Manager, Software Engineering

About Harbinger

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbingers best-in-class team of EV battery and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form Revolutionary Foundation.

Manager Software Engineering

Harbinger Motors is seeking an experienced and dynamic Manager Software Engineering with a strong software engineering background toactively lead mentor and contribute alongside our talented team of this pivotal role you will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction and successful delivery of robust applications across our innovative suite encompassing both user interfaces and scalable backend services. This includes critical platforms like our Fleet Dashboard End-of-Life (EOL) Tool Diagnostic Tool (Service) Feature Configurator (Sales) and Log Viewer (Analytics). Youll guide your team in developing highly performant scalable and intuitive solutions that directly impact our business and customers often by diving into the code yourself.

Were looking for a hands-on leader who can balance deep technical expertise across multiple languages and frameworks with effective team management fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive and deliver exceptional results through technical leadership by example.

Responsibilities:

• Lead by Example & Mentor: Lead mentor and grow a diverse team of full-stack software engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence collaboration and continuous learning. Actively participate in the design development and debugging of complex features serving as a technical role model and contributing code when necessary.

• Technical Strategy & Vision: Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for full-stack development ensuring alignment with overall product goals and architectural best practices. Be a key voice in architectural decisions guiding the team through complex technical challenges.

• Project Leadership & Delivery: Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle for critical applications ensuring timely delivery of high-quality scalable and maintainable solutions. This includes frontend (React/ and backend (Python/GoLang) components for applications like the Fleet Dashboard EOL Tool Diagnostic Tool Feature Configurator and Log Viewer.

• Architectural Guidance & Implementation: Provide strong technical guidance and oversight in the design development and implementation of complex systems leveraging expertise in TypeScript React Python and GoLang. Roll up your sleeves to prototype solutions tackle critical bugs and optimize performance alongside your team.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers UX/UI designers and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliver cohesive user-centric features and robust backend services.

• Code Quality & Standards: Establish and enforce coding standards across both frontend and backend domains. Conduct comprehensive code reviews providing detailed constructive feedback and actively contribute to the codebase to maintain high standards. Promote robust testing methodologies (unit integration e2e) to ensure the stability performance and maintainability of our codebase.

• Talent Management: Actively participate in the hiring process onboard new engineers conduct performance reviews and support the professional development and career growth of your team members.

• Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve engineering processes tools and practices to maximize team efficiency productivity and project predictability.

• Technical Problem Solving: Guide the team in troubleshooting complex full-stack issues optimizing application performance and ensuring a seamless and reliable user experience from client to server. Be prepared to deep-dive into technical problems and propose solutions.

• Technology Advancement: Stay abreast of emerging full-stack technologies frameworks and industry trends evaluating and recommending adoption where beneficial to enhance development efficiency and product capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• 6 years of professional experience in full-stack software development with at least 3 years in a leadership or management role overseeing engineering teams.

• Proven ability to remain hands-on with code while managing a team demonstrating recent contributions to a codebase.

• Deep expertise in frontend technologies: including and its ecosystem (hooks context API state management) and TypeScript with proven experience building and scaling complex user interfaces.

• Extensive experience with for server-side rendering static site generation and building performant production-ready applications.

• Strong proficiency in backend development with demonstrable experience in Python (e.g. Django Flask FastAPI) and/or GoLang.

• Familiarity with database technologies (e.g. SQL NoSQL) and API design principles (RESTful GraphQL).

• Demonstrable experience with modern JavaScript testing frameworks (e.g. Jest React Testing Library Cypress) and a commitment to test-driven development.

• Solid understanding of modern web development concepts including HTML5 CSS3 responsive design accessibility standards and web performance optimization.

• Proficiency with version control systems (e.g. GitHub Bitbucket) and experience managing complex branching strategies.

• Exceptional leadership mentoring and coaching skills with a proven ability to motivate and develop high-performing engineering teams.

• Excellent problem-solving analytical and critical thinking skills across the full stack.

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and to influence decisions across teams.

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects prioritize effectively in a dynamic environment and consistently meet deadlines.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with UI/UX design principles and a strong user-centric mindset.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes).

• Mobile Development experience (Flutter React Native etc.).

• Experience in the automotive or fleet management industry.

• A strong portfolio or contributions to open-source projects.