Software Engineering Manager

What You’ll Do We'relooking for a hands-on, technically strong Software Engineering Manager who thrives in ambiguity and can rally a team to ship high-quality software.You'llset technicaldirections, grow your engineers, and keep the team's work tightly aligned with what the businessneeds;while staying close enough to the code to earn your team's trust. In this role, you will: • Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software development projects. This involves setting project timelines,allocating resources, and tracking progress against milestones. • Provide technical guidance andexpertise to the development team, helping to resolve complex technical issues and ensuring that the team follows best practices and coding standards. • Championing AI Engineering by encouraging the team to inject AI across the entire SDLC to drive efficiency gains. • Improving system performance and reliabilityand conducting code reviews andmaking technical contributions. • Allocate resources effectively, including personnel, budget, and time, to ensure that projects are completed on schedule and within budget constraints. • Identifypotential risks and challenges in software development projects and develop strategies to mitigate them. • Continuously assess and improve software development processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, quality, and scalability. • Ensure that software development activitiescomply withrelevant regulations, standards, and security protocols. • Ensure that software products meet quality standards and customer requirements by implementing rigorous testing procedures and quality assurance processes. • Communicate with stakeholders, including clients, executives, and other departments, to understand requirements, provide updates on project status, and manage expectations. • Stay informed aboutnew technologies, tools, and trends in software development, and assess their potential impact on current and future projects. • Address conflicts and disagreements within the development team or with other stakeholders in a constructive andtimely manner. • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software developers, ensuring they have the resources, support, and direction needed to meet project goals. • Foster a collaborative and communicative environment within the development team and across other departments such as product management, quality assurance, and operations. • Evaluate the performance of team members, provide feedback, and implement strategies for professional development and improvement. • Recruits, interviews, hires, and trainsnew staff. What You’ll Need to Join Our Team • Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceor related field or equivalent work experience. • 3+ years in leadershiprole. • 7+ years of engineering experience. • 8+ years of leading the definition and development ofmulti-tierweb services experience. • Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networksdevelopment life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and live site operations. • Provenexperience withC#, Angular, TypeScript, and JavaScript. • Provenexperience withAzure cloud architecture (App Services, Service Bus, Azure SQL, and related services). • Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Octopus). • Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g.,Claude Code). Why Work For Us • Competitive Compensation from $170,000-180,000 USD; $150,000-160,000 CAN • Comprehensive Benefit Package** • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance • Health Savings Account (HSA) • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Short & Long Term Disability Insurance • Company-paid Life Insurance • Voluntary Life Insurance • Voluntary Accident Insurance • Employee Assistance Program • 401k with generous Company Match • Commuter Benefits • Paid Time Off accrued per pay period • 10 Paid Holidays • Paid Parental Leave • Annual Bonus Program and/or Commission Eligibility (note only put the applicable one) • Professional Development Opportunities • Employee Events • Wellness Programs • Employee Discount Programs • Office in Park Ridge, IL - Convenient location to Blue Line *Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related aspects. **Eligible to enroll the first day of employment for immediate coverage. Remote only roles: Although the role is open to remote candidates, PCMI can only hire employees in the following states: • AL, CT, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, OH, PA, SC, TX, WI Note: It is required for this role to be in the Park Ridge, IL office 2 days per week if candidate is located in the Chicagoland area. #LI-BB1 #LI-Hybrid #LI-Remote #J-18808-Ljbffr