Technical Hiring Manager

This position is located onsite in Detroit, MI.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Technical Hiring Manager with deep expertise in software platforms and complex software systems to lead and execute high-impact technical hiring across the organization. This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and talent strategy, ensuring the company attracts, evaluates, and hires world-class technical talent. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, sound engineering judgment, and proven experience partnering with engineering leadership to build high-performing teams. They are fluent in modern software architectures and capable of assessing engineers across disciplines, seniority levels, and system complexity.

Responsibilities

Technical Hiring Strategy

Own and drive end-to-end technical hiring strategies for software engineers and technical roles

Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to forecast hiring needs aligned to platform and system roadmaps

Define hiring priorities based on platform complexity, scalability requirements, and long-term architecture goals

Establish consistent, high-bar technical hiring standards across teams

Technical Evaluation & Interviewing

Design and oversee interview frameworks that accurately assess system design, platform thinking, and engineering depth

Personally conduct technical interviews, including:

Software architecture and system design

Platform scalability and reliability

Code quality, trade-off analysis, and problem-solving

Ensure hiring decisions reflect both immediate execution needs and long-term system ownership

Software Platform & Systems Expertise

Apply deep knowledge of software platforms, distributed systems, and application architectures to hiring decisions

Evaluate candidates' experience with:

Large-scale, distributed or cloud-native systems

APIs, services, data pipelines, and platform components

Reliability, performance, security, and maintainability

Act as a technical advisor on role definition, leveling, and scope

Process, Quality & Continuous Improvement

Improve technical hiring processes to ensure fairness, consistency, and high signal-to-noise ratio

Train and calibrate interviewers on system-level and platform-level evaluation

Partner with Talent Acquisition on candidate experience, interview logistics, and pipeline health

Track hiring outcomes and iterate on interview quality and effectiveness

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

Work closely with HR, recruiters, and engineering leaders to align hiring with company values and culture

Provide hiring guidance to leadership on talent gaps, risk areas, and workforce planning

Advocate for best practices in technical hiring, diversity, and inclusion

Represent engineering standards and bar within hiring forums and executive discussions

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

7+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or technical leadership

Proven experience as a hiring manager for software engineers and technical roles

Deep understanding of modern software systems and platforms, including:

Distributed systems and service-oriented architectures

Cloud-native platforms and infrastructure

Data-intensive and high-availability systems

Strong knowledge of:

Software architecture and system design principles

Backend and platform engineering concepts

API design, microservices, and event-driven systems

Scalability, reliability, observability, and security concerns

Common programming languages, frameworks, and engineering tools