Remote Software Engineering Manager — Lead a Distributed Team

Aqua Finance, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health & Insurance

Retirement Savings (401(k) match)

Professional Development

Work-Life Balance

Inclusive Culture & Community Support

Job summary

Aqua Finance, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a fully distributed engineering team focused on delivering reliable, high-quality software. You will coach engineers, partner with product and architecture, and drive ownership and continuous improvement across the SDLC.

You will champion modern practices, including CI/CD, observability, testing, and secure coding, while guiding remote, multi-time-zone collaboration to meet business goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional software development experience in C#/.NET.
• 3+ years people management experience in a technical field.
• Proven track record delivering complex software with distributed or remote teams.
• Experience across full SDLC including design, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Working knowledge of cloud-hosted development on Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Experience with CI/CD and agile methodologies; familiarity with AI-assisted tooling.

Responsibilities

• Hire, onboard, coach, and retain engineers with growth plans and regular feedback.
• Own team planning, scoping with product, and delivery to ensure quality outcomes.
• Critically evaluate estimates and designs; surface risks and seek simple, effective solutions.
• Investigate delivery delays, quality issues, and incidents; drive durable fixes.
• Review code and designs to uphold standards for quality, security, and performance.
• Promote strong engineering practices, including testing, observability, and documentation.
• Ensure reliable production systems with on-call and postmortems.
• Communicate progress and blockers clearly to stakeholders; align cross-functional partners.

Skills

C# / .NET

Distributed teams

Cloud platforms

CI/CD practices

Agile methodologies

Coaching engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Aqua Finance, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a fully distributed engineering team focused on delivering reliable, high-quality software. You will coach engineers, partner with product and architecture, and drive ownership and continuous improvement across the SDLC.

You will champion modern practices, including CI/CD, observability, testing, and secure coding, while guiding remote, multi-time-zone collaboration to meet business goals.