Software Engineering Manager

Expansion Capital Group•Sioux Falls, SD

5d•$185,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Expansion Capital Group (ECG) is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to join their Information Technology team. This role is designed for an experienced engineering leader who excels at developing people, enhancing engineering practices, and guiding teams in delivering high-quality software. The manager will be instrumental in strengthening engineering capabilities, supporting technical decisions, and cultivating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The position involves leading software engineers, offering technical guidance, contributing to architecture discussions, and building scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions to support ECG's growth. The role offers opportunities to learn about technology strategy in a fintech organization, advanced leadership techniques, cross-functional collaboration, engineering governance, and balancing various priorities. It's a chance to make a significant leadership impact, develop teams, influence technical direction, gain executive visibility, and grow within a dynamic fintech company.

Requirements

Software engineering leadership and people development
Coaching, mentoring, and performance management
Technical decision-making and architecture discussions
Agile software development environments
Building and improving engineering teams, standards, and processes
Balancing technical quality, business priorities, and risk management
Significant software engineering experience with the technical depth necessary to coach engineers and evaluate technical solutions
Three or more years of experience managing, coaching, mentoring, or leading software engineering teams
Experience conducting performance management and employee development activities
Experience working in Agile software development environments
Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to balance people development, engineering quality, business priorities, and risk management
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Organizational Leadership, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

Experience in fintech, financial services, or other regulated industries
Experience with cloud technologies, APIs, enterprise application architecture, and modern software engineering practices
Experience supporting architecture reviews, technical standards, or engineering governance activities
Experience with AWS, Docker, MySQL, MSSQL, .NET, Python, Symfony, ORM frameworks, or similar technologies
Experience scaling engineering teams and improving engineering processes
Experience partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop software engineers through regular feedback, mentoring, and career development activities
Conduct one-on-one meetings, establish development plans, and support employee growth
Support hiring, onboarding, succession planning, and performance management initiatives
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and constructive feedback
Guide technical discussions and help engineers evaluate tradeoffs and solution options
Provide architecture guidance related to application design, integrations, APIs, cloud technologies, scalability, security, and maintainability
Support engineers in applying modern software engineering practices and technical decision-making frameworks
Partner with Product, Scrum Masters, and IT leadership to improve team effectiveness and delivery outcomes
Promote ownership, accountability, and proactive risk identification across the engineering team
Contribute to engineering process improvements, technical standards, and organizational effectiveness
Encourage responsible adoption of modern development tools and engineering practices
Help ensure technology solutions align with ECG's business objectives and long-term strategy