Hands-On Engineering Manager: Cloud Architecture & Mentorship

Foundation Software; Strongsville (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation Software is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead engineers while staying close to architecture and complex technical problem solving. Ideal for someone stepping into management (1–3 years) who wants to balance delivery leadership with technical influence.

You will guide architecture, mentor engineers, and help grow a high-performing team across onshore and offshore, collaborating with Product, QA, Architecture, Security, and DevOps to deliver integrated cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.
• Strong background in cloud-native architecture and modern application development.
• Passion for technical leadership and building high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Interest in emerging technologies such as Generative AI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership building scalable cloud applications across Azure and AWS.
• Lead by example through architecture guidance, design reviews, and mentoring engineers on complex technical challenges.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical coaching.
• Help lead and grow a high-performing engineering team (onshore and offshore).
• Collaborate with Product, QA, Architecture, Security, and DevOps to deliver integrated solutions.
• Promote engineering excellence through SOLID principles, clean code, modern architecture patterns, and observability.
• Assist with planning and execution across multiple product initiatives.

Skills

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

Cloud-native architecture

Architecture guidance

Code reviews

Tools

.NET

C#

REST APIs

TypeScript

React

Vue

Azure

AWS

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

API-first

event-driven systems

Agile

Job description

Foundation Software is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead engineers while staying close to architecture and complex technical problem solving. Ideal for someone stepping into management (1–3 years) who wants to balance delivery leadership with technical influence.

You will guide architecture, mentor engineers, and help grow a high-performing team across onshore and offshore, collaborating with Product, QA, Architecture, Security, and DevOps to deliver integrated cloud solutions.