Company Description

Personal Services is Xplor’s software platform designed specifically for dry cleaning and laundry businesses. It empowers operators to manage day-to-day operations, improve customer experience, and scale their business efficiently. We are currently modernizing the Personal Services platform with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability, while continuing to support our loyal customer base.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Personal Services engineering team through its next phase of growth and modernization. You will oversee product development, manage geographically distributed teams, and play a critical role in transforming a legacy system into a scalable, modern platform. This role combines strategic thinking, technical expertise, and people leadership.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• Team & Delivery Leadership
  • Lead and grow multiple engineering pods, including backend, frontend, QA, and mobile developers
  • Drive sprint planning, delivery execution, and cross-functional collaboration with product teams
  • Ensure reliability and performance of the platform while managing ongoing feature development
• Modernization & Architecture
  • Guide the transition from legacy systems to modern technologies (.NET, microservices, React Native, etc.)
  • Partner with architects to define scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions
  • Help replatform outdated components with a long-term view of technical debt reduction
• People Management
  • Mentor and coach engineers and tech leads; build a strong bench of future leaders
  • Create a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement
  • Promote team alignment across geographies, especially between US and India-based teams
• Process Excellence
  • Implement best practices in software development, testing, CI/CD, and observability
  • Own defect tracking, incident response, and ongoing technical quality metrics
  • Collaborate with QA and support teams to reduce regressions and improve release reliability

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software development with 3+ years managing engineering teams
• Proven experience modernizing legacy software into modern web and mobile applications
• Strong expertise in .NET, cloud-native development, and microservice architecture
• Experience working with mobile frameworks like React Native is highly preferred
• Solid understanding of performance optimization, observability, and system architecture
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience leading distributed teams across time zones

Bonus Skills

• Experience with software for retail or service-oriented small businesses (dry cleaning, laundry, salons, etc.)
• Familiarity with POS integrations, inventory systems, or scheduling platforms
• Background in SaaS development with a focus on customer retention and operational efficiency
• Exposure to NoSQL databases and modern front-end technologies

Additional Information

Life at Xplor

As an Xplorer, you’ll be part of a global network of talented colleagues who support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.

Some of our perks and benefits:

• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, plus regular career and growth conversations with your leader, as part of Xplor GPS
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements

The average base salary pay range for this role is $104,000-$160,000

May be considered for a discretionary bonus

More about us

We're the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments, and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing ‘everyday life’ verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payments processing platform. Xplor Technologies serves over 106,000 customers that processed over $37 billion in payments, operating across 20 markets in 2023.

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