Technical Manager (Java Platform, Engineering Delivery & Warehouse Automation)

Job Requirements At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster. ## Role purpose The Technical Manager will lead the multidisciplinary engineering organization delivering the Next Generation Platform. The role owns delivery execution, people leadership, capacity planning, engineering effectiveness, and cross-workstream coordination across platform modernization, robotic controls, Edge/HMI, data acquisition, quality, and DevSecOps. ## Key responsibilities - Convert the multi-year product and technology roadmap into executable release plans, team objectives, milestones, dependencies, and staffing plans. - Lead engineers and technical leads across software development, QA, platform engineering, and related disciplines; create clear accountability and a healthy engineering culture. - Coordinate delivery across Spring Boot modernization, modular services, platform setup, robotic applications, controls, Edge/HMI, operational insights, and data-platform initiatives. - Own predictable delivery for the planned release cadence, including readiness reviews, pilot support, stabilization, and product-line rollout. - Partner with Product Management and the Technical Architect to balance scope, sequencing, technical debt, risk, and business value. - Manage capacity against roadmap demand, identify skill gaps, support recruitment, and make build/buy/partner recommendations when appropriate. - Establish engineering metrics for flow, quality, reliability, security, and release readiness; use evidence to improve outcomes. - Ensure teams follow appropriate design, coding, review, testing, documentation, security, and operational practices. - Proactively manage delivery risks involving external teams, equipment availability, PLC/robot dependencies, customer pilots, and integration environments. - Facilitate decisions and escalation across stakeholders while keeping teams focused on outcomes. - Coach leads and senior engineers, conduct performance and development conversations, and build succession plans. - Support budget, vendor, and partner management where applicable. ## Required experience and capabilities - Minimum 12 years of software or product-engineering experience, including at least 4 years managing engineering teams or complex technical programs. - Successful delivery of multi-team, multi-release platforms involving Java/Spring Boot, APIs, CI/CD, security, and distributed systems. - Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering practices, with enough technical depth to challenge estimates, risks, and design decisions. - Experience managing modernization alongside ongoing product delivery and operational support. - Demonstrated workforce planning, hiring, coaching, performance management, and stakeholder-management capability. - Strong program execution skills covering planning, dependencies, risk, change, quality gates, and release readiness. - Experience in warehouse automation, robotics, industrial software, controls, or operational technology is highly desirable. - Clear, concise communication with engineering teams, product leaders, business stakeholders, partners, and customers. ## Core technical and leadership skills - Engineering management, workforce planning, coaching, hiring, and performance management - Multi-team roadmap execution, release planning, dependency management, and risk management - Java/Spring Boot platforms, APIs, microservices, and distributed-system fundamentals - Agile product delivery, engineering metrics, quality gates, and release readiness - DevOps/CI/CD, application security, automated testing, and production operations - Warehouse automation, robotics, PLC/control systems, Edge/HMI, or comparable industrial domains - Senior stakeholder, vendor, partner, and cross-functional program management ## Success measures - Roadmap commitments delivered predictably with transparent scope, capacity, and risk. - Teams staffed appropriately and able to work effectively across workstream boundaries. - Improved engineering throughput without compromising safety, security, quality, or maintainability. - Successful pilots and rollouts with controlled defect levels and timely stabilization. - Strong engagement, retention, skills growth, and leadership depth within the engineering organization. ## Preferred qualifications - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Automation, or a related discipline. - Experience delivering products through a scaled agile or comparable iterative delivery model. - Familiarity with product-line engineering and globally distributed development teams. We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard. We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.