Manager, Software Engineering

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Job Description:

THIS POSITION IS HYBRID AND WILL REQUIRE CANDIDATES TO WORK IN THE FOLLOWING UPS IT LOCATIONS: ATLANTA, MARYLAND OFFICE 3 DAYS A WEEK

Leads the engineering strategy, architecture, and delivery of digital products and platforms supporting UPS.com and Web Shipping capabilities. Partners with Product Management, Architecture, and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable, and customer-focused solutions while driving engineering excellence and talent development.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical architecture, engineering roadmaps, and technology decisions for assigned products and platforms.

• Lead software engineering teams to deliver high-quality, reliable, and scalable solutions.

• Partner with Product Managers to align technical execution with business objectives and customer outcomes.

• Drive modernization initiatives, cloud adoption, API strategy, DevOps, CI/CD, and engineering best practices.

• Ensure compliance with security, performance, scalability, and reliability standards.

• Manage technical debt, engineering backlogs, and platform health.

• Champion software quality through automated testing, monitoring, and production readiness practices.

• Collaborate with architects, product managers, and engineering leaders to solve complex technical challenges.

• Promote innovation, continuous improvement, and adoption of emerging technologies.

• Develop and mentor engineers, fostering a high-performance and inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams in large-scale digital platforms.

• Ten plus years of strong expertise in software architecture, cloud technologies, APIs, microservices, and DevOps practices.

• Experience delivering customer-facing web and mobile applications.

• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience with Agile and Lean software development methodologies.

• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on technical leadership.

Success Measures

• Delivery of secure, scalable, and reliable customer-facing solutions.

• Improved engineering productivity, quality, and operational stability.

• Successful execution of modernization and platform transformation initiatives.

• High team engagement, talent development, and retention.

• Strong alignment between business goals, customer needs, and technology strategy.

Preferred Experience

• Shipping technology, logistics, transportation, or e-commerce platforms.

• Customer-facing applications supporting shipment creation, tracking, profile management, payment, rating, and fulfillment experiences.

• Legacy modernization and platform transformation initiatives.

Employee Type:

Permanent

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Other Criteria:

Employer will sponsor visas for specific positions. UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.