Software Engineering Manager

InsurePay; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, and vision

LTD and STD coverage

Life and AD&D insurance

Employee Assistant Program

401(k) with company match

Generous vacation policy

Job summary

InsurePay is seeking a seasoned software engineering leader to guide multiple teams building scalable SaaS solutions. You will mentor engineers, own delivery outcomes, and collaborate with Product, QA, and cross-functional partners to plan, prioritize, and execute work.

A focus on architecture, code quality, and delivery velocity will be essential, along with leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve productivity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with leadership responsibility.
• Experience leading SCRUM teams and delivering SaaS solutions.
• Architecting .NET and/or Java SaaS solutions.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Certified Scrum Master and Agile facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop software engineers fostering accountability and quality.
• Own delivery outcomes and ensure on-time, within-budget shipping.
• Coach teams on estimation, planning, and sustainable delivery practices.
• Partner with Product, QA, and cross-functional stakeholders to plan and execute work.
• Drive architecture decisions and ensure standards for code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Champion AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and manage release activities.
• Provide visibility into progress, risks, and delivery timelines.

Skills

Leadership

SCRUM/Agile

System design

REST APIs

AI tools

Mentoring

Communication

Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

.NET

Java

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

RESTful APIs

Microservices

CI/CD

Claude Code

Job description

Reports to

CTO

About the Role

You will lead, manage, and hold accountable software engineering teams responsible for building, delivering, and maintaining scalable, high-quality software. This role blends people leadership, delivery ownership, and technical judgment to ensure teams execute effectively and ship reliable solutions aligned with business needs.

You will partner closely with Product, QA, and cross-functional stakeholders to plan and deliver work, remove obstacles, and continuously improve team effectiveness. You are accountable for delivery outcomes, team health, and engineering standards - balancing speed and quality as the organization scales.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will ....

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, fostering accountability, growth, and a quality-first mindset
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development conversations
• Support individual growth through mentorship, skill development, and clear progression pathways
• Build a collaborative, cross-functional team environment across Dev, QA, and Product
• Champion configuration-driven architecture over hardcoded solutions, enabling a \"just works\" experience for end users while reducing fragility and unnecessary code deployments
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives
• Ensure backlog items entering sprints are fully ready - specified, approved, and estimated per team standards
• Remove impediments and shield the team from distractions and unplanned interruptions
• Coach the team toward continuous improvement, better estimation, and sustainable delivery practices
• Own delivery outcomes, ensuring the team ships quality software on time and within estimate
• Manage team capacity and sprint commitments to ensure realistic, achievable delivery plans
• Partner with Product and QA to plan, prioritize, and execute work effectively
• Monitor/manage work item flow through the SDLC, minimizing blockers, rework, and aging tickets (carryover)
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks early, escalating when necessary to protect timelines and quality
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and release activities, ensuring timely communication and adherence to release schedules
• Provide clear, consistent visibility into team progress, risks, and delivery timelines to stakeholders
• Own end-to-end quality outcomes, reducing defects, rework, and QA returns through proactive engineering practices
• Provide technical guidance and input on architecture, design patterns, and engineering decisions
• Enforce engineering standards around code quality, testing, documentation, and best practices
• Advocate for engineering decisions that improve product stability, scalability and usability while reducing long-term support costs, favoring customer self-service over manual intervention
• Partner with Product to influence roadmap priorities, balancing customer value, technical debt, and engineering capacity
• Empower teams to break from standard process when severity demands it by leading response for escalated items - mobilizing cross-functional teams and driving same-day or next-day deployments to restore service levels
• Contribute hands-on when needed to unblock the team or solve critical technical problems
• Leverage AI-assisted tools and modern practices to improve engineering productivity and code quality

We’re excited about you because you have ….

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 10+ years in software engineering with progressive leadership responsibility, including managing cross functional SCRUM teams
• 10+ years architecting .NET and/or Java SaaS solutions leveraging n-tier design, microservices, RESTful APIs, and established design patterns (SOLID, DI, Repository)
• 10+ years of experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or MongoDB
• Experience owning delivery outcomes and sprint execution while partnering with Product and QA to ship quality software on time and within budget
• Certified Scrum Master with experience leading Agile ceremonies and driving sprint execution
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or equivalent to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and delivery workflows
• Strong background in software development practices across both modern and legacy systems, including maintaining, modernizing, and evolving existing platform
• Experience enforcing engineering standards around code quality, testing, and documentation
• Strong analytical thinking and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Competitive base
• Generous vacation policy
• Full medical, dental, and vision packages
• LTD and STD coverage options
• 100% employer covered Basic life and AD&D
• 100% employer covered Employee Assistant Program
• 401(k) with company match

About Us

InsurePay® is a SaaS billing and payments platform that ensures accuracy of insurance premiums and offers integrated payments and reconciliations for Agencies, Carriers, MGAs, and insurance technology providers. We are empowering carriers to allow policyholders to pay only for what they need through accurate, timely, and data-driven reconciliations with a feature-rich platform that offers carrier payables, vendor payables, and claims payments all integrated to backoffice systems. We are a venture backed Insurtech company who is growing fast … like really fast!