Hands-On Engineering Manager: Cloud-Native Azure Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness center

Massages

Catered lunches

401(k) match

Health insurance

Job summary

Foundation Software in Strongsville, OH is seeking an Engineering Manager who stays close to technology while guiding a team of engineers. This hands-on leader balances architecture influence with delivery leadership and mentorship.

You will work across Azure and AWS, coach through design reviews and code, and help grow a high-performing team with onshore and offshore members. Strong communication and modern engineering practices are essential.

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, as we continue exploring AI-enabled capabilities in our platform.

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

Cloud-native architecture

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Agile delivery

Communication skills

Tools

.NET/C#

TypeScript

React

Azure

AWS

Job description

Foundation Software in Strongsville, OH is seeking an Engineering Manager who stays close to technology while guiding a team of engineers. This hands-on leader balances architecture influence with delivery leadership and mentorship.

You will work across Azure and AWS, coach through design reviews and code, and help grow a high-performing team with onshore and offshore members. Strong communication and modern engineering practices are essential.