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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Plume's roles stay open a median of 31 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 18% of Plume's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Plume
- moderate 6 stale, 2 reposted of 22 open
- Hiring momentum
- 27 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
The Engineering Manager at Plume will lead a team of firmware, backend, and QA engineers within the Core Engineering department. This role involves managing team performance, driving project delivery, and collaborating with technical leads and product management to ensure successful product releases. The manager will also focus on fostering a collaborative culture and making strategic technical decisions to enhance the engineering process.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 12+ years in software engineering
- 3+ years managing engineers directly
- Strong technical grounding in embedded Linux networking or distributed cloud services
- Demonstrated ownership of a release train
- Experience leading a distributed team across time zones
- Comfort operating in a matrixed organisation
Nice to have
- Direct experience with RDK-B, prplOS/prplMesh, or OpenSync/OpenWrt
- Working knowledge of Broadband Forum TR-369 (USP) and TR-181
- Background in the CPE/broadband gateway ecosystem
- Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub-based workflows, Artifactory, Kubernetes/EKS
- Experience with test automation for embedded systems
Worth weighing
- In-office role in Hyderabad, India
- Hands-on-adjacent people-leadership role may require significant management skills
- Collaboration across multiple regions may present challenges in communication and decision-making
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Listed by Plume on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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