Manager, Software Engineering – Engineering Tools

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the personnel, capabilities, and operational environment related to software that enhances Autodesk Revit and supports AEC, commissioning, and design workflows.

• Act as the direct manager for all engineers and Software Engineer Technical Leads within the Engineering Tools team.

• Conduct one-on-one meetings, set performance expectations, provide constructive feedback, complete performance evaluations, facilitate professional growth, and support team members.

• Collaborate with Technical Leads on technical contributions and development while maintaining accountability for career assessments, performance decisions, employee relations, and overall team well-being.

• Keep track of capacity, critical skills, dependencies, succession risks, and staffing requirements.

• Organize learning opportunities, pairing, assignments, mentoring, hiring processes, onboarding, and capability enhancement.

• Ensure that staffing, role clarity, decision-making processes, tools, and organizational support foster sustainable delivery.

• Work alongside Technical Leads and Project Managers to monitor delivery health, risks, dependencies, capacity, and recovery efforts.

• Link software teams with practical Revit and AEC contexts, encompassing content, standards, parameters, families, model structures, and workflows.

• Facilitate effective communication between software specialists and stakeholders in mechanical, electrical, commissioning, BIM, design technology, and field operations.

• Manage workforce capability, staffing, development, and training initiatives related to C#/.NET, Revit add-ins and APIs, Blazor, data, integrations, installers, deployment, licensing, diagnostics, quality, support, and commercialization preparedness.

• Assist with releases, deployment, licensing, installation, compatibility, documentation, training, support, and adoption processes.

• Foster open, healthy team practices and address issues related to conflict, overload, escalation failures, knowledge bottlenecks, performance, behavior, and employee relations.

• Lead structured hiring processes, candidate selection, interviewer calibration, candidate recommendations, onboarding, check-ins, and retention-risk management.

• Collaborate with Technical Leads, Architects, Project Managers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts while upholding clear leadership boundaries.

• Enhance performance management, career advancement, hiring, onboarding, workforce planning, team operations, leadership continuity, organizational structure, and change management.

• Represent capacity, capability, succession, and organizational risks in departmental planning.

• Perform additional related duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of professional software engineering or closely related technical delivery experience.

• At least 2 years of formal personnel management experience within a software organization.

• Significant professional experience with Autodesk Revit and AEC, BIM, design technology, engineering design, construction technology, or commissioning workflows.

• Proven track record in managing software engineers and technical leaders while respecting the authority of Software Engineer Technical Leads and Architects.

• Experience in managing performance, delivering difficult feedback, recognizing achievements, facilitating development, conducting reviews, promotions, and addressing sustained performance issues.

• Familiarity with workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, skill-gap analysis, retention strategies, succession planning, and staffing recommendations.

• Adequate software engineering expertise to evaluate C#/.NET and web application architecture, APIs, data, identity, security, testing, CI/CD processes, observability, dependencies, delivery, and production support risks.

• Capability to communicate effectively across software engineering, mechanical and electrical design, BIM, commissioning, product management, quality assurance, project delivery, adoption, and leadership audiences.

• Experience supporting software concerning deployment, installers, licensing, version compatibility, documentation, training, support, or productization issues.

• Background in managing distributed or remote teams and enhancing operational practices, communication, onboarding, and leadership continuity.

• Exceptional interpersonal, written, verbal, coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution, and organizational judgment skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.

• Preferred hands-on experience with Autodesk Revit, especially with MEP models, families, parameters, worksharing, project standards, or model-dependent workflows.

• Preferred professional background as a mechanical or electrical engineer, BIM or design technology leader, commissioning expert, AEC technology specialist, or software leader supporting Revit products.

• Preferred experience leading teams that develop Revit add-ins, Revit API solutions, Blazor applications, installers, deployment tools, licensing systems, integrations, or model-dependent software.

• Preferred familiarity with Microsoft Azure, C#/.NET, ASP.NET Blazor, SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Graph API, Autodesk Platform Services, or similar platforms.

• Relevant management, coaching, Autodesk, BIM, Agile, project management, or technical certifications preferred.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States through AI2IO's E-Verify program.

🏝️ Benefits

• Selection of comprehensive medical plans (including two PPO-style options and a high-deductible health plan with HSA option).

• Flexible spending accounts (FSA).

• Dental and vision insurance plans.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage extended to spouses/domestic partners and dependent children up to age 26.

• 401(k) plan with company matching and self-directed brokerage account option.

• Paid time off (PTO) including additional leave during the last week of the year.

• Company-provided life insurance coverage for employees and eligible dependents.

• Short-term and long-term disability, and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Assistance with professional licensing.

• Paid parental leave following one year of employment.

• Remote work flexibility from anywhere in the United States.

• Up to 5% travel required.