Senior Manager, Software Development

the company•New York, NY

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is technical leadership first, with people management alongside it. You'll shape the architecture of an event-driven Azure platform, lead .NET backend development, and run a team of full-time engineers and contractors from early-career to lead level. Much of the work is net-new, so you'll also help define how the team is structured and operates as it grows.

Requirements

10+ years in software engineering, application development, or IT, including 6+ years of hands-on software engineering with cloud-based applications
3+ years directly managing and developing software engineering teams
Experience leading greenfield, enterprise-grade application delivery or comparable large-scale work
Experience with .NET, React, and Azure, or comparable technologies
Ability to mentor engineers on cloud-native patterns, distributed systems, and cloud architecture
A strong technical foundation, with the judgment to delegate instead of becoming a bottleneck
Clear communication with senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience with demonstrable cloud architecture expertise
Authorization to work in the US without sponsorship, now or in the future

Nice To Haves

6+ years of cloud-native work on Azure; 3+ years with Azure Container Apps, AKS, or similar orchestration
Production microservices and event-driven systems (Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs)
Modern C# and .NET 8+, TypeScript and Node.js, Bash or PowerShell
Docker multi-stage builds, Azure Container Registry, Bicep or Terraform, and Azure networking and data services
Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-305, AZ-204, AZ-104), CSM, or SAFe Agilist
Professional services background (legal, financial services, accounting, or consulting), legal technology or document management, and SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR exposure
Experience leading a team of roughly 10 to 25 engineers

Responsibilities

Design and evolve a distributed platform on Azure: containerized services, asynchronous messaging, PostgreSQL, Redis, and blob storage
Lead backend development in modern .NET (ASP.NET Core APIs, Entity Framework Core, CQRS-style patterns) and set the bar in code reviews
Own and improve multi-stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines for infrastructure, container builds, and environment deployments
Improve platform performance, cost, and operational simplicity
Manage and mentor engineers, grow their cloud skills, and delegate so the team owns execution
Partner with senior leadership and serve as backup to your manager