Hands-On Software Development Manager & Tech Lead

Loggerhead Risk Management LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

STD/LTD

Life Insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Referral Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Loggerhead Risk Management LLC in Tampa, FL, seeks a hands-on Software Development Manager to lead a small high-performing team while contributing to design, development, and delivery of modern software solutions. The role blends coding with architecture decisions and people leadership.

The ideal candidate will actively participate in development, code reviews, troubleshooting, and technical decision-making, guiding developers toward best practices and high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development with hands-on coding.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Expertise in Java and Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

• Hands-On Engineering & Architecture.
• Actively design, develop, and maintain production-grade software (backend and frontend).
• Contribute directly to complex feature development and system enhancements.
• Lead architectural decisions for microservices-based systems.
• Guide evolution of cloud-native applications in Azure (AKS, APIM, CosmosDB)
• Enforce clean architecture, coding standards, and performance best practices
• Lead and mentor a team of 6 resources across Software Development and DevOps
• Provide hands-on coaching through code reviews and pair programming
• Promote engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Establish secure coding practices and strong testing discipline
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Support delivery of customer-facing digital products
• Align engineering efforts with customer experience and business goals
• Identify and implement AI use cases for developer productivity and customer experience
• Drive adoption of CI/CD, test automation, and observability practices
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Partner with DevOps to improve deployment reliability and scalability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

CosmosDB

MongoDB

Kubernetes

AKS

CI/CD

DevOps

Web applications

Secure coding

Team leadership

Tools

Git-based workflows

Job description

Loggerhead Risk Management LLC in Tampa, FL, seeks a hands-on Software Development Manager to lead a small high-performing team while contributing to design, development, and delivery of modern software solutions. The role blends coding with architecture decisions and people leadership.

The ideal candidate will actively participate in development, code reviews, troubleshooting, and technical decision-making, guiding developers toward best practices and high-quality outcomes.