Software Engineering Manager

Why PDI

Portrait Displays Inc. (PDI) is a multinational high-tech company that has been supplying software to major OEM’s for more than 25 years. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area (Pleasanton) with branch offices in Seattle, WA and Taiwan, PDI also has presence across Europe, China, Japan, and Korea. PDI offers competitive salary, bonuses, 401(k), a full array of comprehensive benefits including over a dozen options of medical, dental, vision, group life insurances and more. At PDI, you will have the great opportunity to work at a growing and successful company with real industry influence. We highly value creativity, adaptability, and work/life balance. You will find hard work truly pays off!

Job Overview

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Software Engineering Manager will lead a team of talented software engineers. Your role will be a rewarding balance of team development, technical guidance, and business strategy. You and your team will be responsible for the architecture, design, and implementation of user interfaces and back end and server technologies to support them. You will work with all stakeholders and developers from design to implementation, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and meet the company’s high-quality standards. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will support technical development while concentrating on the growth and development of your team members. This is a very rewarding role that allows the candidate to personally be a part of the growth of their team members and the growth of Portrait Displays.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspire and mentor the engineering team in their career while achieving business and technical goals.
• Break-down product requirements and technical designs into actionable tasks.
• Promote software development best-practices and conduct rigorous code reviews.
• Review technical designs, conduct code reviews and write code as needed.
• Help team members troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to ensure requirements and priorities align.
• Work closely with Project Management to ensure timelines and deliverables are completed on time and within scope.
• Drive Innovation: Champion new technologies, methodologies, and approaches to improve the development process and the overall product.
• Platform Expertise: Oversee the development of UI and cloud backend infrastructure.
• Stakeholder Management: Report progress to senior leadership and communicate complex technical details in a clear and concise manner.

Qualifications and Experience

Leadership Experience

At least three years of experience in a leadership role, managing software development teams and overseeing the delivery of software projects.

Communication

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to guide and mentor engineers while working effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience. MBA preferred but not required.
• Experience with UI/UX designs and implementations on desktop and web/cloud platforms.
• Experience building back-end services with Typescript or Node.
• Experience with MySQL, MariaDB, or other relational database.
• Experience with modern UI frameworks such as React.
• Git and version control software like Gitlab, GitHub, or Bitbucket
• Experience with networking protocols such as sockets, HTTP, REST, and WebSockets.
• Experience with test driven development practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with consumer and professional video – HDMI, SDI, DisplayPort
• Experience with C++, C#, and Swift/Objective-C
• Background in math and physics
• Passionate about video and color quality
• Experience with display color calibration

Company Description

Portrait Displays provides color display solutions that combine the latest in color science with advanced display control. Portrait Displays ensures that color presents beautifully on screens of all sizes – for global device manufacturers, content creators, and content distributors. Only Portrait Displays upholds color quality every step of the way, from the creation of the first frame to its appearance on the screen of any device.

Portrait Displays’ Calman color calibration software is the most popular calibration solution utilized by Hollywood’s most respected color professionals. Calman color calibration solutions meet the requirements to deliver a superior viewing experience that is just right. With decades of experience in color science and display technology, Portrait Displays is taking the lead in inventing a more colorful digital future.

This position is open to candidates in Lynwood, WA location and it requires full-time onsite attendance.

PDI is an equal opportunity employer who pledges not to discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.