Senior Engineering Manager - Full Stack

Codal•Chicago, IL

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

Codal is searching for a hands-on Senior Engineering Manager to perform various architectural tasks and provide technical leadership. You’ll lead a squad of engineers through the complexities of modern backend development, and ensure that our frontend experiences are supported by high-performance APIs, secure data modeling, and optimized cloud infrastructure. Your "superpower" should be building robust, scalable server-side environments that power high-traffic enterprise applications. To ensure success, you should have extensive experience with designing architectures and web applications, ensuring the team delivers robust, scalable and secure solutions. This role involves hands-on coding along with a team of 4-5 engineers, maintaining high quality and standards across the full stack to deliver high-performance technologies. You’ll work as a Senior Engineering Manager alongside client stakeholders, project managers, designers and engineering teams to guide projects from early discovery through delivery. You’ll be a key technical point of contact, helping clients and internal teams align on approach and execution while ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and well-built.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience in backend or full-stack with backend heavy development, leading technical delivery.
Active hands-on experience alongside a leading team of engineers.
Comfortable leading a team of 5 or more engineers.
Strong experience with Node.js, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and modern frontend & CMS frameworks.
Expertise in software architecture, database systems (BigQuery/SQL/NoSQL), and cloud-native applications.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Experience with containerized tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
Proven ability to design and explain system architecture for complex web and cloud-based applications.
Experience working directly with clients or stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Solid understanding of databases including SQL, NoSQL and analytics platforms like BigQuery.
A strong track record of guiding teams through complex technical challenges and successful project delivery.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Experience with BigQuery/SQL/NoSQL database systems.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Experience with containerized tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience working directly with clients or stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Demonstrated ability in delivery, scalability, and solve complex technical challenges within enterprise level projects.
Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

Perform various architectural tasks and provide technical leadership.
Lead a squad of engineers through the complexities of modern backend development.
Ensure frontend experiences are supported by high-performance APIs, secure data modeling, and optimized cloud infrastructure.
Build robust, scalable server-side environments that power high-traffic enterprise applications.
Design architectures and web applications, ensuring the team delivers robust, scalable and secure solutions.
Hands-on coding along with a team of 4-5 engineers, maintaining high quality and standards across the full stack to deliver high-performance technologies.
Guide projects from early discovery through delivery alongside client stakeholders, project managers, designers and engineering teams.
Act as a key technical point of contact, helping clients and internal teams align on approach and execution.
Ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and well-built.
Mentor engineers, review code, and establish and maintain high standards of code quality, performance, and security across all project deliverables.
Find slow code & vulnerabilities during code review.
Deliver scalability and solve complex technical challenges within enterprise level projects.
Communicate clearly and work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.