General IT Systems Software Development

Location: Folsom, CA (Hybrid - 2-3 days a week in Folsom office)

Manager, Software Development and Biometrics Cloud Services (Edge products - access control and mobile)

Must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship or transfer and possibly travel internationally.

NEC DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.

DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED NEC IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

About Us:

NEC Digital Platform delivers vision AI-based products, platforms, and services to the global market. Our solutions, including industry-leading NeoFace facial recognition technology, Iris recognition technology, video analytics, and digital ID platform and services, are used by governments and enterprises worldwide.

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Development Manager with experience using Kotlin, Python, coroutines, and C++ to lead and mentor a team of globally distributed software engineers in designing, developing, testing, and deploying high-quality biometrics and digital identity software solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, experience in multi-modal biometrics technologies, excellent leadership abilities, and a deep understanding of software development methodologies and best practices.

Summary

Management of geographically diverse technical teams responsible for architecting, developing highly scalable biometrics software applications — enhanced multimodal biometric and AI/ML systems - focusing on access control and mobile.  

Develops and manages schedules for major software releases. Leads and provides technical guidance for the entire software development cycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and documentation. Coordinates all team activities, including interfaces with the product, vendor, quality assurance, and customer support teams. Management of processes and process improvement activities for software development. 

Assigns appropriate team members to projects along with project manager & acts as an escalation point for all production issues/defects. Leads architectural decisions, cross-functional integration, and innovation cycles. Ensures deliverables uphold stringent quality, performance, and security standards and promotes a culture of continuous technical improvement. Works with the test lead/manager to help with the defect triage meetings and resolve any outstanding technical issue. Manages technical personnel (Software Architects, Dev leads Subject Matter Experts, Systems Analysts, Developers) and acts as the overall technical executive for client interface. Responsible for hiring, onboarding, mentoring and cross training of team members. Management and continuous improvement of  software development processes, procedures & knowledge bases & ensures adherence across multinational project.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

       20% Works with business & product management leaders to understand business requirements and service roadmaps. Plans major projects and releases accordingly

       25% Participate in development of functional specifications based on requirements inputs from the product team, and translate those functional specifications into high-level designs

       25% Develop and maintain components, frameworks, and libraries to promote code reuse, software scalability and performance, etc.

      20% Coordinate reviews of work products of team members, and provide inputs to team members to help resolve questions of program intent, data input, output requirements, and inclusion of internal checks and controls

       5% Manage third party venders, maintain and leverage partnership

       5% Other management tasks:

•        Supervise direct reports and provide guidance and leadership for daily project activities
•        Lead and Assist the team with software release or build management.
•        Mentor and provide on-the-job training to new and more junior co-workers.
•   Lead and participate in team members hiring , timesheet approval and performance review process.

   This list is intended only as a guide and summary of the typical functions of the position. It is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties to which the employee may be assigned. An employee’s supervisor may ask the employee to perform additional duties or take on additional responsibilities without notice.  This list is neither complete nor permanent and may be amended at any time in the Company’s sole discretion.

Prerequisites

Education:                        

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Experience:

10 or more years of Software Development, including experience with biometric modalities (e.g., face, iris, palm, latent) or AI/ML systems in a production environment. Developing Scalable, high throughput, low latency application.

Technical Skills

• Experience with Kotlin, Python, coroutines, C#, C++, Spring Boot, JPA.
• Must be strong in Reactive Programming
• Linux and cloud architecture (GCP, AWS, Azure), Experience with Git or equivalent source control tool(s)
• Experience integrating and optimizing biometric algorithms (commercial or open-source like OpenCV, OpenBR, or NBIS).
• Exposure to ML toolkits (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and model deployment frameworks.
• Ability to conduct architectural reviews and guide trade-off decisions involving performance, accuracy, cost, and security.

Supervisory Responsibility:

Management of technical team responsible for architecting,  developing highly scalable software applications, including mentoring of subordinates. Participate in teams hiring, time management and performance review process.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $128,000 to $166,500 with a target annual 15% bonus; depending upon the selected candidate’s relevant experience, the exact salary for the role may fall outside of this range. This role will also be eligible to participate in the Company’s bonus/incentive program(s). NEC offers an extensive benefits program and the role will also include, a Health Insurance package with options that include multiple Medical and Dental coverage options, Pharmacy Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, Salary Continuation and Voluntary Long-Term Disability Coverage, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Adoption Assistance Program, 401(k) with a 50% match up to 6% of employee contribution, 15 PTO days, 10 paid sick days, 11 paid public holidays, Continuing Education and Tuition Reimbursement, 2 paid Community Service Days, a Travel Assistance Program, Pre-Paid Legal plans.

ABOUT NEC CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America (NEC) is a leading technology integrator providing solutions that improve the way people work and communicate. NEC creates the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.

With a global team of 100,000, and 64,000+ technology patents, we deliver one of the industry’s strongest and most innovative portfolios of communications, analytics, security, biometrics, and technology solutions that unleash customers’ productivity potential. Through these solutions, NEC combines its best-in-class solutions and technology to solve today’s most complex business problems. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with a presence in 140 countries and $27 billion in revenues. Backed by 123 years of innovation and experience, NEC knows what it takes to change and stay ahead of technology's continuous evolution. It is our capability to leverage decades of award-winning technologies and research that has enabled NEC to remain an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) leader and through problem resolution, bring new value to people, organizations, and society.

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