Manager Software Engineering in Ripon, Wisconsin at Alliance Laundry System LLC

Alliance Laundry System LLC
Manager Software Engineering

US-WI-Ripon

Job ID: 2026-12023
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Information Technology
Alliance Laundry Systems

Overview

The Manager - Software Engineering will lead a cross-functional engineering team responsible for delivering high-quality software solutions across our digital product ecosystem—including applications that integrate with and run on edge gateway devices. This role blends people management, technical leadership, and delivery ownership, with primary focus on team development, sprint execution, and engineering excellence over hands-on code contribution.

Responsibilities

• complex technical challenges
• Own sprint planning, delivery execution, and predictable delivery outcomes in partnership with Product and Architecture
• Define and enforce engineering best practices across coding standards, documentation, scalability, performance, and maintainability
• Own quality strategy across the development lifecycle—defining testing standards (unit, integration, end-to-end), coverage expectations, and CI/CD quality gates
• Own delivery of applications that run on edge gateway/IoT gateway devices, interfacing with firmware over TCP sockets and local WiFi
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, firmware teams, and other stakeholder groups to align on priorities and milestones
• Drive modernization efforts around .NET, React.js, and legacy workloads
• Promote DevSecOps concepts, CI/CD automation, and secure-by-design engineering practices
• Conduct technical interviews and evaluate candidate technical skills
• Maintain strong communication channels across technical and non-technical teams
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a similar field. Equivalent experience considered

Experience:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years of engineering leadership experience (team lead, tech lead, or people manager)
• Experience with edge gateway/IoT gateway devices, including TCP socket communication and offline-tolerant architectures
• Strong background with C#/.NET

Skills and Abilities

Technical Proficiency

• Deep understanding of modern software architecture, REST APIs, and integration patterns
• Experience with device management/orchestration platforms preferred
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows

AI-Augmented Development

• Demonstrated prior experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, GitHub Copilot) in engineering work
• Ability to coach and mentor engineers on effective AI-augmented development workflows
• Competency evaluating AI-generated code quality during reviews
• Experience designing team processes that incorporate AI tooling effectively

Preferred Experience

• Distributed systems experience
• Trunk-based development as the primary branching strategy
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and the DevSecOps Maturity Model
• Experience with AWS IoT product suite
• Experience in with Next.js and React.js

Travel:

• Travel is less than 10%.

Standard and Physical Requirements:

Position involves sitting long periods, standing, manual dexterity, stooping, bending and minimal lifting.

Alliance Team Members Demonstrate DRIVE:

• Dedicated: Follows through on commitments. Strong say/do.
• Respectful: Acts with integrity and values diverse perspective.
• Innovative: Always looking for a better way; leads change.
• Versatile: Adapts quickly to changing circumstances. Demonstrates agility.
• Engaged: Acts like an owner. Wants to create and grow a business which is tightly aligned with market needs.