Senior Software Engineering Manager

Western Union•Austin, TX

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineering Manager will lead and scale our engineering teams across India and the US. This role is ideal for a technical leader who excels in cross-functional collaboration, drives high-quality software delivery, and brings deep experience in modern engineering practices. Work closely with Product Management, Operations, and other stakeholders to define strategy, align priorities, and deliver scalable, high‑performance solutions.

Requirements

10+ years of professional software engineering experience with at least 4+ years in people management.
Proven success managing distributed teams across time zones.
Strong technical background in API development, cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Java Spring Boot, and databases such as MemDB/Postgres.
Working knowledge of DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based deployment practices.
Demonstrated experience partnering with Product and Operations at strategic and tactical levels.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Nice To Haves

Experience scaling teams during rapid product growth.
Exposure to modern architectural patterns (microservices, event-driven systems).
Prior experience leading transformation efforts (DevOps adoption, process optimization, cloud migration).

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams across multiple geographies (India & US).
Build a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Drive performance management, coaching, and career development for engineers and leads.
Own end-to-end delivery of complex software initiatives, ensuring high quality and timely execution.
Collaborate with Product managers to define scope, prioritize roadmaps, and balance innovation with execution.
Partner with Operations teams to ensure smooth releases, uptime, compliance, and service reliability.
Establish scalable processes, metrics, and engineering best practices.
Communicate risks, milestones, and technical decisions to leadership and stakeholders.
Provide architectural and technical guidance on systems built using: Java / Spring Boot RESTful APIs & microservices Cloud platforms (preferably AWS) Databases such as MemDB, PostgreSQL
Champion DevOps maturity including CI/CD, automation, observability, deployment orchestration, and cloud-native design.
Advocate for engineering excellence, code quality, and system scalability.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few (https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/).
Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance Program
Student Loan Repayment (below manager level only)
Parental Leave
One day volunteer time off
$0 Money Transfer Fee Discount Code – Quarterly
Recognition Program “Game Changers”
Employee Discount Program
Global Adoption Assistance
Global Scholarship Awards Program
401K plan