Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Role Overview

Senior Manager, Software Engineering (United States)

Leadership role overseeing software development initiatives, engineering excellence, and scalable technology delivery for critical business products and services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage software engineering teams delivering and supporting products across multiple technologies/solution areas
• Plan, guide, and control software development projects of varying scope to meet business goals and technical standards
• Oversee design, development, testing, and implementation of software solutions aligned to requirements
• Partner with Product Management to ensure features and enhancements address customer and business needs
• Evaluate project proposals and technical requirements to estimate effort and resource needs
• Prioritize engineering initiatives and allocate resources to maximize business value
• Manage production support: troubleshoot issues and coordinate timely resolution of customer/system-impacting problems
• Drive improvements in engineering processes, platform reliability, and operational efficiency
• Coach and support engineers’ professional growth (feedback, development planning, career guidance)
• Promote modern engineering practices including automation, cloud delivery, CI/CD, DevOps, and observability
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, UX, Operations, and business stakeholders
• Communicate delivery status, risks, and recommendations to leadership

Requirements

• Experienced engineering leader with strong background in technology delivery and modern software development practices
• Comfortable leading distributed teams, managing complex priorities, and driving transformation
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum 3 years managing software engineering teams (hiring, coaching, performance management, workload planning)
• Proven delivery experience across multiple technologies and platforms
• Strong software development background including Java, web services, system integrations, and relational databases
• Familiarity with full-stack environments such as .NET and C# (preferred)
• Experience modernizing platforms/systems and improving engineering processes
• Strong understanding of API-first, cloud, CI/CD, DevOps, and production reliability