Senior Tech Manager: Lead Microservices & Agile Delivery

Sapsf; Sweden; On-site; SEK 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapsf is seeking a Senior Technical Manager to lead engineering across microservices and event-driven architectures. You will own technical design, drive DevOps pipelines, and coordinate release activities with clients to ensure successful Go/No-Go decisions.

You will manage multi-squad leadership, balance capacity, and track delivery metrics while embedding Agile practices and SAFe/LeSS experience is a plus. This role requires strong stakeholder communication and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams of 10+ engineers.
• Deep expertise in microservices architecture and event-driven systems (Kafka/Solace AWS MSK).
• Hands-on cloud experience on GCP and/or Ali Cloud.
• Strong foundation in Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot for backend systems.
• Proven track record delivering CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in production.
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Database proficiency in PostgreSQL/MySQL; familiarity with Redis/ElastiCache.
• Familiarity with API design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) and integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define and enforce Dev & QE best practices across squads.
• Own Tech Design and Implementation approach.
• Operate DevOps pipelines and practices.
• Accountable for Sprint Execution and capacity planning.
• Facilitate and unblock work across Engineering Leads.
• Coordinate Release management with the client.
• Drive Go/No-Go decisions with client stakeholders.
• Own Production Cutover strategy and facilitation.
• Champion Agile Ways of Working across teams.
• Manage sprint estimations, velocity, and capacity.
• Track standard Agile/Scrum metrics and KPIs.
• Lead governance and financials for delivery.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Microservices

Event-driven

Java/Kotlin

Spring Boot

CI/CD

DevOps

Docker/Kubernetes

Databases

API design

Tools

Apache Kafka

Solace

AWS MSK

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Redis

Job description

Sapsf is seeking a Senior Technical Manager to lead engineering across microservices and event-driven architectures. You will own technical design, drive DevOps pipelines, and coordinate release activities with clients to ensure successful Go/No-Go decisions.

You will manage multi-squad leadership, balance capacity, and track delivery metrics while embedding Agile practices and SAFe/LeSS experience is a plus. This role requires strong stakeholder communication and strategic thinking.