Engineering Manager – Payroll Platforms & AI

Paychex; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 117,345 - 184,400; Full time

Job summary

Paychex seeks an Engineering Manager to lead Code Advanced Payroll development teams, overseeing a scalable cloud payroll platform and AI-powered applications. The role balances enterprise reliability with rapid innovation and involves mentoring engineers, setting technical direction, and delivering HCM features at scale.

The position emphasizes personnel planning, cross‑functional collaboration, and leadership development across IT and business units, with a focus on strategic product and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer related discipline preferred.
• 7 years of experience in related field.
• 4 years of supervisory, management, project leadership, or project management.
• Mentorship - Required
• Planning - Required
• Coaching - Required
• Collaboration - Required
• People Management - Required
• Software Engineering - Required
• Product Management - Preferred
• Computer Science - Preferred
• Software Development - Preferred
• Agile Methodology - Preferred
• Java - Preferred
• Amazon Web Services - Preferred
• Engineering Management - Required
• Python - Preferred

Responsibilities

• Participates in interview and hiring; manages annual reviews and development plans; allocates personnel to meet project needs.
• Supports multiple agile teams; removes roadblocks and guides scrum masters.
• Provides input to product owners on strategy and backlog prioritization.
• Builds cross‑department relationships to enable agile progress and achieve objectives.
• Identifies impacts across applications and coordinates issue resolution for production systems.

Skills

Mentorship

Planning

Coaching

Collaboration

People Management

Software Engineering

Agile Methodology

Java

AWS

Python

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Related Discipline

Computer Science

Software Development

Agile Methodology

Tools

Amazon Web Services

Job description

Paychex seeks an Engineering Manager to lead Code Advanced Payroll development teams, overseeing a scalable cloud payroll platform and AI-powered applications. The role balances enterprise reliability with rapid innovation and involves mentoring engineers, setting technical direction, and delivering HCM features at scale.

The position emphasizes personnel planning, cross‑functional collaboration, and leadership development across IT and business units, with a focus on strategic product and