications.

Responsible for resource management and career development (recruitment, retention, and development).

This role is expected to be a highly energetic thought leader, with deep technical acuity. The incumbent in this role must possess the ability and desire to lead, mentor, and coach a high performing team of Software Architects.

Primary Responsibilities

Oversee and set the strategic and technical direction for the application delivery organization

Lead, mentor, and manage the OD Software Engineering team

Lead programs to develop the technical acuity of the OD Software development teams

Socialize, and communicate IT architectural standards and technical solution established by the OD Architecture team

Continuously developing new skills to stay current with the changing IT and Business landscape

Coach and mentor delivery managers, technical leaders, software developers, in the development of new skills and practices including facilitating cross team learning sessions.

Champion and teach the principles of a DevOps culture

Manage the career growth of the solution architects

Coach the development soft skills to enable better cross-team cohesion between business and IT roles

Coach Solution Architects and Developers with leadership aptitude into architecture, design, and engineering roles

Act as a strategic solution advisor as a member of the federated OD Architecture team

Participating in the Architecture Review Board process and leading the Design Review Board

Lead the selection of appropriate technologies and patterns for the implementation of solution designs under the guidance of Architecture Review Board

Research and evaluate emerging technologies, and design patterns

Participate in the creation of reference models for, and the adoption of, emerging technologies and implementation patterns

Participate in producing the business case for the adoption of emerging technology delivery processes and solutions

Job Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor s degree in computer science or equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience

Required Experience:

7 years of experience in IT software design and engineering

Experience leading and managing software product engineering teams

Direct experience in the development of 12-Factor solutions

Experience with data management, and the associated architecture patterns of large-scale application platforms

Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL technologies

Experience with distributed computing environments

Experience with traditional or cloud native CI/CD technologies (i.e. Jenkins or ArgoCD)

Significant expertise building modern, production-grade applications using Java (including modern Java versions), Spring Framework (e.g., Spring Boot), and Angular, with strong grounding in API design, security, performance, and maintainability.

Significant experience in both agile and waterfall software development practices

Knowledge of, and experience with the implementation of Enterprise Software Design Patterns

Experience with Application-to-Application integration paradigms

Aptitude for, desire to, and experience in mentoring solution architects, and software engineers

Demonstrated ability to gain astute insight during periods of ambiguity

Exceptional partnering and communication skills

Ability to self-direct work and manage own work pace

Demonstrated drive to constantly learn new skills and technologies

Proven Experience leading a mixed team of permanent, contractor, and offshore resources

Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities

Working Days:

Shift and hours to be determined.

Working Shift:

Shift and hours to be determined.

Work Days and Shift are estimates and are subject to change, at any given time, based on job scheduling and/or business levels. Any information listed regarding Days and Shifts shall be considered a guideline of expectations for the specific position at the time of posting.

Join the OD Family Today!

As a Full Time member of our Family, you and your family are eligible to receive:

Great Health Benefits including a Zero premium medical plan for employee only coverage

Vision & Dental

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Flex Spending Accounts

401k Retirement plan with company match and additional company annual discretionary match opportunity

Life Insurance

Wellness Program

Tuition Reimbursement for Drivers and Technicians

Training and growth opportunities to build a career

We prioritize our OD family of employees

Ability to advance through our promote from within philosophy

National Career Opportunities Available at our 260+ service centers

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, and/or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, Vietnam Era and/or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law(s).

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