Software Engineering Manager

About the Role

Job Title: Software Engineering Manager
Job Type: Perm/Direct-Hire
Location: Remote
Salary: $170,000-$210,000 Base + Benefits
Start: ASAP

We’re partnering with a growing mid-sized insurance organization seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the delivery of modern digital solutions while developing and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technology leader who enjoys balancing people leadership, technical strategy, architecture oversight, and software delivery. The organization is investing in modern platforms, cloud technologies, engineering excellence, and innovation, making this a highly visible role with significant impact across the business.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers responsible for delivering scalable business-critical applications.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, product leaders, architects, and technology teams to deliver strategic initiatives.
• Guide technical direction and architectural decisions to ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable.
• Lead the planning, estimation, execution, and successful delivery of complex software initiatives.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including automation, quality engineering, observability, and continuous delivery.
• Evaluate new technologies, platforms, and tools that can improve operational efficiency and business outcomes.
• Manage team capacity, resource planning, prioritization, and delivery commitments.
• Provide transparency into project progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes through effective stakeholder communication.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives.
• Identify and address technical challenges while balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term sustainability.
• Support employee growth through coaching, performance management, career development, and ongoing mentorship.
• Promote Agile delivery principles and help drive continuous process improvement across the organization.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise software solutions.
• 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams in an Agile environment.
• Proven success managing technical teams while delivering large-scale business and technology initiatives.
• Strong experience designing and supporting distributed, cloud-based applications and services.
• Deep understanding of modern software architecture, application development, and software delivery practices.
• Experience leading technical discussions and influencing architectural decisions across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of application integration, API design, event-driven systems, and modern development patterns.
• Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering talent.
• Experience managing priorities, project risks, dependencies, and competing business demands.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Exposure to highly regulated or complex enterprise environments is beneficial.

Preferred Technical Experience

• Experience building and supporting solutions within modern cloud environments.
• Background in enterprise application development using contemporary programming languages and frameworks.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, APIs, messaging technologies, and integration platforms.
• Experience with containerization, orchestration, and automated deployment practices.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, automation frameworks, and modern operational practices.
• Experience implementing security, compliance, quality, and governance standards throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Familiarity with modern monitoring, logging, and observability practices.
• Experience working with both relational and non-relational database technologies.
• Exposure to modern web and user-facing application technologies.
• Knowledge of Agile planning, delivery management, and software lifecycle tools.
• Interest or experience in emerging technologies, automation, artificial intelligence, or advanced analytics is a plus.

Why This Opportunity?

• Lead a highly visible engineering team delivering strategic technology initiatives.
• Influence architecture, development standards, and long-term technology direction.
• Opportunity to combine people leadership with meaningful technical impact.
• Join a collaborative environment that values innovation, continuous learning, and employee development.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Remote-first work environment with opportunities for collaboration and career growth.

Compensation: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $170,000-$210,000. Actual compensation will depend on factors including experience, skills, scope of responsibilities, geographic location, and internal equity considerations.