Financial Services - Manager - Tax Technology Engineer - EDGE

EY•Hartford, DC

5d•$112,900 - $235,300•Hybrid

About The Position

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction. Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing, and secure. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then come join our dynamic FSO team! Our Financial Services EY EDGE practice is made up of a team of professionals providing dedicated tax technical services to both US and global clients. EDGE stands for Exceptional Delivery and Growth Engine because this team operates in a technical environment with deep process and service delivery experience that distinguishes EY in the marketplace. Join our Tax Technology and Transformation team as an Engineering Manager, where you will be part of a technology organization that develops and maintains innovative solutions for our client-serving Tax professionals. You will have the opportunity to partner with our tax professionals to develop supporting technology such as digital/mobile tools to improve internal operations, application of Robotics Process Automation (RPA) to collect financial data, development of advanced financial dashboards, visualization, analytics, and reports.

Requirements

Proven experience leading an engineering team and delivering software in iterative cycles
Strong practical backend experience in Python and hands-on experience maintaining existing .NET/C# services
Experience working in mixed .NET and Python environments, including phased migration from .NET to Python
Strong frontend experience with Next.js, Web Components, and Module Federation; Angular migration experience is valuable
Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure (AWS and GCP experience is also acceptable)
Hands-on experience with containerized workloads and orchestration
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Bicep, Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK
Full-stack development experience and strong understanding of test automation (unit, integration, e2e)
Practical experience applying agentic SDLC in real delivery workflows.
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
Bachelor’s degree required (4-year degree) Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Economics and/or a master’s degree in Accounting, Tax Technology, Management Information Systems, or Computer Science or related field; master's degree preferred.
Typically, no less than 5 - 7 years relevant experience
One of the following certifications: CPA, EA, JD, Master’s degree in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, information systems or engineering, Quantitative Economics or Quants
Exposure to the financial services industry, accounting/finance/tax, tax or finance performance improvement, tax software development and/or implementation
Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and monitoring them until completion, including documenting requirements, configuration, testing, debugging, project profitability, and tax systems and process configuration

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with delivery tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Atlassian Suite, SonarQube, Mend, and Aqua Trivy
Strong understanding of component life cycles and practical debugging in full-stack systems
Professional certification requirements as defined by each service line
Emotional Agility and Hybrid Collaboration skills
Experience in Leading Teams and Learning Agility

Responsibilities

Lead one medium or multiple smaller teams, aligning to goals and fostering a collaborative delivery culture
Stay close to delivery through code/design reviews, technical coaching, and active tech debt management
Partner with the Senior Manager on cross-team escalations, broader planning, and strategic trade-offs
Plan and sequence priorities, identify dependencies early, and keep execution aligned to iteration goals
Set clear sprint goals, drive demos, and maintain visibility into milestones, risks, and overall progress
Break work into achievable increments to ensure predictable delivery
Lead delivery across components with backend stacks in Python or .NET/C#, based on needs
Ensure clear ownership, consistent engineering standards, and operational reliability across all components
Plan and execute .NET-to-Python migrations for targeted components while maintaining stability of business-critical systems
Apply engineering principles across the full lifecycle: design, coding, testing, release, and operations
Drive practical adoption of agentic SDLC with human-in-the-loop quality, testing, and security controls
Maintain strong automated testing coverage and reliable release practices
Track and report key engineering metrics, including updates to Atlassian Compass
Facilitate bi-weekly live demos from cloud environments and ensure consistency in delivery
Maintain transparency through regular status updates
Own timely resolution of Information Security (InfoSec) findings