Core Engineering Senior Manager

DXC Technology•Ashburn, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We’ve built a cloud-native, AI-first platform that powers managed services for global enterprises. The architecture and product vision are set - what we need now is a Senior Engineering Manager who can take that vision and run the engineering team week after week. This role is hands-on and you’ll also be the person the Chief Architect trusts to keep the team moving in the right direction without constant oversight - catching drift early, raising the right flags, be in the trenches on incidents, and making good calls in the gaps. You’ll partner closely with our Technical Project Manager on project planning, and with the Chief Architect on technical direction, the Lead Engineers on technical matters, but the day-to-day execution and team health are yours to own. If you’re a strong senior engineer who has grown into leading people, and you’re energized by being the dependable force that turns architectural intent into shipping software - this is your role.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years leading engineering teams in production environments
Strong track record executing on technical direction set by architects or senior technical leadership - comfortable making vision real, not always defining it
Deep working knowledge of microservices, cloud-native design patterns, and API-first development
Strong experience with Python, GraphQL, REST APIs, SQL, and modern development toolchains
Solid background in CI/CD, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), infrastructure as code, and DevSecOps practices
Shipped production systems on AWS or comparable cloud infrastructure - ideally multi-tenant SaaS
Comfortable running agile delivery - sprints, estimation, capacity planning, Jira or equivalent
Excellent code reviewer - you spot pattern violations, security issues, and quality gaps before they reach production
Strong written and verbal communication - you can give clear status to leadership and hard feedback to engineers
Detail-oriented - things don’t fall through the cracks on your watch
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

Experience leading small-to-mid sized engineering teams (5–10) in fast-paced environments
Background building enterprise SaaS platforms or developer-facing products
Experience with Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio or similar), and federated GraphQL
Exposure to AI/ML platforms, agentic workflows, or LLM-based product features
Experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams
Strong familiarity with observability, monitoring, SRE practices, and incident response
History of growing engineers - people who’ve worked for you have moved up because of it

Responsibilities

Translate the Chief Architect’s vision into shipped code - you’re the person who makes sure what’s on the whiteboard is what’s actually running in production
Lead a team of 5–10 engineers day-to-day - 1:1s, growth plans, performance conversations, hiring, and making sure people are doing their best work
Stay hands-on - lead the hardest reviews, pair on tough debugging sessions, surface the right issues, make sound calls in the gaps, and don’t let things drift
Mentor engineers at all levels - grow juniors into mids, mids into seniors, and help your seniors think like tech leads
Partner with the Technical Project Manager on sprint planning, capacity, estimates, and delivery tracking - you bring the technical truth, they bring the delivery discipline
Own technical execution quality - code review standards, architectural pattern adherence, testing rigor, observability, and operational readiness
Make tactical technical decisions inside established architectural guardrails - library choices, implementation approaches, refactor timing - and know when to escalate
Drive platform reliability - uptime, performance, security posture, incident response, and post-mortems that actually change things
Build a culture of engineering craftsmanship - the kind where the team holds the bar even when no one’s watching