Engineering Manager: Agile Delivery Leader

Forvis-Mazars; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars, LLP in Missouri is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple product teams and drive engineering excellence. You will coach engineers, promote Agile practices, oversee delivery, and ensure SSDLC, security, and DevOps standards are met.

Responsibilities include planning, estimation, risk identification, and collaboration with Product Managers and leads to align priorities. Strong communication and mentoring skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading Agile software development teams.
• Experience developing and supporting enterprise web applications.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, software engineering best practices, and modern development methodologies.
• Experience with Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), DevOps, CI/CD, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience working with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server.
• Understanding of cloud-based application development and deployment.
• Experience with source control systems and modern software delivery processesStrong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop software engineers and technical leads through coaching, performance management, and career development planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Provide oversight for software delivery across one or more product teams while promoting Agile best practices.
• Participate in project planning, estimation, risk identification, and delivery planning activities.
• Monitor team performance and delivery metrics through Jira and other Agile reporting tools.
• Ensure teams deliver software predictably, efficiently, and with high quality.
• Promote sustainable team velocity and timely completion of development initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to SSDLC, DevOps, CI/CD, testing, code review, and security standards.
• Oversee remediation of technical, operational, and security risks impacting software products.
• Participate in architecture and technical design discussions to support scalable, maintainable, reliable, and secure solutions.
• Drive identification and prioritization of technical debt reduction initiatives.
• Champion operational excellence through monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability practices.
• Support production issue management, incident response, and continuous improvement of system reliability.
• Partner with Product Managers, Technical Product Owners, Lead Developers, and Project Managers to align priorities and delivery expectations.
• Communicate critical risks, dependencies, and resource needs to technology leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Software development

OO design principles

SSDLC

DevOps

CI/CD

SQL Server

Cloud development

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

10+ years of professional software development experience

Tools

Jira

Azure

Job description

Forvis Mazars, LLP in Missouri is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple product teams and drive engineering excellence. You will coach engineers, promote Agile practices, oversee delivery, and ensure SSDLC, security, and DevOps standards are met.

Responsibilities include planning, estimation, risk identification, and collaboration with Product Managers and leads to align priorities. Strong communication and mentoring skills are essential.