Senior Software Engineering Manager

Job Description Summary

You will manage engineers located across multiple regions and time zones, building a high-performing, inclusive team culture that enables effective collaboration at scale. You will be accountable for delivering scalable, reliable, and secure time-series and event processing capabilities that enable utilities, system operators, and energy market participants to orchestrate an increasingly distributed and decarbonized grid.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

1. Leadership & People Management in a Global Context

• Lead, mentor, and grow a geographically distributed team of software engineers (and potentially data/DevOps engineers) working across multiple time zones.
• Establish clear, asynchronous ways of working (documentation, decision logs, recorded demos) to ensure alignment despite limited overlapping hours.
• Create an inclusive and collaborative team culture that values diverse perspectives, cultural sensitivity, and psychological safety.
• Set clear expectations, provide regular performance feedback, and drive career development tailored to regional contexts and opportunities.
• Collaborate with regional leaders and HR partners to recruit, onboard, and retain talent across multiple geographies.

2. Technical Ownership - GridOS Data Fabric ( Storage ) Platform

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of Timebase and Anybase capabilities within GridOS, including:
  • Time-series data storage and retrieval
  • Real-time streaming and event processing
  • Time alignment and synchronization across diverse data sources
  • Integrations with simulation, forecasting, optimization, and market modules
• Partner with architects to evolve the Timebase and Anybase technical roadmap and reference architecture, ensuring it meets global scalability, reliability, and compliance needs.
• Drive decisions on architecture, performance, resilience, observability, and cost optimization for a cloud-native platform used by customers worldwide.
• Ensure Timebase components adhere to GE Vernova’s security, data protection, and compliance standards, including regional regulatory requirements where applicable.

3. Delivery & Execution Across Time Zones

• Plan and prioritize the Timebase and Anybase engineering roadmap with product management, balancing global customer needs and regional market requirements.
• Structure work so that teams in different time zones can progress autonomously, using strong documentation, well-defined interfaces, and clear handoffs.
• Oversee software development, code review, testing (including automated and performance testing), and documentation to maintain high quality.
• Champion DevOps best practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, robust monitoring, and alerting) to enable effective “follow-the-sun” support and operations.
• Ensure Timebase an Anybase services meet defined SLAs/SLOs for availability, latency, throughput, and data integrity across regions.

4. Stakeholder & Customer Engagement

• Collaborate with product managers, solution architects, and other platform teams spread across regions to align on priorities and dependencies.
• Support global customer engagements, proof-of-concepts, and escalations by providing deep technical guidance on Timebase and Anybase capabilities and roadmap.
• Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders in different time zones using structured, asynchronous communication (written updates, dashboards, etc.).
• Coordinate with customer support and operations teams to ensure seamless incident response, post-incident analysis, and continuous improvement.

5. Process, Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Define and refine global engineering processes that support distributed work: sprint rituals, backlog management, design reviews, and architectural decision records.
• Promote high levels of test automation, observability, and proactive performance monitoring across all regions.
• Lead blameless post-incident reviews and drive corrective and preventive actions that improve reliability and responsiveness.
• Ensure alignment with GE Vernova engineering standards, cybersecurity practices, and regulatory requirements relevant to critical infrastructure and grid software.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Professional software engineering experience in an engineering leadership or people management role.
• Proven experience leading teams distributed across multiple locations and time zones, with demonstrated ability to maintain alignment, quality, and delivery velocity.
• Strong background in designing and operating large-scale distributed systems or data platforms, including:
  • Time-series or event-driven data storage technologies
  • Real-time data streaming frameworks (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis)
  • High-availability, mission-critical services in production environments
• Hands-on experience with at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Go, C#, Python) and public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong grasp of software engineering best practices: system design, clean code, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and incident management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to drive clarity and decision-making in an asynchronous, global environment.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience in the energy, power systems, grid operations, or industrial IoT sectors.
• Familiarity with:
  • GridOS or similar grid orchestration / energy management platforms
  • Time synchronization concepts (NTP, PTP) and temporal modeling
  • Real-time analytics, digital twins, or large-scale simulations
• Demonstrated success building and scaling inclusive, high-performing teams across cultures and regions.
• Comfortable working with stakeholders across product, architecture, security, and operations in a matrixed global organization.
• Strong architectural thinking and the ability to balance long-term platform strategy with near-term delivery needs.
• Passion for enabling the energy transition and building software that supports grid reliability, resilience, and decarbonization.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead a core, globally distributed platform team at the heart of GridOS and GE Vernova’s digital strategy.
• The chance to work on complex, high-impact problems that shape the future of the electric grid and global energy transition.
• A diverse, mission-driven environment with colleagues across regions and disciplines.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and global career development opportunities.

About Us:

GE Vernova is a world leader in the energy solutions market with a portfolio of energy businesses across the globe. Grid Solutions provides equipment, systems, and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition - and we want you to be part of that change and enjoy imagination at work.

If you are ready to make a difference and usher in a new era of clean, reliable energy, come join us.

Why we come to work:

At GE Vernova, our engineers are always up for the challenge - and we’re always driven to find the best solution. Our projects are unique and interesting, and you’ll need to bring a solution-focused, positive approach to each one to do your best. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No