Software Development Manager (Embedded) 軟體開發經理 (嵌入式系統)

▍About AlfredCamera

From day one, we’ve been guided by the belief that home security should be made accessible to everyone. We started out by offering a software solution that turns your old phone into a security camera in 2014. Since then, this simple but powerful idea has become the go-to security app for more than 70 millions families worldwide.

In 2022, we launched our first hardware product, AlfredCam, which opened up an exciting new chapter for us. And 2023 is going to be an even more exhilarating year, as we are taking more proactive actions to respond to our consumers and expanding our presence in more countries. If you want to be a game changer for one of the most trusted brands worldwide, we have the right opportunity for you!

▍About this role

We are currently looking for a skilled, experienced, and passionate engineering lead to further strengthen the technical capabilities of the current embedded team, and facilitate internal communication and resource management. The successful candidate will serve as a bridge between technology and business, ensuring that our technical endeavors align seamlessly with the company's strategic goals. This role offers a unique opportunity to impact our global user base and foster the growth of our talented engineering team.

▍Responsibility

You will be entrusted with spearheading our engineering unit, facilitating the development of team members' technical and professional acumen.

In this job, you will be responsible for:

Technical Leadership and Architectural Design:

• Lead the team in complex system architecture design and restructuring, with a focus on ensuring portability, performance and memory efficiency.
• Actively participate in technology selection, carrying out evaluations, and orchestrating the introduction of novel technologies and tools to enhance development efficiency and bolster system stability.

People Management:

• Manage and mentor engineering teams, guide their growth, and cultivate a collaborative, high-performance work culture.
• Cultivate an environment that promotes individual and collective excellence, ensuring alignment with the company's vision and goals.

Development and Coding:

• Collaborate in the creation of pivotal features, providing astute technical guidance to ensure the delivery of high-caliber code.
• Act as the team's cornerstone for resolving intricate technical issues, overseeing code reviews, and enforcing adherence to best practices and code quality standards.
• Establish and enforce rigorous code review, testing, and documentation standards to maintain exceptional software quality.

Platform and Technology Enabling:

• Lead efforts in enabling new platforms/technologies, including gap analysis, definition of requirements, prototyping and final product commercialization.

Technical Knowledge Sharing:

• Share your depth of knowledge with fellow team members, fostering an environment of continual technical refinement.
• Provide guidance on the incorporation of new technologies and tools to promote ongoing learning and professional development.

Contributions to Business and Product Decision-Making:

• Actively participate in strategic deliberations regarding business and product strategies, offering invaluable technical insights and recommendations to align technology with the organization's objectives.

• Proven track record with over 7 years of hands-on software engineering in building commercial products with embedded systems, preferably within the IoT domain.
• 2+ years in a technology leadership role, with a strong emphasis on managing and mentoring engineering teams, guiding their growth, and fostering a collaborative and high-performance work culture. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a history of effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• A demonstrated ability to shape and drive technical strategy, aligning it with overarching business objectives, and contributing to product and architectural decisions.
• A demonstrated ability to translate technical requirements into detailed system designs emphasizing usability, extensibility, and maintainability.
• Proficiency in both C++ and C programming with experiences leveraging modern C++ language features.
• Hands-on experiences in software development on Embedded Linux.
• A profound understanding of how performance/resource optimizations should be done on embedded systems.

• Established knowledge of multimedia and IoT-related technologies and protocols such as WebRTC, XMPP, MQTT, and codecs like H264/H265.
• Practical knowledge of deploying machine learning algorithms on edge devices.
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems (RTOS), demonstrating an understanding of their constraints and capabilities.

• Competitive salary with bonus(NT$ 2,000,000-2,600,000/year)
• Office located in Taipei CBD (across from Taipei 101!)
• We encourage our employers to work 8 hours a day (no OT culture!)
• We offer a hybrid working environment, work in the office at least two days a week (enjoy the rest at home/cafe/wherever you like!)
• Comprehensive on-job training, including company culture, product mindset, data insight, user research, growth strategy, etc.
• Other countless perks: free AlfredCamera products, free lunch during pandemic, unlimited snacks, Nespresso coffee, soft drinks & alcohols (yes, we have a bartender!), switch & PS4 station (gaming station in the office!) and TGIF happy hour twice a month!