Software Development Manager

Essential Functions

• Lead and mentor software development teams in the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of applications, APIs, and backend services supporting critical business processes.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to engineers building high-performance, scalable, and secure services.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, coding best practices, and architectural patterns, including modular design, concurrency, error handling, testing, and documentation.
• Drive adoption of clean code principles, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and observability across systems.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Application Architects, Business Analysts, Security, and QA teams to plan, design, build, test, and deploy applications and microservices.
• Oversee cross-project resource planning and capacity management for engineering teams to ensure successful delivery timelines.
• Assist in the creation of user stories, technical estimates, sprint plans, and delivery roadmaps for development initiatives.
• Participate in and lead peer reviews of solution architecture, code, and integration designs to ensure quality, maintainability, and scalability.
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve complex system, performance, and reliability issues within platforms.
• Ensure solutions follow secure coding standards, regulatory requirements, and internal SDLC practices while delivering on time and within budget.
• Support production environments as needed, including after-hours support for releases, system testing, upgrades, and incident resolution related to services.
• Evaluate and recommend improvements to development tooling, frameworks, deployment pipelines, and SDLC processes supporting engineering productivity.
• Encourage continuous learning by promoting training, certifications, and skill development in Golang, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and DevOps practices.
• Hire, onboard, coach, and develop high-performing engineers and technical leads.
• Manage employee performance, career development, coaching, and corrective actions in alignment with company standards.
• Foster strong partnerships with technology vendors, IT Security, PMO, Legal, and Infrastructure teams to support enterprise solutions.

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or technical discipline, or commensurate work experience required.
• 6 years of experience in Software Development with progressively elevated roles required.
• 3 years of management experience in a Technical field required.
• Financial industry experience preferred.
• Experience with one or multiple programming languages (Go/Golang) is preferred.
• Experience with Redis, Docker, and React is a plus.
• Able to lead in an environment of onshore and offshore resources.
• Experience developing in the Azure environment.
• Experience with relational database design and SQL Server and/or Postgres development.
• Experience with source control management systems and CI/CD.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.
• Attention to detail and accuracy required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Proficient in the utilization of Microsoft Office Suite.