ENGINEERING MANAGER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: Mar 28, 2025 – The Engineering Manager has a proven ability to lead high-performing engineering teams and deliver complex software projects on time and within budget. This role requires deep expertise in modern technologies, including distributed systems, programming languages, and data management, with a strong focus on innovation and technical excellence. The manager is also skilled in team development, strategic planning, and effective communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Engineering Manager Resume
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Budget Management
- Architecture Design
- Process Improvement
- Agile Practices
- Software Development
- Compliance Management
- Technical Strategy
- Product Delivery
- Team Leadership
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Mentorship
- Talent Development
- Communication Skills
- Decision Making
- Stakeholder Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Recruitment Skills
- Problem Solving

Summary of Engineering Manager Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Cybersecurity with 2 years of Experience
- Highly motivated, energetic, and able to see the big picture.
- Effective time management within a multi-tasking environment.
- Strive to deliver innovation and best practices, with the ability to work effectively within a growing, changing workplace.
- Consistently sound judgment, decision-making, and promotes a “can-do” attitude.
- Energy to increase the capability to deliver and improve business results.
- Use expertise and knowledge to make a strong contribution to bids and projects.
- Strive to exceed stakeholder expectations.
- Have a good working relationship with team members and suppliers
- Previous experience in leading a software engineering team
- A mindset of an enabler, a strong technical background
- Ability to tackle challenges under demanding conditions
- Agile development experience
- Expertise in the core Sumo Logic technologies (Scala, AWS, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, Akka, Lucene, SOA)
2. BS in Information Systems with 5 years of Experience
- Work experience in building software
- Experience working with e-commerce and Shopify
- Experience leading development teams
- Proficient with agile development methodologies
- Be comfortable planning and executing projects from idea to completion
- Understand how to plan, build, test, and maintain complex software applications
- Excel at getting a team to focus on the highest-impact projects
- Be an effective communicator, both verbally and in writing
- Have a growth mindset and a track record of building highly effective teams
- Experience in mechanical systems design or equivalent
- Experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
- Software development experience in Python or Golang
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS
3. BS in Information Technology with 1 year of Experience
- Have led a technical team and have a good track record of coaching teammates throughout their whole career path
- Know when to let the team figure things out on their own, and also provide the necessary context and skills to help them out, and be hands-on
- Know how to support teams to achieve their goals
- Have a technical background and can help a team evaluate trade-offs during development
- Enjoy working in an iterative development environment, work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results
- Like to be lead by example and be a great communicator
- Have a track record of building and leading successful engineering teams
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile, and (sometimes) ambiguous environment with multiple priorities and stakeholders
- Have people management experience, including hiring and developing engineering talent
- Hands-on software development experience (“player-coach”) and are comfortable writing code
- Ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
- Significant technical experience building business-critical software applications
4. BS in Software Engineering with 4 years of Experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
- Insight into a Warehouse Management System, allowing for an understanding of system capabilities
- Knowledge of computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment like AutoCAD, MS-Project, and Visio, as well as Simulation software
- Interpersonal communication and language skills (e.g., listening to others, speaking to others, reading, writing).
- Strong writing skills with experience documenting design methodologies to create logistics solutions and responses to RFPs
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and accomplishes job tasks promptly
- E-commerce experience, including starting up small to large-volume solutions
- Able to develop and deliver presentations to managers and executives
- In-depth experience with automation such as conveyance, sortation (unit and carton level), order consolidation, etc.
- Engineering experience in high volume, eComm Fulfillment/Wholesale/Retail apparel environment
- Green Belt Six Sigma/Lean Certifications
- Experience dealing with end users, vendors, and clients
- Experience in a 3PL environment
5. BS in Systems Engineering with 10 years of Experience
- Experience leading teams as a manager or team lead
- Overall technical experience in a fast-paced web environment
- Strong DevOps CI/CD knowledge, including the use of DevOps tools such as Git, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, etc.
- Experience contributing to and managing roadmaps, project plans, and commitments
- Experience with infrastructure as code, relational databases, distributed systems, reliability space
- Experience with Python/Java/C++ or other scripting languages, REST APIs, testing automation, continuous integration, and building pipelines
- Experience working with Google Cloud, AWS, or other public cloud technologies
- A history of establishing teams by developing leaders and recruiting exceptional talent
- Ability to influence an organization through exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- A demonstrated ability to anticipate the future, navigate ambiguity, develop plans, and successfully execute over multiple quarters
- A love of learning, a constant drive for self-improvement, and a desire to help everyone be better
- Ability to drive and manage creative conflict to achieve better outcomes.
- Experience facilitating difficult one-on-one and group conversations with empathy and fairness.
- High integrity, low ego, inquisitiveness, and a commitment to lifelong learning.
6. BS in Software Engineering with 5 years of Experience
- Strong technical proficiency in designing, developing, and debugging solutions
- Handle ambiguity and be able to move forward with imperfect information and get things done in a rapidly changing environment
- Takes pride in producing clean, reusable code and takes full ownership of the quality of code
- A natural technical pilot who is proficient in explaining Emerging Tech to financial services clients, including non-technical stakeholders at all levels
- An ability to engage as part of the sales team to provide pre- and post-sales support and implementation
- Overall software development experience
- Leadership experience managing teams of software engineers, as well as managing and delivering impactful projects
- Have a solid knowledge of software engineering best practices and agile principles
- Eager to collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and peer EMs, as partners with shared goals and openness to each other's ideas.
- Experience with high-voltage power engineering
- Demonstrated application of various industrial engineering techniques
- Working knowledge of Plant food manufacturing
- Ability to perform tasks with minimal supervision and capable of handling/prioritizing several tasks at once, with extreme detail and deadline-oriented
7. BS in Web Development with 3 years of Experience
- A passion for software development processes, methodologies, and technologies
- Well-versed in Agile software development processes and techniques, and how to adapt them to the team dynamics and business needs
- Creative problem-solving mindset, can-do attitude, and leadership skills
- Exceptional communication (spoken/written) and presentation skills
- Able to learn and keep technically current with industry approaches, frameworks, and paradigms, including self-learning and company-sponsored improvement
- Ability to manage performance and coach team members for growth through career development plans and leading by example
- Interpersonal skills to manage a team of engineers, with the ability to collaborate with many other teams
- Great analytical and math skills
- Knowledge of/Experience with E-commerce
- Experience in multiple warehouse automation applications (Pick to Light, Automated Sortation, Voice Pick, conveyor design, etc.)
- Experience in LMS implementation and/or steady-state execution
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously
- Project management skills and experience
8. BS in Computer Science with 11 years of Experience
- Software engineering experience developing full-stack applications and distributed systems
- Stellar communication, organization, and management skills with a proven track record in an agile environment.
- Experience developing RESTful services.
- Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and caches.
- Experience developing products on AWS or Google Cloud Services.
- Experience automating CI/CD pipelines and configuration management for deploying, configuring, and managing servers and systems.
- Strong expertise in troubleshooting complex production issues.
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
- Be a leader who can influence the technical direction of a team and understand that the primary mission is growing a rock-solid engineering team.
- Ability to know the team's operational metrics and know how to keep them delivering high-quality, resilient services and products in a cloud environment.
- Can use agile methodologies and believe in constant incremental improvements.
- Be a leader who serves the team, empowers them, inspires them, and helps them grow, but knows when to hold them accountable as well.
- Believe in building a culture of learning, knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- Managed teams that shipped and operated critical infrastructure.
- Experience with Containerization and Orchestration tools and platforms (Kubernetes, Mesos, CloudFoundry, etc.)
- Previous experience with Test Driven Development with heavy use of unit testing frameworks
9. BS in Cloud Computing with 3 years of Experience
- Have architected, designed, and developed a wide array of software products.
- Be an experienced, full-stack, technical leader who has shipped multiple versions of products at different companies.
- Be knowledgeable about REST, API design patterns, and microservices.
- Be a people leader who deeply cares about the team members and prioritizes kindness, creativity, and impact.
- Have a relentless focus on end-users and creating customer-centric solutions.
- Have a proven ability to build a team, develop people, and influence cross-functional teams and senior management.
- Have high-level technical proficiency with tech stack including Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS, etc.
- Empower and support a culture of ownership, work ethic, empathy, and quality.
- Love to mentor, develop, and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
- Be knowledgeable and passionate about software development, and focus on success and the delivery of timely, high-quality software
- Experience writing, delivering, and operating software in a SaaS environment
- A strong sense of empathy for customers and teammates
10. BS in Artificial Intelligence with 5 years of Experience
- Experience in electrical or mechanical engineering
- Sound knowledge of engineering techniques, processes, and tools, including SolidWorks and Engineering base
- A strong focus on safe work practices and dedication to following workplace safety guidelines
- A high level of self-motivation and curiosity, and a desire to learn about new technologies
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities, with a collaborative, solution-focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills
- Strong background as an individual contributor solving complex technical problems at scale
- Work experience, including some years in leadership positions
- Strong knowledge of the SCRUM framework and Agile principles
- Strong communicator to align the team efforts to business goals.
- Ability to interact and collaborate successfully with Product Managers and Engineering Managers.
- Significant experience in hiring people
- Must be comfortable working in an environment where ideas are challenged
- A capability to direct a delivery team on all aspects of Emerging Tech and to engage with client stakeholders to oversee implementation progress
11. BS in Data Science with 6 years of Experience
- Have senior technical depth in building and working with backend web services
- Have backend software experience and are interested in managing a backend team
- Have been a technical lead for shipping major features/projects, and have worked with multiple codebases
- Be highly motivated/passionate, interested in continuous learning, and looking forward to working in a fast-paced startup environment, with an emphasis on delivering business value
- Experience owning production services, working in an agile environment, collaborating cross-functionally, and SQL/analytical skills
- Be interested in the 25:25:25:25 split between technical leadership, team management, people management, and individual technical contributions
- Strong knowledge of modern web technologies, system design, architecture, and microservices
- Be a strong communicator for both technical and non-technical topics.
- Experience as a project manager, preferably in the Mechanical Design of Semiconductor equipment.
- Excellent interpersonal, sales techniques, and project management skills.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office Applications and SolidWorks software.
- Experience coordinating and working with stakeholders across the organization.
- Experience developing and implementing squad processes.
12. BS in Computer Engineering with 8 years of Experience
- Have intimate knowledge of generator system operations and PLC/Controller-based controls
- Strong understanding of how dealers work and the ability to build strong relationships with dealer partners while also championing and communicating the AES vision and strategy.
- Brings extensive best practice experience to improve teams’ effectiveness
- Knowledge of various Caterpillar products, product applications, merchandising programs, and business systems.
- Ability to accurately evaluate the team’s workload and delegate tasks.
- Ability to edit, teach, and apply new designs to the company standards.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent business and commercial skills.
- Must have strong interpersonal skills.
- Proved knowledge in software architectures, their systems, and their best practices
- Solid experience with Agile methodology and its tools (Monday.com, Jira, Clickup, GitLab/Github)
- Flexible thinking, including the ability to pivot and try new approaches when faced with challenges
- Ability to create a set of qualifications for a new product
13. BS in Software Development with 6 years of Experience
- Proven engineering management experience, either with an organization of 10 or more developers
- Technical expertise in one or more relevant areas, particularly the design, implementation, and maintenance of web services
- Experience with either Python, JavaScript, or another dynamic language, REST APIs, MySQL, or other relational databases, testing automation, continuous integration, and building pipelines
- A history of establishing teams by developing and recruiting exceptional talent
- Ability to influence an organization through exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to anticipate the future, navigate ambiguity, develop plans, and successfully execute over multiple quarters
- A love of learning, a constant drive for self-improvement, and a desire to help everyone be better
- A passion for building and growing high-performing teams.
- Prior management experience
- Extensive full-stack web development experience.
- Strong working knowledge of modern server-side and client-side frameworks.
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
- A strong affinity for developing people and teams through hands-on mentoring.
14. BS in Software Engineering with 7 years of Experience
- Track record of successfully building and leading software development and engineering teams.
- Consistent track record of managing product releases on time and within budget.
- Excellent knowledge of the new technology trends and their applications for the new products in the marketplace
- Hands-on knowledge of the Latest Programming Languages, Object-Oriented Programming, High-Performance, Fault-tolerant Distributed Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, Distributed DBMS, and DB modeling and access languages.
- Ability to work through conflict, gain trust, and persuasively influence outcomes.
- Ability to motivate people, instill accountability, perform under pressure, and optimize the team's resources to attain the business goals
- Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience in expanding software product development teams
- Ability to comprehend and track multiple technical initiatives simultaneously.
- Have a consistent track record of delivering high-quality software in regular, iterative releases through coordinating a distributed squad.
- Experience managing people, including recruiting and hiring, coaching, mentoring, evaluating, and promoting.
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.