Sr. Manager, Engineering

FIRST ONSITE, LLC; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

First Onsite, LLC is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering to lead a high-performing team of engineers, guiding technical direction and architecture decisions for critical products and services.

The role blends hands-on leadership with people management to accelerate delivery and quality across the SDLC. You will mentor engineers, drive cloud-based solutions, and implement AI-assisted development tools to optimize testing, automation, and operations, while ensuring security, scalability, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering or related tech org.
• 3+ years of experience leading, mentoring, or managing technical practitioners.
• Experience leading engineering initiatives through full SDLC stages, including requirements, design, development, testing, release and support.
• Leadership in previous roles with successful development and advancement of team members.
• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, modern app architecture, and enterprise integrations (preferred).
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools or LLM-based applications (preferred).
• Experience in field services/restoration/construction or similar multi-state operating environments (preferred).
• ITIL, PMP, Agile, Scrum or comparable certification (preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to identify technology opportunities and define delivery priorities.
• Lead the engineering team through planning, design, development, testing, release, and support.
• Provide technical direction across product engineering, integration, and production support.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable plans.
• Ensure scalable, secure, reliable solutions aligned with organizational goals.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members and promote quality culture.
• Collaborate with third-party teams for integrations and maintain production stability.
• Apply AI tools to improve development, testing, and automation processes.
• Establish responsible-use guidelines for AI tools including security and privacy.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

AI tools

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Job description

A Day in the Life of a Sr. Manager, Engineering

As a Sr. Manager, Engineering, you'll start your day by connecting with your engineering team and technology and business leaders to understand priorities, remove obstacles, and keep critical initiatives moving forward. You'll lead the team responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting technology products and applications across the organization. As a player-coach, you'll combine hands-on technical leadership with people management, providing direction while staying close enough to the work to help solve complex challenges and guide the team toward the right solutions.

Throughout the day, you'll help define technical solutions, establish priorities, and ensure engineering initiatives are delivered within agreed timelines and available resources. You'll provide technical direction across architecture, development standards, quality, release management, and production support, while partnering with stakeholders to balance business needs with technical considerations. You'll also monitor progress, address risks, and help ensure the team delivers reliable, scalable solutions that meet the needs of the organization.

You'll also invest in the growth and development of your engineering team, providing coaching, mentorship, and opportunities for team members to strengthen their technical and professional skills. You'll promote a culture of quality, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement while looking for ways to make engineering processes and products better. Every day, your leadership will help bring together people, technology, and strategy to deliver impactful solutions and build a strong, high-performing engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with 3rd party organizations to implement and manage software integrations based on business needs
• Handle day-to-day technology issues related to existing programs
• Develop code to meet provided technical requirements while adhering to determined software quality standards and secure coding requirements
• Develop corresponding unit test plans and perform/document unit test
• Process alignment with the SDLC and Change Management processes
• Lead the engineering team delivering supporting technology products and applications
• Partner with business and IT leaders to identify technology opportunities, define produce outcomes, and establish delivery priorities
• Manager engineering initiatives throughout the software development lifecycle, including planning, design, development, testing, release, and support
• Provide technical direction across product engineering, application integration, production support, and engineering standards
• Translate business needs into technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable engineering plans
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, reliable, and aligned with organizational goals
• Partner with Quality Assurance to incorporate quality practices throughout the software development lifecycle
• Apply artificial intelligence tools and technologies to improve software development, testing, documentation, automation, troubleshooting, and engineering operations
• Establish responsible-use guidelines for AI-enabled engineering tools, including security, privacy, intellectual property, code quality, and human review

Experience & Education

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, product engineering, application development, or a related technology organization
• 3+ years of experience leading, mentoring, or managing technical practitioners
• Experience leading engineering initiatives through requirements, design, development, testing, release, adoption, and support
• Leadership in previous roles, with successful development and advancement of team members
• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, modern application architecture, and enterprise integrations, preferred
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools, LLM-based applications, or engineering automation, preferred
• Experience in a field services, restoration, construction, distribution, or similar multi-state operating environment, preferred
• ITIL, PMP, Agile, Scrum, or comparable certification, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience

First Onsite provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

First Onsite (and its Companies) participates in E-Verify. We will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employer's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.