Engineering Manager, Software Development

recruit22; Willingboro Township (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

Company-paid Life Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

401(k) with automatic enrollment

Paid Holidays

PTO beginning on day one

Additional voluntary benefit offerings

Job summary

Recruit22 is partnering with a leading organization to identify an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a software engineering team responsible for designing, building, and modernizing enterprise applications. This role combines people leadership, software delivery, technical direction, cloud modernization, and AI innovation.

The ideal candidate has a strong software engineering background and has transitioned into leadership while remaining technically credible and engaged with architecture

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• 3+ years leading or managing software engineering teams.
• Strong background building and supporting large-scale enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Own engineering delivery, quality, execution, and technical outcomes.
• Partner with product, business, architecture, and technology leaders to translate business needs into scalable software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across application architecture, microservices, APIs, integrations, and cloud-native development.
• Drive modernization initiatives utilizing Microsoft Azure.
• Guide the adoption of AI-powered development capabilities, LLM integrations, agents, and automation.
• Establish and reinforce engineering best practices around code quality, testing, CI/CD, security, observability, and reliability.
• Conduct technical and architecture reviews while ensuring teams follow established engineering standards.
• Manage priorities, technical dependencies, delivery risks, and resource allocation.
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance development, and career growth for engineers.
• Foster an engineering culture focused on ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Agile

Cloud modernization

AI & ml familiarity

Architecture & design

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Software

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

C# / .NET Core

Java

Python

Go

React.js

Next.js

TypeScript

Azure DevOps

Terraform / IaC

Kubernetes

Azure Functions

Cosmos DB

Azure Service Bus

Job description

• Event-driven systems
• Azure Functions

Location: Willingboro, NJ

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $140,000 - $180,000 Base + Bonus

NO VISA SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED

About The Opportunity

Recruit22 is partnering with a leading organization to identify an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a software engineering team responsible for designing, building, and modernizing enterprise applications.

This role combines people leadership, software delivery, technical direction, cloud modernization, and AI innovation. The ideal candidate has a strong software engineering background and has transitioned into leadership while remaining technically credible and engaged with architecture and engineering decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers.


• Own engineering delivery, quality, execution, and technical outcomes.


• Partner with product, business, architecture, and technology leaders to translate business needs into scalable software solutions.


• Provide technical leadership across application architecture, microservices, APIs, integrations, and cloud-native development.


• Drive modernization initiatives utilizing Microsoft Azure.


• Guide the adoption of AI-powered development capabilities, LLM integrations, agents, and automation.


• Establish and reinforce engineering best practices around code quality, testing, CI/CD, security, observability, and reliability.


• Conduct technical and architecture reviews while ensuring teams follow established engineering standards.


• Manage priorities, technical dependencies, delivery risks, and resource allocation.


• Support hiring, onboarding, performance development, and career growth for engineers.


• Foster an engineering culture focused on ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience.


• 3+ years of experience leading or managing software engineering teams.


• Strong background building and supporting large-scale enterprise applications.


• Experience leading engineers in an Agile software development environment.


• Strong technical background with technologies such as:


• C# / .NET Core


• Java


• Python


• Go


• React.js


• Next.js


• TypeScript


• Strong understanding of:


• Microservices architecture


• Event-driven systems


• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)


• Cloud-native application development


• RESTful APIs and enterprise integration patterns


• Experience with Microsoft Azure technologies such as:


• AKS


• Azure Functions


• Azure Service Bus


• Cosmos DB


• Azure DevOps


• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep.


• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevSecOps, containers, and Kubernetes.


• Demonstrated ability to balance technical priorities, business requirements, and delivery commitments.

AI & Emerging Technology Experience

Experience with or exposure to modern AI software development capabilities is highly desirable, including:

• AI agents and agentic workflows


• LLM integrations using platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini


• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)


• Vector databases and semantic search


• AI-powered automation


• Incorporating AI into enterprise applications and engineering workflows

Leadership Qualifications

• Proven experience managing, mentoring, and developing software engineers.


• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across engineering, product, architecture, and business teams.


• Ability to provide technical leadership without needing to be the primary hands-on developer.


• Experience establishing engineering standards and improving development practices.


• Comfortable leading teams through modernization, architectural change, and adoption of new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud modernization initiatives.


• Azure Solutions Architect certification or equivalent cloud experience.


• Experience with GraphQL.


• Experience implementing observability and reliability engineering practices.


• Experience building or scaling engineering teams.


• Experience introducing AI-assisted development practices into engineering organizations.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline preferred.


• Equivalent professional experience will be considered.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage


• Company-paid Life Insurance


• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability


• 401(k) with automatic enrollment eligibility


• Paid Holidays


• PTO beginning on day one


• Additional voluntary benefit offerings

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to build and develop a strong engineering team while influencing application modernization, cloud strategy, engineering practices, and the adoption of AI across the organization.