Engineering Manager: AWS Cloud & Modernization Leader

Xcede; New Jersey; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcede in the New York/New Jersey market is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and mentor large engineering teams across distributed workstreams. You will drive engineering excellence, delivery, architecture, and operational performance while partnering with senior client and business stakeholders.

You’ll influence AWS cloud architecture, modernization, microservices, APIs, and DevOps practices, remaining hands-on with technology, delivery, and strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years managing engineering teams.
• Strong AWS expertise across EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB and IAM.
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to design APIs and lead DevOps initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineering teams across multiple distributed workstreams.
• Drive engineering excellence, delivery, architecture, and operational performance.
• Partner with senior client and business stakeholders.
• Influence AWS cloud architecture, modernization, and event-driven systems.
• Remain close to technology, architecture, delivery, and strategic decision-making.

Skills

AWS

Microservices

APIs

DevOps

CI/CD

Terraform / CloudFormation

Serverless

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Distributed systems

Tools

AWS services

Kubernetes

Job description

Xcede in the New York/New Jersey market is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and mentor large engineering teams across distributed workstreams. You will drive engineering excellence, delivery, architecture, and operational performance while partnering with senior client and business stakeholders.

You’ll influence AWS cloud architecture, modernization, microservices, APIs, and DevOps practices, remaining hands-on with technology, delivery, and strategic decisions.