Senior Manager, Software Engineering Device Platform

At Lytx we help make roadways safer by transforming realtime video and telematics into safety intelligence that prevents collisions and saves lives. The Device Platform is where that intelligence begins: 1M IoT devices connect to our MQTT/Kafka and microservices ecosystem streaming tens of thousands of messages per second. As Senior Manager youll grow exceptional engineering talent and deliver at scale - owning ingestion command & control device health OTA/firmware updates and device/vehicle lifecycle - so our customers get reliable realtime insights.

What Youll Do

• Develop leaders & teams: mentor senior engineers/tech leads build leadership depth and foster a culture of ownership learning and craftsmanship.
• Drive strong program execution: convert strategy into clear roadmaps and predictable delivery; manage crossteam dependencies and outcomes.
• Lead at scale: guide architecture for highthroughput ingestion (MQTT/Kafka) resilient microservices and realtime APIs with robust SLOs/SLAs.
• Elevate engineering excellence: advance testing observability incident response and cost/performance optimization.
• Own outcomes: ensure reliability latency data quality and safety impact meet business goals.
• Partner broadly: collaborate with product firmware data and domain teams to accelerate feature velocity and platform evolution.

What Youll Need

• Bachelors degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10 years building scalable backend/distributed systems; 5 years managing teams and growing seniorlevel talent.
• Proven success with cloudnative microservices and highscale streaming/messaging (Kafka MQTT or similar).
• Strong program execution: roadmap ownership delivery predictability crossfunctional coordination measurable results.
• Fullstack experience (modern frontend backend services/APIs); comfortable reviewing UI API and data contracts endtoend.
• Data strength: streaming pipelines event/telemetry data models data quality/observability and dataserving patterns.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems realtime ingestion resiliency and operational excellence in public cloud environments.
• Continuous learner who evaluates new tech pragmatically and uplifts team capabilities excellent communicator and collaborator.

Preferred

• AWS expertise (preferred cloud vendor at Lytx).
• C#/.NET experience.
• IoT/telematics large device fleets and OTA/firmware workflows.
• Kubernetes and containerized deployments.

What Success Looks Like

• Senior engineers grow into trusted tech leads under your coaching.
• Programs land on time and on target with improved reliability latency and cost efficiency.
• The platform scales smoothly with device growth and new safety features backed by strong data quality and observability.
• Crossfunctional partners view your teams as accountable predictable and innovative.

Benefits:

• Medical dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Telehealth
• 401(k) and 401(k) match
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• FTO or PTO
• Employee Well-Being program
• 11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year
• Volunteer Time Off
• Employee Referral program
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Employee Recognition and Appreciation program
• Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Salary is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. This position is also eligible for an incentive compensation plan. The expected hiring salary for this position is:

Youre driven to succeed and so are we. At Lytx our mission is to protect a world in motion and we do it by building technology and partnerships that help keep people safe on the road. The way we work is guided by our shared values: Deliver for the customer Responsibility in every outcome Innovate with purpose Velocity with excellence and Elevate each other.

If youre looking for meaningful work a team that challenges and supports you and the chance to grow your career while making a real impact wed love to meet you.

Together were helping make roadways safer and saving lives!

Lytx Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Were committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression gender genetic information uniformed service national origin age veteran status disability pregnancy or any other status protected by federal or state law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation please email . Lytx conducts background checks on applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable local state federal and regional laws. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered. Background check results may potentially result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment and will be made in accordance with all applicable local state federal and regional laws.