Software Engineering Manager: Lead High-Impact Technical Teams

Job Juncture; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Job Juncture is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a highly technical software organization developing complex, mission-critical systems. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and engineering strategy, with a strong emphasis on building high-performing teams and delivering reliable software.

The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer who has transitioned into leadership but remains technically engaged.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading software engineers or technical teams.
• Strong foundation in software architecture, system design, development, integration, debugging, and testing.
• Experience with modern development practices, configuration management, automated testing, CI/CD, and software lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop software engineers and technical leads.
• Drive hiring, career development, performance management, and team growth.
• Build a culture of technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Allocate engineering resources and develop staffing and capacity plans.
• Remove obstacles and give teams the resources and autonomy needed to succeed.
• Develop a strong understanding of the organization’s software architecture, systems, and technical challenges.
• Engage directly in architecture and design discussions and constructively challenge technical decisions.
• Identify technical debt, architectural weaknesses, and risks affecting reliability and maintainability.
• Promote modern engineering practices, automation, testing, CI/CD, tooling, and software reuse.
• Help teams make tradeoffs between schedule, cost, performance, risk, and maintainability.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Software architecture

CI/CD

Automation testing

Communication

Resource planning

Architecture discussions

Education

Bachelors degree in CS/Software/CE/EE or related

Tools

Linux

C/C++

Python

Web applications

Containers

Job description

Job Juncture is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a highly technical software organization developing complex, mission-critical systems. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and engineering strategy, with a strong emphasis on building high-performing teams and delivering reliable software.

The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer who has transitioned into leadership but remains technically engaged.