HRIS Software Engineering Manager

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks an experienced engineering leader to drive delivery across the software lifecycle. You will guide architecture, set priorities, and remove blockers while modernizing legacy systems and advancing API-first, automation, and service-based practices.

You will partner with product, security, and infra teams to roadmap technology, improve reliability, and foster a high-performing culture focused on accountability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, SE, IS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in software engineering, systems integration, enterprise app development, or platform engineering.
• 3+ years leading technical teams.
• Experience designing scalable, secure production-grade systems.
• Strong understanding of architecture, design patterns, reliability, observability, and support models.
• Experience with API-driven architectures, enterprise integrations, distributed systems, and backend platforms.
• Experience leading teams using Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading AI-enabled products, intelligent automation, or decision-support capabilities.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles: privacy, security, governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers and technical leads.
• Drive delivery across the software development lifecycle from planning through production support.
• Set engineering priorities, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes aligned to business goals.
• Guide architecture, engineering standards, documentation, and solution delivery.
• Remove roadblocks, manage risk, and support high-quality, on-time execution.
• Modernize legacy applications, workflows, and integration patterns.
• Advance reusable platform capabilities, API-first design, automation, and service-based engineering practices.
• Partner with product, architecture, infrastructure, security, and business teams on technology roadmaps.
• Improve system reliability, maintainability, observability, and operational readiness.
• Drive modern engineering practices including Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and release governance.
• Identify and implement AI and intelligent automation opportunities that improve efficiency, user experience, and business outcomes.
• Follow responsible AI practices across governance, security, privacy, and quality.
• Lead hiring, talent planning, performance management, and career development.
• Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Stakeholder management

Communication

Agile

DevOps

CI/CD

AI initiatives

Strategy

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers and technical leads.
• Drive delivery across the software development lifecycle, from planning through production support.
• Set engineering priorities, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes aligned to business goals.
• Guide architecture, engineering standards, documentation, and solution delivery.
• Remove roadblocks, manage risk, and support high-quality, on-time execution.
• Modernize legacy applications, workflows, and integration patterns.
• Advance reusable platform capabilities, API-first design, automation, and service-based engineering practices.
• Partner with product, architecture, infrastructure, security, and business teams on technology roadmaps.
• Improve system reliability, maintainability, observability, and operational readiness.
• Drive modern engineering practices including Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and release governance.
• Identify and implement AI and intelligent automation opportunities that improve efficiency, user experience, and business outcomes.
• Follow responsible AI practices across governance, security, privacy, and quality.
• Lead hiring, talent planning, performance management, and career development.
• Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, systems integration, enterprise application development, or platform engineering.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams.
• Experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, production-grade systems.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, reliability, observability, and support models.
• Experience with API-driven architectures, enterprise integrations, distributed systems, and backend platforms.
• Experience leading teams using Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading or delivering AI-enabled products, intelligent automation, or decision-support capabilities in an enterprise setting.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles, including privacy, security, governance, and human oversight.
• Experience in leading teams to deploy/migrate custom applications to cloud Azure