[Remote] Manager, Instrument Software Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Agilent Technologies is a leading company in the field of scientific instrumentation and software solutions. They are seeking a Manager for their Instrument Software Engineering team, responsible for managing a software engineering team delivering platform and data services while ensuring engineering quality and team growth.ResponsibilitiesOwn day-to-day delivery of the team's platform and data services — including ingest, transformation, and replication workManage legacy and sustaining-support work and the associated contractor teamPeople management — hiring, performance, and growth for the teamCoordinate with peer teams across regions to keep shared SDKs, contracts, and data models consistentSet sprint-level technical priorities and uphold delivery quality and engineering standardsLead the team's adoption of agentic-AI development and test tooling, and the monolith to microservices transition for its servicesSkillsBachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent plus directly relevant experience7+ years in software engineering, with 2+ years of people leadership or a strong tech-lead-to-manager trajectoryHands-on with data services and backend distributed systems on a cloud-native stack (Kubernetes, Go and/or .NET)Experience with legacy / sustaining-support work and with managing contractor teamsStrong collaboration in a distributed, cross-time-zone organization5+ years applying AI/ML, including hands-on use and deployment of agentic AI in development and test workflows (AI-assisted coding, automated testing)Strong container-based orchestration (Kubernetes): deployment, tuning, and model servingDelivery in rapid release cycles within a regulated environment (21 CFR Part 11 / GxP)Hands-on decomposing legacy monoliths into microservices — specifically transforming workstation-based enterprise applications into containerized client-server web applicationsBenefitsEligibility for bonusStockBenefitsCompany OverviewAgilent Technologies addresses the scientific and laboratory management needs of analytical scientists and clinical researchers. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.agilent.com.Company H1B SponsorshipAgilent Technologies has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2026, 51 in 2025, 56 in 2024, 58 in 2023, 70 in 2022, 64 in 2021, 53 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.