Software Engineering Manager

About the role

The Software Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and enabling a team of engineers to deliver high-impact products and platforms. This role blends people leadership with technical oversight, ensuring teams build performant, maintainable, and scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers across backend and frontend domains.
• Be the champion for Value Delivery Pods with close partnership with Business Stakeholders to focus on execution to value delivery.
• Collaborate with product, UX, and architecture to define roadmaps and deliver impactful solutions.
• Provide guidance on technical decisions while enabling team autonomy and growth.
• Oversee engineering delivery, ensuring code quality, security, and performance standards are met.
• Implement engineering processes that drive reliability, velocity, and cross-team collaboration.
• Support career growth through coaching, feedback, and development planning.
• Partner with recruiting to hire and onboard top engineering talent.
• Drive team-level technical strategy and operational excellence.
• Advocate for engineering best practices across the organization.

Qualifications

Required:

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams.
• 5+ years programming experience designing and implementing software solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Strong technical foundation in both backend and frontend development.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with people management.
• Experience managing delivery of complex systems.

Preferred:

• Previous experience scaling teams and platforms in a growing organization.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD, and observability tools.

Schedule

Located on-site in Appleton, WI with a hybrid schedule (on-site Monday - Thursday, Friday optional remote as business needs allow).