Engineering Manager: Cloud-Native & Secure Solutions

Stellarus; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellarus is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering secure, scalable technology solutions across cloud-native platforms. You will oversee planning through release, staffing and performance management, and partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and business stakeholders to align on strategic goals.

The role requires strong people leadership, deep technical depth, and a commitment to modern engineering practices, risk management, and continual improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant experience.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, full stack development, platform engineering, technical delivery, infrastructure engineering, or related technology disciplines.
• 2+ years of management, team leadership, supervisor, project/program management, or equivalent people leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery models, backlog management, technical scope management, risk management, prioritization, coaching, and delegation.
• Technical fluency across modern engineering practices such as cloud-native development, APIs, CI/CD, version control, secure development, system integrations, data models, and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with modern front-end frameworks, backend services, APIs, SQL and/or NoSQL databases, RESTful integrations, cloud platforms, containerization, Infrastructure as Code, and AI-assisted coding tools preferred.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Product, Design, QA, Security, Platform, Architecture, vendor, and business teams.
• Experience operating in regulated, healthcare, enterprise, or complex technology environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering team responsible for delivering secure, scalable, reliable technology solutions.
• Oversee delivery execution from planning through release, including team capacity, sequencing, delivery status, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder updates.
• Manage staffing, recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and day-to-day team operations to ensure the team has the right talent and capacity to meet delivery needs.
• Guide senior technical talent in resolving complex delivery, architecture, reliability, security, scalability, integration, and operational issues.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Security, Platform, QA, and business stakeholders to scope, prioritize, and deliver work aligned to business and product goals.
• Support engineers in designing and delivering scalable, secure, cloud-ready solutions, while ensuring appropriate technical review, standards alignment, and decision-making discipline.
• Help resolve delivery blockers, technical issues, risks, and dependencies, escalating when needed and coordinating across teams to keep delivery moving.
• Monitor delivery health, quality, reliability, operational performance, and team effectiveness through KPIs, Agile metrics, and continuous improvement practices.
• Promote modern engineering practices, including secure development, CI/CD, cloud-native approaches, automation, testability, maintainability, observability, and effective use of AI-assisted development tools.
• Ensure team solutions are reliable, maintainable, secure, scalable, and aligned to enterprise standards, architectural patterns, and operational expectations.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, engineering pragmatism, continuous learning, and clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Agile delivery

Backlog management

Technical scope

Risk management

Coaching

Delegation

Cloud-native development

APIs

CI/CD

Version control

Secure development

System integrations

Data models

Maintainable code

Front-end frameworks

Backend services

SQL/NoSQL

RESTful integrations

Cloud platforms

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

AI-assisted coding tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

CI/CD

AI-assisted coding tools

Job description

Stellarus is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering secure, scalable technology solutions across cloud-native platforms. You will oversee planning through release, staffing and performance management, and partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and business stakeholders to align on strategic goals.

The role requires strong people leadership, deep technical depth, and a commitment to modern engineering practices, risk management, and continual improvement.