Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Role overview

People and culture leadership

• Lead engineering members across multiple squads and align work with organizational goals.
• Establish career development frameworks and create growth opportunities for high-potential team members.
• Champion engineering culture, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and partner with People & Culture on systemic issues.
• Communicate technical vision and provide steady leadership through transitions and ambiguity.

Technical strategy and delivery

• Manage the technology portfolio and align systems direction and roadmaps with business missions.
• Define high-level architecture and design patterns; lead significant technical investments and vendor selection.
• Partner with Directors on cross-team technical choices and architectural decisions.
• Represent Engineering in the Product, Design, and Engineering trio to align technical feasibility and user experience.
• Lead initiatives from bootstrap and prototyping through production launch and ongoing maintenance.
• Oversee customer-facing applications for availability, performance, and scalability; improve department processes and governance.

Stakeholder communication

• Articulate technology’s business value and build stakeholder support.
• Represent the department at internal or external industry events, including through public speaking or engineering publications.

Education and experience

• Minimum 8+ years of web-based technology experience, including 3+ years in people management.
• Degree, diploma, or equivalent directly related work experience in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Digital financial services experience is highly preferred; enterprise-grade solutioning experience is highly desirable.

Technical proficiency

• Extensive cloud-native microservices experience, specifically with Google Kubernetes Engine and other Google Cloud Platform components.
• Knowledge of Angular and React Native, with expertise overseeing micro-frontend architecture.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB, Redis Cache, SQL Server, Google Pub/Sub, and Kafka.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and GitLab, Jira, and Confluence.
• Strong application performance tuning and optimization skills.

Leadership and engineering capabilities

• Ability to manage stakeholder relationships, analyze expectations, and work independently across the organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to coach teams through change and ambiguity.
• Expertise across the SDLC, including design, configuration, integration, testing, quality assurance, and post-production support.
• Strong risk mitigation and ability to ensure system scalability and maintainability.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, including translating technical concepts for business audiences.

Workplace

• The employer describes its workplace as hybrid, with at least three days in the office.

Compensation

• Base salary range is $160,000–$190,000; no pay cadence is specified.
• Full-time permanent roles include a comprehensive benefits plan and competitive incentive program.