Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

As a Software Engineering Manager at Spring, you lead a team of engineers responsible for building and operating production systems that directly support customer and business outcomes.

• You provide clarity, structure, and support - helping your team stay focused, aligned, and effective.
• You are a servant leader who removes blockers, fosters growth, and ensures that engineers have the resources and direction they need to succeed.
• You are accountable for the delivery, quality, and reliability of the systems your team owns.
• You work closely with your engineers to ensure clear ownership, strong operational posture, and adherence to engineering standards.
• You participate in technical discussions and design reviews, coach engineers through trade-offs, and hold the bar for simplicity, maintainability, and delivery focus - without micromanaging implementation details.
• You are responsible for ensuring that the software your team ships is rigorously tested, observable, and production-ready.
• You create a culture where engineers take full ownership for validating their changes, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, as well as any necessary manual validation.
• You support the health of building pipelines, deployment automation, and incident response practices.
• You help your team improve CI/CD maturity and continuously raise the quality of their engineering process.
• You collaborate closely with product managers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional peers to align priorities and execution.
• You help clarify scope, negotiate timelines, and ensure engineering perspectives are part of early decision-making.
• You support your engineers' growth through coaching, feedback, and career development, and you help create a culture of ownership, urgency, and learning.
  
  

What You'll Do

• Lead a team of software engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and career development support.
• Lead and mentor a highly skilled engineering scrum team focusing on developing, testing, and deploying desktop applications in C++
• Lead and mentor development teams, providing guidance to achieve project goals.
• Foster a collaborative work environment, ensuring effective team communication.
• Conduct performance reviews, identify development needs, and provide ongoing coaching.
• Participate in the recruitment and hiring of new engineers.
• Drive delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business priorities and technical goals.
• Participate in technical design and architecture discussions, offering guidance without micromanaging.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business, product, UX, and other engineering teams to define and scope work.
• Promote engineering excellence through code quality, testing, observability, and DevOps best practices.
• Own team-level operations, including on-call rotation, incident response, and service health.
  
  

Requirements

• 2+ years of people management experience; 5+ years in software engineering roles.
• Proven ability to lead teams delivering production software at scale.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related discipline
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership or managerial role
• 5+ years of software development experience, preferably in C++/.NET
• Familiarity with Linux and Windows development environments
• Strong technical background - able to understand, critique, and support design and architectural decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of working with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders.
• Experience in agile delivery environments with a focus on DevOps and operational ownership.
• Empathetic and direct leadership style; able to give feedback, grow talent, and support healthy team dynamics.
  
  

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