Manager, Software Engineering

Role Overview

Manager, Software Engineering (Hybrid)

• Preferred location: Chicago, IL — 3 days onsite / 2 days remote
• Secondary locations (remote/eligible): Boston, MA, New York, NY, DC area, Miami, FL, Dallas, TX, Houston, TX
• Salary: Open + Bonus
• No sponsorship available

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve distributed system architecture for a cloud-native automation platform (Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, Blob Storage)
• Create event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing
• Improve platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural enhancements
• Lead .NET backend development (ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, FluentValidation)
• Conduct code reviews with focus on SOLID, async best practices, and distributed systems patterns
• Own and evolve Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, including multi-phase infrastructure deployment and environment-specific container deployments
• Manage and mentor software engineers, advancing cloud engineering capabilities

Requirements

• 6+ years hands-on software engineering building cloud-native applications on Azure
• 3+ years experience with Azure Container Apps, AKS, or equivalent container orchestration
• 2+ years people management leading software engineering teams
• Proven delivery of distributed systems in production using microservices and event-driven patterns
• Hands-on Azure services including:
  • Azure Service Bus
  • Azure database services: Azure SQL Database (Elastic Pools), Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
  • Managed identity authentication
  • Connection pooling and private endpoint configuration
• Strong understanding of microservices communication patterns:
  • Synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, service discovery
• Proficiency in C#/.NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+), including:
  • ASP.NET Core Web API with Controllers
  • async/await and Task-based async
  • LINQ/lambda, Dependency Injection, Options pattern, Entity Framework Core
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, including:
  • async patterns (Promises, async/await)
  • npm/pnpm package management
  • module systems (CommonJS, ES modules)
  • scripting with Bash or PowerShell for deployment automation
• Container build/deploy workflows including:
  • Dockerfile optimization and multi-stage builds
  • Azure Container Registry integration
• Ability to mentor engineers on cloud-native development patterns, distributed systems, and Azure architecture