Remote Digital Engineering Manager – Java & Cloud

EY; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 104,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Manager in the Service Delivery Center to balance hands-on software engineering with project leadership. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams through design, development, testing, deployment, and production support, while remaining close to code decisions.

You will coordinate delivery across geographically distributed teams, mentor engineers, manage dependencies, and communicate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of software engineering work across planning, design, development, testing, release, and production support.
• Remain hands-on with coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, technical proof-of-concepts, and resolution of complex engineering issues.
• Guide solution design using Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, Angular or React, relational or NoSQL databases, and cloud-native patterns.
• Plan and manage Agile delivery, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, daily coordination, demonstrations, retrospectives, release readiness, and dependency management.
• Coordinate work across teams located in different geographic locations and time zones, ensuring clear ownership, timely decisions, and effective handoffs.
• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, code-quality feedback, career development conversations, and practical problem-solving support.
• Partner with product owners, architects, quality engineering, DevOps, security, operations, and client stakeholders to translate business requirements into achievable delivery plans.
• Monitor scope, schedule, quality, risks, issues, and delivery metrics; communicate progress and elevate impediments with recommended actions.
• Promote secure development, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, operational readiness, and continuous improvement across the engineering lifecycle.
• Support event-driven and data-processing solutions using Apache Kafka, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, or comparable technologies when required.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Angular

React

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

Distributed teams

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Hadoop

Spark

Flink

Splunk

Jenkins

Job description

EY is seeking a Manager in the Service Delivery Center to balance hands-on software engineering with project leadership. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams through design, development, testing, deployment, and production support, while remaining close to code decisions.

You will coordinate delivery across geographically distributed teams, mentor engineers, manage dependencies, and communicate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable plans.