Software Engineer Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead and cultivate a distributed team of over 8 engineers specializing in Identity Management, Payments & Billing, and Internal Admin Platforms, encompassing both junior and senior talent.

• Drive engineering execution by overseeing sprint planning, setting technical priorities, and managing delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.

• Engage extensively with the PHP monolith, including code reviews, making architectural decisions, and steering incremental modernization efforts without disrupting production systems.

• Foster and sustain a high-performance team culture through regular 1:1 meetings, career development initiatives, and structured feedback mechanisms.

• Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to ensure alignment on roadmap priorities and technical strategies.

• Create team processes that effectively balance velocity, quality, and operational stability at scale.

• Take ownership of hiring and headcount planning for your teams, which includes defining roles and assessing candidates.

• Conduct technical risk assessments and guide teams through intricate system changes, including IAM/SCIM integrations, billing infrastructure, and account lifecycle management.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of hands-on PHP development experience, with proficiency in large-scale monolithic applications.

• At least 3 years of engineering management experience, demonstrating a history of developing engineers and successfully delivering complex projects.

• Strong knowledge of MySQL, including query optimization and data modeling at scale.

• Experience with identity, authentication, or billing systems such as IAM, OAuth, SSO, or subscription/payment platforms is highly advantageous.

• Proven ability to lead technical teams through architectural evolution while maintaining reliability.

• Comfortable working in a high-ownership, low-process engineering culture where context is prioritized over ceremony.

• Exceptional communication skills, capable of translating technical complexities to stakeholders and conveying business priorities to engineers.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental, and vision plans.

• 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting.

• Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year.

• 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan.

• Commitment is valued at Vultr! Increased PTO at the 3-year and 10-year anniversaries, plus a 1-month paid sabbatical every 5 years, along with an Anniversary Bonus each year.

• $500 stipend for remote office setup in the first year, followed by $400 each subsequent year.

• Internet reimbursement of up to $75 per month.

• Gym membership reimbursement of up to $50 per month.

• Company-paid Wellable subscription.