Lead Software Engineering Manager

Business Wire

7h • Remote

About The Position

The Lead Software Engineering Manager is a strategic technical leader responsible for overseeing multiple engineering teams that develop and maintain BW’s customer-facing and internal applications. This role focuses on improving project scoping and tracking, optimizing development processes, and leading efforts across cross-functional teams. The Lead Software Engineering Manager aligns engineering priorities with business objectives, promotes quality, and establishes standards among engineers. This role requires a strong balance of technical expertise, leadership, and organizational skills to drive engineering excellence, quality, and efficiency.

Requirements

• At least 8-12 years of experience in software engineering, with 3-5 years in a technical leadership role that includes previous people management.
• Proven experience in leading multiple engineering teams and scaling software development organizations.
• Strong background in distributed systems, cloud computing (AWS or similar), and modern API development.
• Up-to-date with current technologies to inform decision-making and technology adoption with focus on modern programming languages such as Node.js React, Typescript, GoLang, Python 3, or others.
• Expertise in optimizing engineering workflows, managing cross-team dependencies, and driving large-scale technical initiatives.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical leadership with strategic decision-making.
• Experience collaborating with senior stakeholders across product, engineering, and business teams.
• Track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining top engineering talent in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven record of shipping high-quality products that are maintainable, resilient, and performant.
• Business Wire will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multiple teams of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, quality, and operational excellence.
• Help define and drive technical strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals while balancing scalability, performance, and resiliency.
• Partner with product management and senior leadership to influence roadmap planning and strategic decision-making.
• Establish project planning, tracking, and reporting frameworks and best-practices across teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve scrum/agile practices.
• Build relationships and improve workflows with teams such as Security, QA, Product, and stakeholders.
• Establish and refine engineering best practices, ensuring teams deliver high-quality and sustainable product.
• Contribute to process improvements cross release management, quality automation, and developer workflows.
• Guide engineering managers, principal and senior engineers in leadership, execution, and cross-team collaboration.
• Improve application lifecycle maintenance processes and contribute to a culture of proactiveness.

Benefits

• Ability to work remotely
• Excellent health benefits that begin on your first day of employment
• $100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources
• 401(k) plan with generous company match, and annual profit sharing contribution (subject to company performance)
• PTO, Floating Holidays, Wellness Day Off, Birthday Day Off, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed