Software Engineering Manager

Aqua Finance, Inc.•Bartlett, TN

About The Position

Aqua Finance is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing, fully distributed engineering team responsible for delivery, quality, and growth. The manager will foster ownership, clear communication, and continuous improvement while applying technical expertise to evaluate estimates and solutions, investigate root causes, and coach engineers. The role focuses on enabling the team to do its best work and partnering with product, architecture, and engineering teams to turn business priorities into reliable software and quality outcomes. The manager will oversee hiring, onboarding, coaching, retention, planning, prioritization, delivery, technical quality, production reliability, and team development. They will communicate with stakeholders, contribute to department-level planning and engineering culture, and establish practices that keep a remote, multi-time-zone team connected and aligned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or commensurate work experience.
At least 5 years of professional software development experience, with solid depth in C# and the .NET platform.
At least 3 years of people management experience in a technical field.
Proven track record of delivering complex software projects with distributed or remote teams.
Experience across the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, and operations.
Ability to analyze problems to their root cause and constructively challenge estimates, designs, and technical approaches.
Working knowledge of solution architecture, secure coding practices, software design principles, and system scalability.
Working knowledge of cloud-hosted application development using Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Familiarity with modern engineering practices such as CI/CD and agile methodologies, and with AI-assisted development tools.
Ability to coach, give constructive feedback, and grow engineers at different levels.
Strong product and business mindset, focused on technology outcomes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong asynchronous communication habits.

Nice To Haves

Financial industry experience.

Responsibilities

Hire, onboard, coach, and retain engineers; create individual growth plans and provide timely feedback through one-on-ones and performance reviews.
Own team planning, prioritization, and delivery in partnership with product management.
Evaluate development estimates and technical solutions, test assumptions, surface risks, and guide the team toward effective approaches.
Investigate delivery delays, quality problems, and production incidents to identify root causes and drive durable fixes.
Review code and technical designs to uphold quality, security, maintainability, and performance standards.
Encourage responsible use of AI tools to improve productivity and code quality.
Promote testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation, while balancing technical debt with feature work.
Ensure production reliability through on-call, incident response, and postmortem practices.
Define, track, and report team health and delivery metrics, using data and retrospectives for continuous improvement.
Communicate progress, risks, and blockers clearly to stakeholders and serve as the team's primary liaison with cross-functional partners.
Establish norms and rituals that connect and align a remote, multi-time-zone team, including strong asynchronous communication habits.
Contribute to department-level planning, hiring standards, and engineering culture.