Sr. Engineering Manager

Comply•Chicago, IL

14h

About The Position

Comply is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and grow a high-performing software engineering team that builds reliable, scalable software for compliance programs serving financial services clients worldwide. The role owns both people leadership and technical direction, and partners with product, QA, and business stakeholders to deliver the product roadmap. The manager will lead engineers based in India and report to the Senior Director of Software Engineering. Cross-time-zone collaboration is part of the role, with an emphasis on sustainable, predictable working hours. The manager leads the team through planning, code review, deployment, and production reliability; sets technical standards; and guides the technical roadmap, balancing delivery with platform health, innovation, and technical-debt reduction. The role also includes coaching and developing engineers, managing performance, hiring, and contributing engineering perspective to product and commercial decisions. In the first 90 days, the manager is expected to build relationships with the team and cross-functional partners, assess team health and delivery priorities, run sprints, hold substantive 1:1s with direct reports, begin addressing a team or process gap, deliver a meaningful technical milestone, improve a process or tool, and start a six-month team development plan. The stated total compensation for the role is $165,000–$176,000 in the United States. The estimated base salary range is $150,000–$160,000, with applicable bonus and benefit offerings. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; visa sponsorship or transfer is not currently available.

Requirements

At least 5 years of engineering leadership experience, including direct people management, coaching, performance management, and team development.
Deep full-stack development background, particularly in C# and .NET.
Ability to lead through ambiguity, set clear goals, drive accountability, and develop a long-term technical roadmap.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences and participate in strategic discussions with senior leadership.
Experience building and deploying scaled platforms and applications in cloud environments.
Proficiency with modern engineering practices, including CI/CD pipelines, agile methodologies, and version control systems such as Bitbucket.
Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases, including SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, and Elasticsearch.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Authorization to work for any employer in the United States; the company is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services or another regulated industry.
AWS cloud certification preferred; Azure or GCP certifications also relevant.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Redis, or Jenkins.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor.ai, or AWS Bedrock.

Responsibilities

Lead a cross-functional engineering team, including QA and offshore engineers in India.
Own sprint planning, code review, deployment, and production reliability.
Establish coding standards and conduct meaningful code reviews to keep work secure, scalable, and aligned with architectural best practices.
Partner with product and business stakeholders to define and prioritize delivery and connect sprint work to customer value and product strategy.
Build a culture of ownership, inclusion, continuous learning, and engineering craft.
Coach and develop engineers, conduct 1:1s, manage performance, and work with recruiting to hire strategic talent.
Drive the technical roadmap by balancing near-term commitments with long-term platform health, innovation, and technical-debt reduction.
Promote CI/CD pipelines, agile methodologies, version control, and AI-assisted development tools.
Collaborate across business units and contribute engineering perspectives to product and commercial decisions and the broader software-platform direction.
In the first 90 days, build relationships, assess team health and priorities, run sprints, meet with direct reports, address a gap, deliver a technical milestone, improve a process or tool, and begin a six-month team development plan.