Software Engineer Manager

Job Summary

ECHO Incorporated is seeking a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for enterprise integrations, API services, platform engineering, and full-stack application development.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Engineering Leadership & Team Development
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers across integration, API, platform, and full-stack development disciplines.
• Establish team priorities, goals, and delivery commitments aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
• Conduct performance reviews, career development planning, succession planning, and talent acquisition activities.
• Remove organizational and technical barriers that impact team productivity and delivery.
• Technical Leadership & Architecture
• Define and drive architectural vision, standards, and best practices for enterprise applications, integrations, APIs, and platform services.
• Guide engineering teams in designing scalable, secure, maintainable, and high-performing solutions.
• Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making across multiple projects and platforms.
• Ensure adherence to software engineering principles, coding standards, security requirements, and operational best practices.
• Partner with enterprise architects and technology leaders to align solutions with the organization's long-term technology strategy.
• Delivery & Execution
• Oversee the planning, prioritization, and successful execution of engineering initiatives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technology teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Balance strategic initiatives, technical debt reduction, platform modernization, and operational support activities.
• Ensure projects are delivered with high quality, reliability, and predictable outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement in development processes, Agile practices, and team effectiveness.
• Hands-On Engineering
• Participate in technical design, solution reviews, code reviews, and troubleshooting of complex issues.
• Provide guidance on full-stack application development, API design, integration patterns, and cloud-native architectures.
• Support critical production incidents and root-cause analysis efforts.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to platforms, tools, and development practices.
• Platform, Integration & API Management
• Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise integrations, middleware services, APIs, and platform capabilities.
• Drive API lifecycle management, governance, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Promote reusable services, standardized integration patterns, and platform capabilities that accelerate development across teams.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Security, and DevOps teams to improve scalability, reliability, observability, and automation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with enterprise applications, APIs, and integrations, including full-stack application development.
• 4+ years of experience leading and managing software engineering teams.
• Strong experience with modern software architecture, system design, integration patterns, and API development.
• Experience building and supporting full-stack applications using modern frontend and backend technologies.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud (Preferably Azure).
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence technical decisions, and deliver complex technology initiatives.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with integration platforms such as Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure Integration Services, Kafka, or similar technologies.
• Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and platform engineering.
• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, or enterprise business environments.

Benefits

• 11 paid holidays
• Extremely affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Yearly bonus potential
• 5% 401K match
• Tuition reimbursement