Job DescriptionPosition Summary Our client is seeking a Software Engineering Manager for a direct hire opportunity. The Software Engineering Manager will lead teams of C# and React engineers across US and India, this individual will manage developers responsible for the delivery of world class software for the entire sales workflow from quoting, insurance applications, e-signature to submission, used by the top US Life and Annuities carriers and distributors.? This role will focus relentlessly on delivering high-quality software products, driving AI adoption, raising the bar on engineering practices, agile development, and help migrate the application stack to a modern services-oriented product while maintaining the highest standards for availability and quality.?
Responsibilities: - Manage teams of 7-12 across two PODs, consisting of C# and React engineers in North America responsible for implementing Firelight Platform features.
- Build highly available, fault-tolerant customer-facing applications using service-based architectures and lead the migration from monolithic applications to modern service stacks, including decomposition efforts.
- Review code and provide consistent, high-quality feedback to maintain strong engineering standards.
- Develop, mentor, and coach team members while fostering a positive work environment.
- Lead the practical adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, including responsible use of coding assistants, developer productivity tools, and customer-facing AI-enabled features.
- Lead and manage the technical execution of multiple complex software development projects.
- Drive adherence to existing processes and define new or improved processes within teams.
- Motivate teams to solve problems and deliver high-quality results.
- Manage stakeholder relationships across the business group and broader organization.
- Perform risk and dependency management across the engineering organization.
- Oversee resource planning activities, align work with organizational strategy, and integrate efforts across teams as needed.
- Ensure delivery of software within quality standards by facilitating and maintaining a clear definition of done (DoD) for Agile stories.
- Measure business value delivered by teams, including features committed versus released and user stories completed, and analyze productivity through bug-to-feature ratios.
- Assess delivery efficiency using lead time (idea to deployment) and cycle time (development to deployment) metrics.
- Evaluate backlog health by analyzing backlog size, aging items, and prioritization effectiveness.
- Monitor delivery quality through defect density, code review feedback, and test coverage metrics.
- Assess sprint performance using completion rates, goal achievement, velocity, and improvement actions to close gaps.
- Analyze code metrics, including commit volume, pull request activity, and code complexity.
Qualifications: - 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading diverse, global engineering teams
- Strong technical background building customer-facing, mission-critical web applications using C#, ASP.NET Core, MVC, Entity Framework Core, React, JavaScript and TypeScript, or comparable technologies
- Experience designing scalable, secure, high-performance enterprise solutions using Microsoft technologies, SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, NoSQL platforms, and modern API security practices
- Extensive experience with AI coding assistants (Copilot, Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.) and customer facing applications using Azure Foundry, MCP, or OpenAI APIs
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture and Azure services, including App Services, Azure Functions, AKS, Azure DevOps, CI/CD automation, Service Bus, Event Grid
- Experience applying modern architecture and engineering practices, including SOLID principles, clean architecture, domain-driven design, microservices, code quality, performance optimization, and secure development
- Proven ability to mentor engineers, conduct effective code reviews, foster a high-performance engineering culture, and drive continuous improvement through Agile delivery practices and metrics
- Strong product mindset with the ability to shape requirements, influence roadmap decisions, manage competing priorities, and oversee multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Experience modernizing technology platforms, optimizing existing codebases, improving DevOps-based delivery execution, and supporting SaaS product development
- Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound technical and architectural decisions under pressure
- Experience with large-scale third-party integrations, external software integrations, consulting or client-delivery environments, and vendor or partner relationship management
- Experience in Life Insurance, Annuities, InsurTech, broader FinTech, mobile development, AI/ML capabilities, and tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Git, and Azure Boards is a plus
Job RequirementsHybrid
