Manager, Software Engineering

· Lead one or more Agile development squads within the Software Engineering group, delivering scalable and high-quality platform capabilities and client solutions.

· Partner closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects and the teams to translate business requirements into well-designed technical solutions.

· Drive end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring predictable execution, high quality, and alignment with product and client implementation goals.

· Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback, helping them grow their skills and careers.

· Contribute to the design and development of modern distributed systems and microservices architectures.

· Champion strong engineering practices, including code quality, automated testing, documentation, and operational readiness.

· Work with QA and SDET teams to improve test automation coverage and quality engineering practices across Agile squads.

· Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.

· Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment that drives team momentum, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

What you need to be successful

· 8–10 years of software development experience, with 2+ years of engineering leadership or team management.

· Proven experience leading Agile development teams delivering production-grade software systems.

· Hands-on expertise in modern backend and frontend technologies (e.g., Java, Spring, Angular) and testing methodologies.

· Strong understanding of modern Java architecture including event-driven design, Kafka, pub/sub messaging patterns, and scalable microservices.

· Familiarity with event-driven design and messaging platforms such as Kafka or similar pub/sub systems.

· Experience running production workloads in cloud-based, containerized environments using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

· Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.

· Knowledge of test automation strategy and frameworks, including test coverage analysis, parallel test execution, and integration into CI pipelines.

· Experience with testing tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI, or similar frameworks and test-first development approaches, preferably BDD.