Senior Manager, Software Engineering

• Experience: 12+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years managing engineering teams (including
• managing managers or tech leads)
• Education: Bachelor's or Master's in CS, Engineering, or related field

Technical Capabilities

• Strong foundation in Java, Python, or TypeScript/JavaScript — able to review architecture, challenge
• designs, and make sound strategic trade-offs
• Experience building and operating systems in regulated financial environments (wealth management,
• asset management, banking, or brokerage platforms)
• Drives cloud infrastructure strategy (AWS preferred), CI/CD maturity, and production reliability across
• teams
• Deep understanding of data security, compliance requirements (SOC 2, SOX, GDPR), and audit
• expectations in financial services
• Champions AI/ML adoption across the engineering organization and measures its impact on velocity and
• quality

People Management

• Proven track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineering talent at all levels
• Experience managing teams of 10-25 engineers across multiple squads or workstreams
• Skilled at performance management — sets clear expectations, gives direct feedback, manages out
• underperformers, and develops high-potential engineers into leads
• Builds psychological safety across teams while maintaining high standards for delivery and code quality
• Develops M3 managers and tech leads — coaches them on hiring, performance management, and team
• dynamics

Key Differentiators

• Balances strategic thinking with execution — sets quarterly roadmaps and also jumps in to resolve
• escalated production incidents
• Manages through organizational change — has led teams through platform migrations, re-orgs, or shifts
• in engineering culture
• Understands the intersection of engineering and financial product delivery — translates business
• requirements from portfolio managers, compliance teams, or advisors into technical plans
• Drives cross-team initiatives — coordinates dependencies, aligns priorities, and ensures teams work
• effectively together
• Accountable for hiring pipeline health, team retention, and engineering culture at the department level
• Champions AI-first engineering practices and agentic delivery workflows as force multipliers for
• organizational productivity