Tax Artificial Intelligence Manager

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior software leader to drive AI-enabled software architecture and internal platform delivery. You will mentor engineers, manage cloud workloads on Microsoft Azure, and ensure secure, scalable systems.

The role requires hands-on Python backend development, cloud expertise, and a strong security mindset. You will translate ambiguous needs into concrete technical work and uphold clean architecture standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading engineers as an engineering manager, technical lead, staff engineer, or architecture lead.
• Strong hands-on Python backend development experience, including production web APIs and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, preferably Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of AI-enabled software products and internal platforms.
• Manage and mentor software engineers, quality assurance professionals, and business analysts.
• Own cloud architecture on Microsoft Azure, including async and event-driven workloads.
• Ensure secure handling of data, secrets, authentication, authorization, tenant isolation, encrypted storage, and auditability.
• Improve engineering practices around testing, CI/CD, monitoring, deployment, documentation, and operational support.
• Establish development standards for clean architecture, dependency injection, async design, and API consistency.
• Oversee asynchronous job processing using Azure Service Bus and Azure Functions.
• Partner with product owners and business SMEs to translate ambiguous needs into clear, deliverable technical work.

Skills

Python

backend development

production web APIs

distributed systems

cloud architecture

async processing

queue-based workloads

relational databases

PostgreSQL

SQLAlchemy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of AI-enabled software products and internal platforms
• Manage and mentor software engineers, quality assurance professionals, and business analysts
• Own cloud architecture on Microsoft Azure, including async and event-driven workloads
• Ensure secure handling of data, secrets, authentication, authorization, tenant isolation, encrypted storage, and auditability
• Improve engineering practices around testing, CI/CD, monitoring, deployment, documentation, and operational support
• Establish development standards for clean architecture, dependency injection, async design, and API consistency
• Oversee asynchronous job processing using Azure Service Bus and Azure Functions
• Partner with product owners and business SMEs to translate ambiguous needs into clear, deliverable technical work

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 2+ years leading engineers as an engineering manager, technical lead, staff engineer, or architecture lead
• Strong hands‑on Python backend development experience, including production web APIs and distributed systems
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, preferably Microsoft Azure
• Experience with async processing, queue‑based workloads, background jobs, and event‑driven systems
• Experience with relational databases—preferably PostgreSQL—including SQLAlchemy and schema migrations
• Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, code review, release management, and production support
• Strong security mindset across secrets management, identity, authorization, encryption, and auditability
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders and to make pragmatic architecture trade‑offs
• Bachelor's degree required

Hard Skills

• Python
• backend development
• production web APIs
• distributed systems
• cloud architecture
• async processing
• queue‑based workloads
• relational databases
• PostgreSQL
• SQLAlchemy

Soft Skills

• leadership
• mentoring
• communication
• pragmatic decision‑making
• collaboration