Senior Software Engineering Manager

OEC

United States

On-site

USD 130,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a mid-senior level engineering manager responsible for guiding multiple engineering teams focused on SaaS products. You will provide leadership, strategic direction, and mentorship to ensure successful delivery results while maintaining a strong engineering culture. Applicants should have over 11 years of experience in software engineering and a proven track record in managing high-performing teams. This full-time role offers various benefits including medical, vision, and 401(k) plans.

Qualifications

11+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
3+ years of management experience leading teams.
Experience in delivering complex customer-facing SaaS products.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering teams to deliver features and services.
Provide strategic direction and mentorship to managers.
Align delivery with business objectives and technical vision.
Scale team capacity through effective hiring and training.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud-native development

CI/CD pipelines

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving

Coaching and mentorship

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Provides leadership and guidance to multiple engineering teams responsible for building and scaling OEC’s SaaS products, combining team development, technical oversight, and strategic delivery execution across complex product domains. Works closely with engineering leadership, product, architecture, and design to align priorities, scale team capabilities, and foster a strong engineering culture rooted in ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Ensures technical standards are upheld while driving progress across initiatives that are critical to the success of our platform.

Key Responsibilities & Duties (essential to the job)

Leads multiple engineering teams delivering features and services for OEC’s SaaS platform using .NET, Angular/React, and AWS. Sets individual team goals and expectations. Provides ongoing coaching and feedback, completes formal assessments on performance, and ensures clarity on priorities and timelines. Helps team members with solving for complex and/or escalated issues, and removes roadblocks as needed.
Provides strategic direction, execution guidance, and mentorship for engineering managers and senior technical leads.
Promotes individual and team learning & growth, and supports the upward mobility of team members.
Collaborates with product and architecture leadership to align delivery with business objectives and technical vision.
Scales team capacity through effective hiring, onboarding, coaching, and succession planning. Ensures newly hired employees have the tools, knowledge and information needed to be successful at OEC.
Establishes and maintains engineering best practices across architecture, quality, deployment, and observability.
Cultivates a high-trust, high-performance culture grounded in autonomy, accountability, and innovation.
Acts as a technical sounding board for key architectural and design decisions.
Ensures timely delivery of initiatives while supporting the long-term health of the platform.
Partners with department leadership in managing the department budget(s). Develops budget recommendations and proposals. Participates in forecasting and budgeting activities.

Education

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required, with a focus in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline. In the absence of a degree, equivalent work experience directly related to the key responsibilities of the role will be considered as a substitute for the degree.

Experience, Skills and Key Competencies

At least 11 years of progressively responsible experience in hands-on software engineering, demonstrated experience leading high-performing teams in the delivery of complex customer-facing SaaS products, proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive technical alignment across teams, prior experience working in a remote-first or distributed team environment, and a minimum of 3 years of management experience with responsibility for leading a team of direct reports.

Must also be able to demonstrate the following skills and abilities:

Ability to lead diverse teams and create an engaging and positive culture that motivates and inspires others to do great work.
Strong understanding of cloud-native development, CI/CD pipelines, and scalable system architecture.
Can lead through influence, clarity and trust – not just authority.
Able to balance delivery pressure with a focus on system quality and technical sustainability.
Skilled at elevating others through coaching, mentorship, and thoughtful delegation.
Strong business acumen with a future-oriented perspective to ensure the department is positioned for ongoing success.
Excellent communication skills and can tailor messaging to a specific audience or call to action.
Ability to manage and lead at a tactical level with direct reports, and a strategic level with OEC leadership, while remaining grounded in the technical realities of shipping software.
Sound business judgement and strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to generate creative and resourceful solutions to solve complex/global business challenges.
Strong interpersonal skills and can effectively promote teamwork and collaboration.
Flexible and adaptable approach to work, and can support direct reports with adjusting to shifts in priorities as the needs of the business change.
A proactive and results-oriented leadership approach, and able to drive strong business results through delegation and the efforts of the team.