Senior Software Development Manager

General Summary:

What’s in it for you?

Qualcomm is enabling a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. Qualcomm 5G and AI innovations are the power behind the connected intelligent edge. You’ll find our technologies behind and inside the innovations that deliver significant value across multiple industries and to billions of people every day.

Qualcomm engineering teams rely heavily on the latest electronic design automation technologies to design and develop new products. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead a portfolio of software solutions for hardware engineering teams which are used across Chipset design lifecycle. These products provide an opportunity to build deep understanding of semiconductor domain and integrations within a variety of SoC systems.

This is a unique opportunity to drive innovation and leadership in a global technology leader. If you are passionate about software development and ready to make an impact at scale, we invite you to join our team.

What are we looking for?

This role requires a strategic leader with deep expertise in distributed software development and analytics capable of driving innovation, managing large-scale platforms, fostering cross-functional collaboration across global teams and engaging senior leadership. This team handles development of software and analytics solutions enabling planning, execution and optimization of chipset lifecycle.

This role will lead a team of about 20 software developers working on a portfolio of software products being developed by the team. The ideal candidate would be a seasoned Software Development Manager experienced in engaging with business and technical stakeholders, understanding complex problem statements, and proposing value-driven software solutions.

What will you do?

This role’s responsibilities include:

• Define and execute the technology roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Lead transformative initiatives in partnership with senior leadership and matrix teams.
• Lead and manage a team of software developers and data engineers, providing mentorship and guidance to foster professional growth.
• Provide technical expertise across a portfolio of software development and analytics projects, creating designs and performing code reviews.
• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from planning and design to implementation, testing, and deployment for a portfolio of products developed by the team.
• Collaborate with global teams to define project requirements, scope, and deliverables.
• Implement best practices for software development, including coding standards, code reviews, and automated testing.
• Manage project timelines and resources to ensure successful project completion.
• Build a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning within the team.

What do we want to see?

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate some of the following skills:

• 15+ years of hands-on experience in software development, leadership and managing teams.
• Experience in defining and executing software roadmaps in alignment with senior leadership
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, C++, Python or similar.
• Demonstrated experience with Elastic Search, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, Tableau, Power BI, ThoughtSpot, etc.
• Expertise in software lifecycle management, version control, and CI/CD best practices for quality, agility and security, data engineering and analytics
• Experience with public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• Experience with microservices architecture and containerization
• Understanding of semiconductor domain and chipset development lifecycle is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

Minimum Qualifications:

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