Codal is searching for a
hands-on Senior Engineering Manager to perform various architectural tasks and provide technical leadership. You'll lead a squad of engineers through the complexities of modern backend development, and ensure that our frontend experiences are supported by high- performance APIs, secure data modeling, and optimized cloud infrastructure. Your "superpower" should be building robust, scalable server-side environments that power high-traffic enterprise applications.
To ensure success, you should have
extensive experience with designing architectures and web applications, ensuring the team delivers robust, scalable and secure solutions.This role involves
hands-on coding along with a team of 4-5 engineers, maintaining high quality and standards across the full stack to deliver high-performance technologies.
Who You'll Be Working With:You'll work as an Engineering Manager alongside client stakeholders, project managers, designers and engineering teams to guide projects from early discovery through delivery. You'll be a key technical point of contact, helping clients and internal teams align on approach and execution while ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and well-built.
What you bring:- Deep expertise in technologies including Node.js, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and modern frontend & CMS frameworks
- Technical design architecture for implementing complex web applications and scalable backend systems.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Expertise in software architecture, database systems (BigQuery/SQL/NoSQL), and cloud-native applications.
- Demonstrated ability in delivery, scalability, and solving complex technical challenges.
- High standards of code quality, performance, and security across all project deliverables.
- Code reviews to find slow code and vulnerabilities
Mentorship: technical guidance to team members to ensure best practices. - Strong communication, leadership, and Agile methodology skills.
What is required- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 6+ years of relevant experience in hands-on full-stack development and technical leadership, delivering enterprise level projects
- 3+ years of engineering lead experience, managing a team of 3-5
Need another reason to hit the "apply" button? - Codal is a global agency with over 200 employees, and offices in the US, Canada, the UK, and India
- We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work
- Office snacks and drinks + a fancy Bevi water machine with flavored water
- We offer Medical, Life, Dental/Vision, and many more insurance types
- Employer 401k match - 4%
- A recreational group that regularly competes in city leagues for softball and volleyball
- An office in the heart of downtown Chicago with a gym, food court, Walgreens, rooftop bar, outdoor sports court, and other amenities
- Working hybrid for in-person collaboration and sprint-planning days
We continually review ranges to address skills, experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a number of factors that include but aren't limited to, a candidate's experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position
Pay range
$190,000-$210,000 USD
Note: Codal only communicates with candidates through official @codal.com email addresses. We never request payment during the hiring process. Please be vigilant regarding recruitment scams.
