Manager, Software Engineering
PepsiCo · TX-Plano-7701a-HDQ-TX224B
USD 110,700 to 185,250 a year
Overview The Principal Software Engineering leader will play a pivotal role in software development activities, long-term initiative planning, and collaboration across the enterprise technology organization. Software Engineering is the cornerstone of scalable digital transformation across the Pepsico’s value chain. This leader will deliver the end-to-end software development experience, deliver high-quality software as part of the DevOps process, and have accountability for business operations. The leader in this role will provide the integration design by translating the business requirements into design documents and artifacts for the technical team for implementation. The role will ensure we deliver the best possible application integration solutions and ensure they generate value through cost savings or incremental business value. This leader will work closely with the product, enterprise and solution architecture, development, testing, and process engineering teams to develop new products and prioritize solution delivery across core business and technology priorities. Responsibilities Create the vision and guide a team of functional design engineers to build and support digital products and applications across core business and technology priorities Own the creation of functional design documents and field mapping documents by translating business requirements and architecture direction into detailed, implementation-ready design artifacts for technical teams. Drive partnerships with User Experience, Product Management, IT, Data & Analytics, Emerging Technology, Innovation, and Process Engineering teams, and outside vendors to deliver the digital product portfolio Develop and expand enterprise products capabilities through a customer-obsessed, services-driven digital solutions platform that leverages data and AI to deliver automated and personalized experiences Drive the design process with AI first mindset. Proactively leverage available AI capabilities for design work and explore potential AI possibilities to enable the team to deliver faster, stronger, and better. Develop software development strategy utilizing industry standards. Create roadmap and timing of implementation of the roadmap based on business requirements and strategy. Lead multi-discipline, high-performance work teams distributed across remote locations effectively. Build, manage, develop, and mentor a team of engineers. Interact with various peers across the company to build consensus for solution. Manage and appropriately escalate delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to the stakeholders Interact with key business partners to recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business. Compensation and Benefits: The expected compensation range for this position is between $110,700 - $185,250. Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process. Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out annually. Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement. In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. Qualifications Minimum Qualification: A Bachelor / master’s degree in computer science, Engineering field preferred Minimum of 10 years of relevant software development and engineering management experience 8+ yrs experience in Java, Python, PHP, JavaScript (node.js), and/or other programming languages 8+ yrs of working knowledge of Database like RDBMS (*Oracle / MS SQL / MySQL), NoSQL (PostgreSQL, Couchbase) 5+ yrs experience with SQL and/order other query languages 4+ yrs of experience in web protocols (HTTP), web services and Restful API’s 4+ yrs of experience working with message brokers like Kafka or ActiveMQ 4+ yrs working on cloud native technologies and solutions (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) 4+ years’ experience managing diverse team of developers 4+ yrs of experience in working in Agile projects, with strong understanding in running Agile ceremony, and CI/CD process Experience applying AI development tools such as Copilot, Codex, and Claude to support software design and coding. Strong working knowledge of multi-tier and service-oriented architecture design Demonstrated experience driving best practices in code reviews, design reviews, and architecture reviews Qualities: Strong attention to detail and extremely well-organized Individual should be able to perform analysis of business and data requirements to define interface specifications, data flows, and source-to-target mappings between enterprise systems. Ability to run a team of functional design engineers, software engineers, and testers Ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities Ability to be able to interface with the business and recognize their needs and priorities Ability to work cross functionally with product, architecture, service design, and operations across the organization Demonstrated passion for excellence with respect to Engineering services, education, and support Strong interpersonal skills, ability to navigate through a complex and matrixed internal environment Ability to work collaboratively with regional and global partners in other functional units Ability to navigate a complex organization and to influence and lead people across cultures at a senior level Above all, curious to learn new things EEO Statement Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / Age If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy. Please view our Pay Transparency Statement.