Senior Manager of Software Engineering

Think Consulting; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Consulting seeks a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead cloudconnected software platforms, mobile apps, and customerfacing web solutions for a confidential client. You will drive engineering execution, strategy, and team performance across modern tech stacks.

The ideal leader blends hands-on depth with leadership experience, scaling secure, reliable software products across cloud, web, and mobile domains.

Qualifications

• Leads software teams and delivers cloud-based platforms.
• Hands-on development with Go and modern frontend tech.
• Experience with AWS, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Proven track record in scalable, secure software delivery.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Architect and drive delivery of cloudconnected software platforms.
• Lead 5-10 engineers, set priorities, ensure outcomes.
• Establish best practices for code quality, security, and reliability.
• Oversee CI/CD, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with Product and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Go (Golang)

React

React Native

TypeScript

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS Cloud

Job description

• Hybrid in Atlanta GA
• Salary up to $150k

Think Consulting is seeking a technically strong, executiondriven Senior Manager of Software Engineering for their client to lead the development and delivery of cloudconnected software platforms, mobile applications, and customerfacing web solutions for a confidential client. This role carries significant impact-driving engineering execution, technical strategy, and team performance across a modern, fastevolving technology ecosystem.

The ideal candidate blends handson technical depth with proven leadership experience and has a track record of building and scaling secure, reliable, and highly available software products. This leader must be comfortable operating across multiple technology stacks, including cloud infrastructure, backend services, web applications, mobile development, and systems integrations.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Architect, develop, and continuously improve cloudconnected software platforms and applications.
• Establish and uphold engineering best practices across code quality, testing, security, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Drive technical decisionmaking and ensure engineering solutions align with business objectives.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, observability, and operational excellence.
• Ensure systems are designed for scalability, fault tolerance, maintainability, and security.

Software Development & Systems Integration

• Guide fullstack development efforts leveraging:
  • Go (Golang) for backend services and APIs
  • React and TypeScript for web applications
  • React Native and native mobile technologies for mobile solutions
  • AWS cloud services and infrastructure
• Lead integrations with thirdparty platforms, business applications, external services, and identity management solutions.
• Ensure adherence to modern security practices (encryption, authentication, authorization, secure deployment).
• Support the design and implementation of cloudnative architectures and distributed systems.

Team Leadership & Delivery

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 5-10 software engineers and technical contributors.
• Set clear priorities, goals, and accountability measures to ensure successful delivery.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Partner with leadership to identify resource needs and support team growth as the organization scales.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, Customer Success, Operations, and executive stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business priorities.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and delivery plans.
• Coordinate with external partners, vendors, and development teams as needed.
• Drive execution against roadmap commitments while balancing technical debt, innovation, and operational stability.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams.
• Proven success delivering and scaling secure, cloudbased software platforms.
• Strong handson development experience with Go (Golang).
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting solutions in AWS environments.
• Experience building modern web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Familiarity with mobile development using React Native, Swift, and/or Kotlin.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, monitoring solutions, observability platforms, and release management processes.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, API development, and cloudnative technologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading teams building IoTconnected or cloudconnected device ecosystems.
• Experience with microservices architectures and eventdriven systems.
• Knowledge of identity and access management technologies (OAuth, SAML).
• Experience with infrastructure automation, DevOps practices, and cloud security frameworks.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status