Senior Software Engineering Manager

Position location:

Austin, TX

Lead and scale our engineering teams across India and the US. The role is ideal for a technical leader who excels in cross‑functional collaboration, drives high‑quality software delivery, and brings deep experience in modern engineering practices.

• Lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams across multiple geographies (India & US).
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Drive performance management, coaching, and career development for engineers and leads.

• Own end‑to‑end delivery of complex software initiatives, ensuring high quality and timely execution.
• Collaborate with Product managers to define scope, prioritize roadmaps, and balance innovation with execution.
• Partner with Operations teams to ensure smooth releases, uptime, compliance, and service reliability.
• Establish scalable processes, metrics, and engineering best practices.
• Communicate risks, milestones, and technical decisions to leadership and stakeholders.

• Provide architectural and technical guidance on systems built using Java / Spring Boot RESTful APIs & microservices.
• Champion cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and databases such as MemDB, Postgre
  
  SQL.
• Advocate for Dev Ops maturity including CI/CD, automation, observability, deployment orchestration, and cloud‑native design.
• Advocate for engineering excellence, code quality, and system scalability.

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with at least 4+ years in people management.
• Proven success managing distributed teams across time zones.
• Strong technical background in API development, cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Java Spring Boot, and databases such as MemDB/Postgres.
• Working knowledge of Dev Ops tools, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud‑based deployment practices.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Product and Operations at strategic and tactical levels.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and decision‑making skills.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis. Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

• Experience scaling teams during rapid product growth.
• Exposure to modern architectural patterns (microservices, event‑driven systems).
• Prior experience leading transformation efforts (Dev Ops adoption, process optimization, cloud migration).

HYBRID – Western Union values in‑person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

Annual base salary range is $160,000 – 185,000 USD per year. Total on‑target compensation includes a base salary and short‑term and long‑term incentives that align with individual and company performance.

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Student Loan Repayment (below manager level only)
• Parental Leave
• One day volunteer time off
• Money Transfer Fee Discount Code – Quarterly Recognition Program “Game Changers” Employee Discount Program
• Global Adoption Assistance
• Global Scholarship Awards Program
• 401K plan
• Additional benefits for residents of Colorado, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania include specific age‑neutral policies and accommodations.

Estimated Job Posting End Date: 06-12-2026 – this posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.

We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.