We are a dynamic and rapidly expanding enterprise technology organization operating in a product-led environment where software quality, engineering velocity, technical architecture, team leadership, platform reliability, and customer-focused delivery directly influence business performance. Our organization supports enterprise customers, product teams, engineering groups, data teams, security partners, infrastructure teams, customer success teams, and executive stakeholders who depend on scalable software systems to deliver measurable value.
As companies continue to build AI-enabled products, cloud-native platforms, digital workflows, and enterprise software solutions, software engineering leadership has become one of the most important drivers of innovation and operational maturity. Organizations need engineering managers who can do more than assign tickets or oversee sprint ceremonies. They need leaders who can coach engineers, guide technical execution, improve delivery discipline, strengthen code quality, remove blockers, partner with product teams, support architecture decisions, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
Our company is investing heavily in cloud platforms, AI-enabled product development, scalable web applications, API services, platform modernization, engineering productivity, DevOps maturity, quality automation, observability, data-driven product experiences, and secure software delivery. We are seeking a highly capable Software Engineering Manager who can lead engineering teams responsible for building reliable, scalable, secure, and customer-centered software products.
This is not a traditional management role focused only on status reporting or resource tracking. The Software Engineering Manager will serve as a hands-on technical leader and people manager responsible for guiding engineers, improving delivery processes, supporting technical decisions, aligning engineering work with product priorities, and helping the organization build software that performs at enterprise scale.
The selected candidate will work closely with Product Management, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, QA, Data Engineering, Security, UX Design, Customer Success, IT, Operations, and executive leadership to ensure engineering teams deliver high-quality solutions that support customer needs and business goals.
This is a strong opportunity for an experienced engineering leader who wants to manage high-performing software teams, shape technical execution, improve engineering culture, and contribute to a remote-first organization where software engineering is treated as a strategic driver of growth, customer trust, and innovation.
As Software Engineering Manager, you will lead software engineers through product development, technical planning, architecture discussions, delivery execution, quality improvement, team development, and cross-functional collaboration.
You will be responsible for managing engineering priorities, coaching team members, improving software delivery, supporting technical decision-making, maintaining strong engineering standards, and ensuring work aligns with business and product goals.
You will serve as a trusted technical and people leader while maintaining accountability for team performance, delivery quality, software reliability, engineering culture, documentation, and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate combines software engineering depth, people leadership, product partnership, delivery discipline, technical judgment, communication strength, and a practical approach to building scalable enterprise software.
Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers across frontend, backend, full stack, platform, API, or application development areas.
Partner with Product Management and Design teams to define technical requirements, clarify scope, plan releases, and align engineering execution with customer and business priorities.
Guide engineering teams through sprint planning, roadmap execution, technical tradeoff discussions, backlog refinement, estimation, delivery tracking, and release readiness.
Support architecture and design decisions for scalable software systems, APIs, cloud services, data flows, integrations, user experiences, and platform capabilities.
Review technical plans, pull requests, system designs, engineering proposals, and implementation approaches to ensure quality, maintainability, security, and scalability.
Improve engineering delivery by identifying bottlenecks, unclear requirements, technical debt, workflow gaps, testing issues, documentation gaps, and opportunities for better execution.
Partner with DevOps and Platform teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment reliability, infrastructure readiness, monitoring, observability, rollback procedures, and production support.
Partner with QA and Automation teams to improve testing strategy, regression coverage, defect prevention, release quality, and production confidence.
Support incident response and production issue resolution by coordinating engineering analysis, root cause reviews, corrective actions, and durable prevention plans.
Manage performance, career development, feedback, hiring support, onboarding, goal setting, one-on-one meetings, team rituals, and engineering growth plans.
Promote strong engineering practices, including code quality, documentation, secure development, peer review, test automation, observability, and operational ownership.
Partner with Security teams to support secure coding practices, vulnerability remediation, access control standards, compliance requirements, and risk reduction.
Collaborate with Customer Success and Support teams to understand customer issues, prioritize technical fixes, improve product reliability, and strengthen customer trust.
Create and maintain engineering documentation, technical roadmaps, team processes, delivery reports, operational runbooks, decision records, and leadership updates.
8+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, full stack development, backend engineering, frontend engineering, platform engineering, or product engineering.
3+ years of experience leading or managing software engineering teams in a product, SaaS, cloud platform, or enterprise technology environment preferred.
Experience working within enterprise SaaS, AI-enabled technology, cloud platforms, fintech, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, ecommerce, digital products, or large-scale technology environments preferred.
Strong technical background in modern software development using languages and frameworks such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, Go, C#, React, Node.js, Angular, Vue, Spring Boot, .NET, Django, FastAPI, or similar technologies.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including application hosting, managed services, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, and deployment environments.
Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, microservices, distributed systems, databases, event-driven systems, security practices, and scalable application design.
Experience with engineering delivery practices, Agile development, sprint planning, CI/CD, release management, code review, test automation, incident response, and production support.
Familiarity with databases and data platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar technologies.
Experience with DevOps and engineering tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, New Relic, or similar platforms preferred.
Strong people leadership skills with experience coaching engineers, managing performance, supporting career growth, improving team health, and building accountable engineering teams.
Ability to work with Product, Design, Platform, DevOps, QA, Data Engineering, Security, IT, Customer Success, Operations, and executive leadership teams.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
Engineering leadership training, cloud certification, Agile certification, security training, or equivalent practical experience preferred.
Competitive compensation package.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision healthcare coverage.
Flexible remote-first work environment.
Performance bonus eligibility.
Engineering delivery and software quality incentive opportunities.
Team performance and product impact incentive opportunities.
Long-term incentive opportunities where applicable.
Retirement savings plan with company contribution.
Professional development and continuing education reimbursement.
Software engineering leadership, cloud architecture, AI-enabled product development, secure coding, Agile delivery, engineering management, and technical leadership training resources.
Wellness and mental health support programs.
Paid time off and company holidays.
Opportunity to support enterprise-level product development, platform modernization, engineering culture, scalable software architecture, and digital transformation initiatives.
Access to modern development tools, cloud platforms, CI/CD systems, observability tools, collaboration platforms, testing frameworks, and AI-enabled engineering productivity resources.
Experienced engineering leader with strong ownership of team performance, software quality, technical execution, and product delivery.
Strong people manager with the ability to coach engineers, provide feedback, support career development, resolve blockers, and build trust.
Technically credible leader with the ability to guide architecture discussions, review technical decisions, evaluate tradeoffs, and support scalable software design.
Product-minded and customer-aware, with the ability to connect engineering work to user needs, customer value, business goals, and measurable outcomes.
Delivery-focused and organized, with the ability to manage priorities, clarify scope, improve planning, and keep teams aligned around commitments.
Quality-minded and disciplined, with strong expectations around code quality, test coverage, documentation, security, reliability, and maintainability.
Collaborative and able to work effectively with product managers, designers, engineers, DevOps partners, QA teams, security teams, data teams, and leadership.
Calm and effective under pressure, especially during production incidents, release challenges, executive escalations, roadmap changes, or urgent customer issues.
Clear communicator who can explain technical risks, delivery progress, architectural decisions, team needs, and engineering tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
High integrity and discretion when handling source code, customer data, security-sensitive information, product plans, performance discussions, compensation details, and confidential company materials.
Support engineering leadership with team management, technical execution, delivery planning, product alignment, and engineering process improvement.
Help improve product delivery by strengthening sprint planning, technical scoping, release readiness, quality practices, and cross-functional communication.
Support platform scalability by guiding architecture decisions, reducing technical debt, improving code maintainability, and supporting modern engineering practices.
Align engineering priorities with product roadmaps, customer needs, security standards, compliance requirements, operational expectations, and business goals.
Strengthen engineering culture by improving feedback routines, mentoring practices, team accountability, documentation standards, and continuous learning.
Partner with Product and Design teams to ensure technical work supports customer outcomes, usability, adoption, and long-term product value.
Partner with DevOps and Platform teams to improve deployment automation, observability, infrastructure readiness, incident response, and operational reliability.
Partner with Security teams to strengthen secure development practices, vulnerability remediation, access controls, compliance support, and risk management.
Support hiring and team growth by participating in interviews, onboarding engineers, identifying skill gaps, and building strong engineering capabilities.
Help turn software engineering into a strategic capability that improves innovation speed, customer trust, system reliability, and long-term enterprise value.
Remote-first software engineering management role.
Periodic travel may be required for engineering offsites, product planning sessions, architecture workshops, leadership meetings, company gatherings, customer events, or strategic technology reviews.
High-visibility technical leadership role supporting product development, software delivery, engineering culture, platform reliability, and digital transformation.
Fast-paced environment focused on innovation, quality, scalability, security, collaboration, delivery discipline, and customer impact.
Regular collaboration with Product Management, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, QA, Data Engineering, Security, UX Design, Customer Success, IT, Operations, and executive leadership.
Opportunity to influence engineering culture, software architecture, team performance, product quality, release maturity, developer productivity, and customer outcomes.
Requires flexibility during product launches, release windows, incident response, urgent customer issues, roadmap changes, security reviews, and executive reporting cycles.
Role requires handling confidential source code, system architecture details, customer data, security-sensitive information, product strategy, employee performance information, and internal business materials with discretion.
Software Engineering Management.
Engineering Leadership.
Product Engineering.
Application Development Leadership.
Cloud Software Delivery.
Technical Planning.
Architecture Support.
Agile Delivery Management.
Code Quality Leadership.
Team Development.
Release Readiness.
Production Support Leadership.
Developer Productivity.
Remote Engineering Management.
Enterprise Software Development.
Compensation Package: $250,000 – $380,000
Base Salary: $250,000 – $380,000.
Annual Performance Bonus.
Software Delivery Incentives.
Engineering Quality and Team Performance Incentives.
Product Impact and Platform Reliability Incentives.
Long-Term Incentive Eligibility where applicable.
Additional benefits may include:
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
• Retirement savings plan with company contribution.
• Wellness and mental health programs.
• Professional education assistance.
• Flexible remote work environment.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• Software engineering leadership, cloud architecture, secure development, Agile delivery, AI-enabled product development, and engineering management training.
• Access to modern development environments, cloud platforms, CI/CD tools, observability systems, collaboration platforms, testing frameworks, and AI-enabled engineering productivity resources.
We are committed to fostering a workplace where innovation, diversity, and inclusion drive meaningful business outcomes. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Lead a high-impact software engineering team building scalable products that support enterprise customers and long-term business growth.
Work in a remote-first organization using modern cloud platforms, development tools, CI/CD systems, and AI-enabled engineering resources.
Partner with product, design, platform, security, data, and leadership teams on meaningful technology and customer outcomes.
Contribute to a company investing heavily in software quality, platform modernization, developer productivity, secure engineering, and digital transformation.
Build a strong engineering leadership platform by turning technical depth, people management, delivery discipline, and product partnership into measurable enterprise value.
Join an organization where software engineering leadership is valued as a strategic driver of innovation, reliability, customer trust, and scalable growth.
At Admiral Talent, our vision is to redefine staffing through genuine partnerships, innovation, and a people-first mindset. Guided by experienced leadership, we’re committed to driving growth, empowering talent, and delivering exceptional results for every client we serve.