Senior Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage four engineering teams along with two principal engineers in the Payroll sector

• Collaborate continuously with engineering teams and leadership to support and shape team strategy

• Guide teams in navigating intricate Payroll systems and concepts

• Take ownership of product health, engineering quality, scalability, and ongoing improvements across multiple products

• Simplify project, service, and process complexities for both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Collaborate with teams to modernize outdated applications

• Align cross-functional development priorities with organizational leaders

• Present project timelines, system architectures, engineering practices, and quality strategies

• Identify risks and recommend solutions to mitigate them

• Provide realistic estimates and manage stakeholder expectations

• Set up communication and decision-making routines and frameworks

• Convey broader organizational initiatives to the teams

• Negotiate delivery trade-offs with Product partners, including considerations for technical debt and maintenance tasks

• Mentor and cultivate the growth of engineering managers and individual contributors

• Recruit globally distributed talent and conduct managerial interviews

• Create an environment of psychological safety and hold regular one-on-one and skip-level meetings

• Deliver clear performance feedback

• Encourage technical decision-making and finalize decisions when necessary

• Lead operational incidents, perform root cause analyses, and implement postmortem improvements

• Establish growth opportunities and acknowledge high performance

• Hold leaders and teams accountable for secure, reusable, scalable, and high-quality software

• Build and nurture relationships with Product counterparts

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience

• Over 8 years of experience in software engineering

• More than 4 years in a management role overseeing several teams

• Proficient in observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog and PagerDuty

• Proven experience leading and scaling high-performing engineering teams within a SaaS or enterprise software environment

• Demonstrated success in strategy development with positive outcomes

• Collaborative project planning that includes risk/reward trade-offs, assumptions, and confidence levels

• Exceptional communication skills combined with a friendly and collaborative demeanor

• Proven history of direct and indirect influence through data-driven methods

• Basic understanding of enterprise financial planning and management tools

• Familiarity with cloud technologies, preferably AWS

• Understanding of SOA and microservices architectural patterns and their trade-offs

• Extensive experience in designing and developing large-scale .NET/SQL platforms

• Experience with asynchronous processing, modern APIs, and React-based ecosystems

• Strong passion for the role and accountability for team deliverables

• Ability to work effectively within an agile team setting

• Practical and innovative problem-solving skills

• Capacity to sit for prolonged periods, typically 7–8 hours daily

• Capability to operate computer and phone systems, type, and utilize multiple software programs simultaneously

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance

• 401(k) matching

• Employee perks supporting families and financial well-being

• Opportunities for career development

• Eligibility for annual bonuses

• Restricted stock unit grants based on individual performance

• Full range of benefits