Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Q2 Software • Austin, TX

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

As passionate about our people as we are about our mission. Why Join Q2? Q2 is a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions, alternative finance companies, and fintechs in the U.S. and internationally. Our mission is simple: build strong and diverse communities through innovative financial technology—and we do that by empowering our people to help create success for our customers. What Makes Q2 Special? Being as passionate about our people as we are about our mission. We celebrate our employees in many ways, including our “Circle of Awesomeness” award ceremony and day of employee celebration among others! We invest in the growth and development of our team members through ongoing learning opportunities, mentorship programs, internal mobility, and meaningful leadership relationships. We also know that nothing builds trust and collaboration like having fun. We hold an annual Dodgeball for Charity event at our Q2 Stadium in Austin, inviting other local companies to play, and community organizations we support to raise money and awareness together. You will be working at a company whose mission is to build stronger and more diverse communities by strengthening their financial institutions, while partnering with fintech innovators who are shaping the future of financial services. As a Sr. Technical Manager, you will manage a team of skilled engineers working to deliver a secure, scalable, and high-quality banking platform. You will be responsible for driving technical excellence—ensuring code quality through reviews, fostering engineering best practices, overseeing system design and architecture, and maintaining a strong focus on reliability and performance. This role requires a highly motivated leader who can balance people management with hands-on technical guidance. Bring Your Passion, Do What You Love. Here’s What We’re Looking For: Technical Leadership Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of full stack engineers (JavaScript and C#), ensuring high standards of software craftsmanship, scalability, and maintainability. Set and enforce coding standards, review code for correctness, performance, and security, and ensure adherence to best practices in software engineering. Guide architectural decision-making, ensuring robust designs that align with business goals and future scalability. Oversee end-to-end development cycles, from requirements gathering and system design through implementation, deployment, and post-release monitoring. Drive adoption of engineering best practices, including unit testing, integration testing, code coverage, and secure coding practices. Process & Delivery Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab/Jenkins (or similar), ensuring reliable automated builds, testing, and deployment workflows. Proactively monitor platform performance, reliability, and security using modern observability and crash reporting tools. Manage technical debt, prioritize refactoring, and champion maintainability across the codebase. Collaborate with product management, UX, and backend engineering teams to align development priorities with product strategy and roadmap. Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve cost efficiency, scalability, and overall platform resilience. People & Culture Mentor engineers in both technical skills (code design, debugging, system design) and career growth. Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Champion knowledge-sharing practices, such as design reviews, post-mortems, and engineering documentation.

Requirements

• ~10 years total experience (Sr Manager level); advanced degree with 6+ acceptable
• 2–5 years managing and developing employees
• Expertise in JavaScript, Python, SQL; AWS patterns; client‑facing experience
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills; banking domain a plus
• This position requires fluent written and oral communication in English.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
• We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

• banking domain a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineers; manage planning through release and monitoring
• Implement and maintain CI/CD (e.g., GitLab/Jenkins) and automated testing
• Ensure reliability and crash‑free performance with monitoring and reporting
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend teams on roadmaps
• Drive continuous improvement and cross‑org initiatives for cost and performance

Benefits

• Health & Wellness
• Hybrid Work Opportunities
• Flexible Time Off
• Career Development & Mentoring Programs
• Health & Wellness Benefits, including competitive health insurance offerings and generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents
• Community Volunteering & Company Philanthropy Programs
• Employee Peer Recognition Programs – “You Earned it”

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees