Department:WDTech - R&D
The Impact You Will Have As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-functional software engineering team responsible for designing, building, and delivering scalable applications and platform capabilities. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and hands-on collaboration to support the delivery of high-quality software solutions aligned with product and business priorities.
Working closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, you will help guide technical strategy, support team development, and drive execution across the software development lifecycle.
Primary Responsibilities - Lead and develop a cross-functional team of Frontend, Backend/API, and Quality Assurance engineers.
- Partner with Product Managers to translate product requirements into technical solutions, delivery plans, and engineering priorities.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including planning, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing iteration.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across backend services, APIs, and application development.
- Support the design, development, and maintenance of backend systems and data workflows using technologies such as Python, Airflow, PostgreSQL, and Kafka.
- Collaborate with Product, Data Engineering, and Data Science teams to support data-driven application experiences.
- Promote engineering best practices related to code quality, testing, monitoring, scalability, and technical documentation.
- Manage technical debt, support continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to long-term platform stability and scalability.
- Partner with other Engineering Managers on cross-team engineering initiatives and shared platform standards.
- Mentor and support engineers through coaching, feedback, and career development.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Education and Experience - Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience.
- Experience developing APIs and distributed applications using modern backend technologies and service-oriented architectures.
- Strong experience with Python and modern backend development frameworks.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), event-driven architectures, and scalable web applications.
- Experience leading Agile software development teams and collaborating cross-functionally with Product and Data teams.
- Experience with mapping and geospatial technologies such as Mapbox preferred.
- Real estate, financial services, or related industry experience preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Strong understanding of modern software engineering principles, application architecture, and web development fundamentals.
- Deep understanding of software testing practices across unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Strong technical problem-solving and system design skills.
- Ability to balance hands-on technical contributions with team leadership responsibilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled development tools to support engineering workflows, documentation, and testing preferred.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes
- Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders
This position has an estimated base salary of 170k-190k plus a discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant's relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
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What We Offer - The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine's Great Places to Work winners
- Comprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include:
- Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions
- Competitive dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) + match
- Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits
- A robust health and wellness program - earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that
promote health, engagement, and balance
- Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs
- Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance
- Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending - Career development opportunities
- Empowerment and encouragement to give back - volunteer hours and donation matching
*Eligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked
