Manager, Embedded Platform Engineering

Charlotte, NCfull timeRemote

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senior

$160k–$193k

H1B: no

Scoutmotors Manager, Embedded Platform Engineering leads a team to enable engineering teams to adopt and evolve shared platform capabilities. The role focuses on improving developer experience by establishing modern engineering practices and collaborating across technology organization.

Responsibilities

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:
Lead and Grow the Embedded Platform Engineering Team
Lead, coach, and develop a team of platform engineers working directly with engineering organizations.
Establish clear technical direction, priorities, engineering standards, and expectations for the team.
Create a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer-focused engineering.
Support professional growth through mentoring, feedback, technical leadership, and career development.
Build a team capable of balancing hands-on engineering, technical consultation, platform enablement, and stakeholder engagement.
Establish clear operating models among Embedded Platform Engineering, Core Platform Engineering, and product engineering teams.
Keep the team focused on repeatable platform improvements rather than becoming a long-term substitute for product-team ownership.
Drive Platform Adoption
Partner directly with engineering teams to understand delivery challenges and help them adopt common platform capabilities and practices.
Embed platform engineers with teams when needed to accelerate adoption and establish sustainable engineering patterns.

Qualification

Experience leading an embeddedExperience establishing golden paths

Preferred

Experience leading an embedded, enablement, consulting, or platform-adoption engineering team.
Experience building or operating an internal developer platform.
Experience establishing golden paths, paved roads, service templates, or self-service engineering capabilities.
Experience leading organizational adoption of GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, observability, or SRE practices.
Experience working with Backstage or another internal developer portal.
Understanding of software-supply-chain security and cloud-native security practices.
Experience developing metrics for platform adoption, developer satisfaction, delivery performance, reliability, and operational health.
Experience with AI-assisted software delivery or developer-productivity tools.