Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Cox Automotive seeks a Sr Manager, Software Engineering to lead teams building cloud-native, data-driven platforms that power brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book. You'll define technical strategy, drive Agile delivery, and ensure scalable, secure solutions for dealers, OEMs, and consumers. Partner closely with product and data leaders to prioritize roadmaps, improve reliability, and modernize legacy systems. You'll grow and coach engineers, champion best practices in CI/CD and testing, and foster an inclusive, people-first culture aligned with Cox's innovation-focused values.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor software engineering teams delivering Saa

• S products for the automotive and media ecosystem

• Define technical strategy, architecture, and roadmaps aligned with Cox Automotive's product vision

• Drive delivery excellence using Agile methods, CI/CD, and test automation to ensure high-quality releases

• Partner with product, data, and UX teams to prioritize backlogs and balance innovation with reliability

• Establish engineering best practices for cloud-native development, security, and observability

• Recruit, develop, and performance-manage engineers, fostering an inclusive, growth-minded culture

• Monitor platform performance, reliability, and scalability, resolving production issues promptly

• Collaborate with stakeholders across brands to integrate systems and share platform capabilities

• Manage budgets, vendor relationships, and tooling to optimize engineering efficiency

• Champion continuous improvement, experimentation, and data-driven decision making Required Skills

• Software engineering management

• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

• Microservices architecture

• RESTful APIs

• Relational and No

• SQL databases

• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Git

• Hub Actions/Azure Dev

• Ops)

• Automated testing and QAAgile/Scrum delivery

• Observability and monitoring (logs, metrics, tracing)

• Information security and secure coding

• System design and scalability

• Stakeholder and roadmap management