Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

About the role

The primary work location for this role is our Powhatan, VA office with a hybrid work model. Envestnet is an adaptive WealthTech company that is redefining the future of wealth management by helping advisors meet the moment with its comprehensive technology, actionable insights, and industry leading support. Backed by over 25 years of experience and approximately $7.0 trillion in platform assets, Envestnet is trusted by over one third of financial advisors across leading banks, wealth managers, brokerages, and RIAs. You’ll join the MoneyGuide Development team, a collaborative group of software engineering professionals responsible for building and supporting innovative technology solutions that power one of the industry's leading financial planning platforms. Partnering closely with product, operations, and business stakeholders across Envestnet, the team develops scalable applications, delivers customized reporting solutions, and drives enhancements that improve both internal operations and client experiences.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and oversight to the Software Development Engineering group.
• Oversees team efforts to build scalable, secure platforms in support of Envestnet business operations, including wealth management, financial data aggregation and advisor-driven technology solutions.
• Works across cloud-based architectures, integrating complex data sources and APIs to deliver reliable, high-performance systems.
• Collaborates with product managers, data scientists and compliance stakeholders to meet both business and regulatory requirements.
• Oversees delivery across multiple teams or a complex product area with interdependencies.
• Aligns priorities across teams, ensuring coordinated execution of shared goals and dependencies.
• Establishes and refines engineering processes (planning, CI/CD, release coordination) across teams.
• Evaluates and improves system-level quality attributes (reliability, scalability, performance).
• Leads resolution of cross-team production incidents and systemic issues.
• Manages resource allocation across teams, balancing competing priorities.
• Develops first-line managers and senior engineers into effective technical and people leaders.
• Partners with product and compliance stakeholders to ensure alignment on regulatory and business requirements.
• Identifies operational risks across team boundaries and implement mitigation plans.
• Owns the development of a new internal software application used to support and manage the MoneyGuide application and business-related efforts.
• Establish and manage a small team of developers.
• Work with groups across MoneyGuide and the greater Envestnet organization to identify, design and implement functionality.
• Coordinate with clients to provide data extractions and customized reporting.
• Build subject and domain matter expertise as developer insights about the product and its features are key to our success.

Requirements

• Expert level knowledge of coding in C