Manager, Software Engineering

Request Technology, LLC; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to lead distributed cloud-native systems on Azure. You will guide backend and frontend teams, oversee high-scale services, implement microservices, and drive architectural decisions using AKS, Service Bus, and SQL databases.

This role requires 6+ years in software engineering and 2+ years leading teams, plus hands-on containerization, DevOps pipelines, and mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native automation platform.
• Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing.
• Optimize platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural improvements.
• Lead .NET backend development including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS pattern with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and FluentValidation.
• Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to SOLID principles, async programming best practices, and distributed systems patterns.
• Own and evolve multi-phase Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi-phase infrastructure deployment, container image builds, and environment-specific deployments.
• Manage and mentor software engineers, focusing on cloud engineering skill development.

Skills

Team leadership

6+ years software engineering

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure Container Apps

AKS

Azure Service Bus

Azure SQL Database

PostgreSQL

Azure Container Registry

Docker

Entity Framework Core

ASP.NET Core

Job description

Manager, Software Engineering

Salary: Open + Bonus

Preferred Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid 3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

Secondary Location: (Remote) Boston, MA / New York, NY / DC area / Miami, FL / Dallas, TX / Houston, TX

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 6+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience building cloud-native applications on Azure
• 3+ years of experience with Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), or equivalent container orchestration platforms
• 2+ years of people management experience leading software engineering teams
• Proven track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices architecture and event-driven patterns
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure database services including Azure SQL Database with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity authentication, connection pooling, and private endpoint configuration
• Deep understanding of microservices communication patterns including synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architecture, and service discovery
• Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+) including NET Core Web API with Controllers, Async/await patterns and Task-based asynchronous programming, LINQ and lambda expressions, Dependency injection and Options pattern and Entity Framework Core
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript including js development, Async patterns (Promises, async/await), npm/pnpm package management, Module systems (CommonJS, ES modules) and scripting proficiency in Bash or PowerShell for deployment automation and troubleshooting
• Container image build and deployment workflows including Dockerfile optimization, multi‑stage builds, and Azure Container Registry integration
• Proven ability to mentor software engineers on cloud-native development patterns, distributed systems concepts, and Azure architecture

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native automation platform, including Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Blob Storage
• Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing
• Optimize platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural improvements
• Lead .NET backend development including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS pattern with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and FluentValidation
• Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to SOLID principles, async programming best practices, and distributed systems patterns
• Own and evolve multi‑stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines including multi-phase infrastructure deployment, container image builds, and environment-specific deployments
• Manage and mentor software engineers, focusing on cloud engineering skill development