Senior software engineering manager

Job Title : Senior Software Engineering Manager

Experience : 10+ years in software engineering, including 4+ years of people management

Team Size Managed : 6+ engineers

Location : Onsite (with global collaboration)

Industry : Media & Entertainment

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager with a strong background in modern software development and proven success leading engineering teams. This role blends strategic leadership with technical depth , requiring oversight of architecture, delivery execution, and team development. You will drive engineering culture , foster technical excellence , and collaborate globally to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience, hands-on technical expertise across multiple programming languages and architectures, and the ability to collaborate across global teams and stakeholders to align engineering execution with business priorities and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage multiple engineering teams (6+ engineers total) delivering web applications and services across frontend and backend.

Recruit , onboard , mentor , and performance-manage engineers, ensuring career growth and succession planning

Drive engineering culture initiatives : best practices, coding standards, CI / CD adoption, and test-driven development.

Drive adoption of AI-assisted development , ensuring ethical, secure, and effective usage across teams.

Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and AI platforms , guiding adoption roadmaps that improve engineering productivity and code quality across the org.

Own architectural decisions for your teams, with support from principal engineers and architects

Oversee Agile delivery across multiple teams, ensuring consistent practices, cross-team alignment, and continuous improvement at scale.

Provide technical oversight , conduct design reviews , and support delivery execution across projects

Stay hands-on when needed, contributing to code reviews, proofs-of-concept, and solving complex problems

Partner closely with product leadership to influence roadmaps and align business goals with technical execution and deliver outcomes.

Collaborate across QA, Dev Ops, Data, and global teams to manage dependencies and deliver end-to-end solutions

Support budgeting , vendor engagement , and capacity planning where required

Represent engineering in strategic discussions with leadership as needed

Mentor and develop Engineering Managers and Tech Leads, fostering leadership growth and succession planning

Foster and enforce a test-driven culture , ensuring teams maintain strong unit, integration, and automated end-to-end test coverage.

Track engineering KPIs (e.g., velocity, code quality, test coverage, release frequency) and use these insights to continuously improve processes and delivery outcomes.

Ensure security and compliance best practices are integrated into design, development, and delivery.

Required Skills & Experience

10+ years of professional software engineering experience

4+ years of proven people management, leading teams of 6+ engineers

Background as a software engineer with experience in multiple programming languages and the ability to evaluate tradeoffs between technologies.

Extensive experience overseeing Agile delivery across multiple teams, ensuring consistency of practices, cross-team alignment, and continuous improvement at scale.

Experience with modern architectures (e.g., microservices, event-driven systems, distributed systems).

Hands-on experience with AWS (preferred) or other cloud platforms , Dev Ops, and CI / CD practices

Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases

Strong architectural decision-making experience, with the ability to balance technical depth and business priorities

Strong track record of integrating AI-assisted development tools into engineering workflows.

Proven ability to manage global team collaboration

Proven ability to define and enforce engineering-wide standards , drive culture change , and influence cross-functional stakeholders to ensure technical excellence.

Extensive experience defining and operationalizing engineering KPIs across multiple teams, using insights to improve productivity, quality, and delivery at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience establishing test automation strategies and integrating automated testing into CI / CD pipelines across multiple teams.

Experience working with .net Core and related environment is a plus.

Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React.js, Next.js, Blazor) and full-stack development

Experience with program / project delivery at scale , including roadmap planning and risk management

Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation)

Media & entertainment industry background a strong plus