Software Engineering Manager - Cloud-Native AI Leader Hybrid

Bessemer Trust; Port Reading, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment: 60% in office

401(k) plan with profit sharing

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Bessemer Trust is seeking an Software Engineering Manager to lead the development and operations of client-facing digital platforms, including the website and mobile app, in a regulated, fast-paced environment.

You will guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions, with hybrid work totaling 60% in office and 40% remote.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including several years leading engineering teams.
• Proven experience managing software delivery for customer-facing web and/or mobile applications.
• Strong technical background in modern cloud-native application development.
• Experience managing teams consisting of both employees and consulting partners.
• Experience operating in Agile software development environments.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely; ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Self-motivated and deadline focused.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and detail oriented.
• Strong organizational skills (able to handle multiple priorities).

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day software development lifecycle for the firm's client website and mobile app.
• Drive planning, prioritization, estimation, release management, and production deployments.
• Lead and develop a blended team of internal software engineers, QA engineers, and external consulting resources.
• Review solution designs and architectural decisions to ensure scalability, maintainability, performance and security.
• Partner with architects and senior engineers on technology strategy and platform evolution.
• Mentor team members and foster their professional growth through coaching, performance feedback, and career development plans.
• Champion the use of AI to improve engineering productivity and software quality while identifying opportunities to enhance the client experience.
• Champion the adoption of AI to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and the client digital experience.
• Strong understanding of AWS services: Lambda, AppSync, DynamoDB, WAF, Cloudtrail and Cloudwatch, Redshift.
• CI/CD automation with tools such as BitBucket, Git, Sonatype, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipelines.
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (SAML, OAUTH, OPENID, AWS Cognito, Okta).
• Experience supporting mobile applications, including app store submission, approval, and release management.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright), application observability, and real-time monitoring.
• Strong understanding of application security best practices, vulnerability management, and automated security scanning.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cloud-native AWS

CI/CD

Security practices

Mentoring

Hybrid team leadership

Mobile/web apps

App store submission

Playwright testing

Observability

Education

10+ years software engineering

Tools

AWS Lambda

AppSync

DynamoDB

WAF

CloudWatch

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

CodePipelines

Bitbucket

Git

Sonatype

Cognito

Okta

Playwright

Job description

Bessemer Trust is seeking an Software Engineering Manager to lead the development and operations of client-facing digital platforms, including the website and mobile app, in a regulated, fast-paced environment.

You will guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions, with hybrid work totaling 60% in office and 40% remote.