Software Engineering Manager

Leads and manages a team of software engineers responsible for building and supporting enterprise applications and services. Provides hands-on technical leadership in solution design, implementation planning, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution. Leads development efforts using C#, .NET, APIs, SQL Server, cloud services, messaging, and related enterprise technologies. Partners with Product, Business Analysts, Architecture, QA, DevOps, Security, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, identify risks, and define delivery plans. Ensures solutions are scalable, secure, cost-effective, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture and engineering standards. Reviews technical designs and code for quality, performance, reliability, and best practices. Drives sprint commitments, release readiness, defect resolution, technical debt reduction, and production stability. Mentors engineers on technical design, coding practices, debugging, system ownership, and professional growth. Works with QA/SDET to ensure quality through automation and early validation. Collaborates with DevOps/platform teams to improve CI/CD, monitoring, and operational support. Communicates status, risks, dependencies, blockers, and mitigation plans to leadership. Supports hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and retention. Performs other duties as assigned.