Software Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Set overall software architecture and long-term technical roadmap
• Lead multiple engineering teams and senior technical leads
• Make high-impact decisions on system design, scalability, security, and performance
• Own delivery of mission-critical platforms with strong accountability for outcomes
• Partner with product, operations, and leadership on strategic planning and prioritization
• Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices across teams
• Identify and mitigate technical and execution risks at the organizational level
• Own engineering resource planning, budgeting, and hiring strategy
• Drive cross-team alignment and resolve complex, company-wide architectural trade-offs
• Act as the final technical escalation point for critical incidents and high-risk decisions
• Define and track engineering performance, reliability, and quality metrics
• Mentor senior engineers and managers, building long-term leadership depth

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including senior leadership roles
• Deep expertise in system architecture, distributed systems, and modern software stacks
• Experience leading senior engineers, tech leads, and/or engineering managers
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate strategy into execution
• Excellent stakeholder influence and executive-level communication skills
• Strong decision-making ability under ambiguity, risk, and time pressure
• Experience setting technical direction across multiple teams or products

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience owning platforms with high availability, scale, or regulatory requirements
• Background in fast-scaling tech companies or mission-critical industries
• Prior responsibility for hiring strategy, org design, and technical succession planning
• Experience managing engineering budgets, vendor relationships, or external partners
• Exposure to cloud-native, data-intensive, or security-sensitive systems
• Prior role as Head of Engineering, Principal Engineer, or equivalent senior position