Remote Software Engineering Manager | Lead, Scalable Systems

Kobie; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Nine Company-Wide Holidays

Growth and well-being benefits

Job summary

Kobie, a remote-first leader in loyalty solutions, is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to guide Agile squads and deliver scalable platform capabilities. The role collaborates with Product Owners, Architects, and QA to translate business needs into robust software while maintaining high standards of execution.

You will mentor engineers, drive end-to-end delivery, and help evolve modern distributed systems while championing best practices, test automation, and secure deployments.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of software development experience, with 2+ years in engineering leadership or team management.
• Proven experience leading Agile development teams delivering production-grade software systems.
• Hands-on expertise in modern backend and frontend technologies (e.g., Java, Spring, Angular) and testing methodologies.
• Strong understanding of modern Java architecture including event-driven design, Kafka, pub/sub messaging patterns, and scalable microservices.
• Familiarity with event-driven design and messaging platforms such as Kafka or similar pub/sub systems.
• Experience running production workloads in cloud-based, containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.
• Knowledge of test automation strategy and frameworks, including test coverage analysis and integration into CI pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more Agile development squads within the Software Engineering group, delivering scalable and high-quality platform capabilities and client solutions.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects and the teams to translate business requirements into well-designed technical solutions.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring predictable execution, high quality, and alignment with product and client implementation goals.
• Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback, helping them grow their skills and careers.
• Contribute to the design and development of modern distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Champion strong engineering practices, including code quality, automated testing, documentation, and operational readiness.
• Work with QA and SDET teams to improve test automation coverage and quality engineering practices across Agile squads.
• Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.

Skills

Java

Spring

Angular

Event-driven architecture

Kafka

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Test automation

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Rest Assured

Postman

SoapUI

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Kobie, a remote-first leader in loyalty solutions, is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to guide Agile squads and deliver scalable platform capabilities. The role collaborates with Product Owners, Architects, and QA to translate business needs into robust software while maintaining high standards of execution.

You will mentor engineers, drive end-to-end delivery, and help evolve modern distributed systems while championing best practices, test automation, and secure deployments.