Software Engineering Manager

val's services; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

val's services in Chicago seeks a senior engineering leader to own architecture and delivery across the software lifecycle for insurance and financial products. You will lead and coach engineers, set goals, and drive technical excellence.

You will partner with product, data, security, and business stakeholders to solve customer problems, enforce quality, reliability, and security standards, and improve development processes for continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Experience managing software engineering teams and delivering complex software systems.
• Strong understanding of secure software engineering and reliability/quality practices.
• Technical leadership skills, including architecture and engineering standards.
• Effective collaboration and communication across cross-functional partners.
• Ability to coach, plan work, and drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach engineers; set team goals and guide technical execution.
• Drive architecture decisions and oversee delivery from design through deployment and operations.
• Partner with product, data, security, and business stakeholders to solve customer problems.
• Define and enforce software engineering best practices for quality, reliability, and security.
• Improve development processes and support continuous learning within the team.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Secure development

Reliability practices

Architecture standards

Cross-functional collaboration

Team coaching

Job description

to lead engineering teams building dependable, secure technology for insurance and financial products. Own engineering architecture and delivery across the software lifecycle, establish standards for quality and reliability, and ensure successful outcomes for customer needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coach engineers; set team goals and guide technical execution.
• Drive architecture decisions and oversee delivery from design through deployment and operations.
• Partner with product, data, security, and business stakeholders to solve customer problems.
• Define and enforce software engineering best practices for quality, reliability, and security.
• Improve development processes and support continuous learning within the team.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience managing software engineering teams and delivering complex software systems.
• Strong understanding of secure software engineering and reliability/quality practices.
• Technical leadership skills, including architecture and engineering standards.
• Effective collaboration and communication across cross-functional partners.
• Ability to coach, plan work, and drive process improvements.