Remote Software Engineering Manager: Lead & Scale

Knowmadics; Wichita (KS); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowmadics in Wichita, KS seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead senior engineers and tech leads, focusing on people development, organizational design, and reliable delivery across multiple projects. You will own capacity planning, performance management, and backlog health while partnering with product leaders to translate priorities into feasible plans.

This hands‑on manager reviews designs and code, guides architecture with staff engineers, and drives secure, scalable software delivery

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience with leadership.
• 5+ years of formal people management or engineering leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead senior engineers, engineering leads, and contributors with coaching and performance management.
• Own software engineering operating rhythm, Jira standards, backlogs, and delivery forecast.
• Partner with Product and Staff/Principal Engineers on architecture, DevSecOps, reliability, and governance.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Jira

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Knowmadics in Wichita, KS seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead senior engineers and tech leads, focusing on people development, organizational design, and reliable delivery across multiple projects. You will own capacity planning, performance management, and backlog health while partnering with product leaders to translate priorities into feasible plans.

This hands‑on manager reviews designs and code, guides architecture with staff engineers, and drives secure, scalable software delivery