Senior Software Development Manager

UTA seeks a Senior Software Development Manager to lead engineering execution for our enterprise financial systems. This role is responsible for building and scaling the applications that power payments, invoicing, revenue recognition, and deal execution across the company. You will drive technical strategy, lead system design, and ensure the delivery of reliable, secure, and compliant backend services. This is a hands‑on engineering leadership role—focused on execution, architecture, and cross‑functional delivery across AWS infrastructure and enterprise systems such as Net Suite, Salesforce, and banking/payment platforms.

The salary range for this role $200,000 to $250,000 commensurate with experience and skills

• Own the design and development of scalable backend services for payments, revenue recognition, and financial workflows
• Lead end-to-end development of backend services (Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL) and frontend applications (React, Type Script)
• Design APIs, data models, and UI integrations to deliver cohesive financial tools and internal dashboards
• Provide full‑stack ownership across key financial systems
• Lead integrations across the enterprise deal‑to‑cash ecosystem- ingesting deals from upstream domain/producer systems, and publishing fulfillment events to downstream settlement and finance systems
• Define service boundaries, reliability SLAs, and domain models aligned with high‑volume financial operations
• Architect cloud‑native systems on AWS using Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, SQS, Cloud Watch, and Event Bridge

• Embed security-first principles across system design, architecture, and development
• Implement defense‑in‑depth strategies, including fine‑grained IAM, encryption at rest and in transit, and auditable data flows
• Design secure workflows for financial transactions, client data, and third‑party integrations
• Partner with Info Sec to ensure alignment with zero‑trust models, least‑privilege access, and continuous monitoring
• Lead efforts in service hardening, secure CI/CD pipelines, secret management, and proactive risk mitigation
• Ensure all platform components meet internal controls and compliance standards

• Manage and grow a high‑performing team of backend and platform engineers
• Drive roadmap execution and delivery of complex, cross‑functional initiatives
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, operational discipline, and ownership
• Serve as the technical escalation point for architectural trade‑offs, production challenges, and system design

• Partner with product managers, architects, external vendors, and finance stakeholders to deliver end‑to‑end features
• Translate financial and contractual rules into deterministic, reusable service logic
• Drive quality, automation, and performance in domains where accuracy and compliance are essential

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years leading backend/platform teams or delivering complex financial systems
• Expertise in backend engineering with Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL (or equivalent)
• Strong background in AWS architecture
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
• Experience with event‑driven systems and microservice architectures
• Proven track record delivering systems with high audit/compliance requirements
• Familiarity with enterprise platforms like Net Suite, Salesforce, Concur, or Stripe
• Strong understanding of data modeling, transactional workflows, and secure service architecture
• Experience working in compliance‑focused environments requiring auditability and financial precision
• Experience with financial systems such as payments, trust accounting, GL integration, and revenue recognition
• Prior exposure to platforms with complex domain logic (e.g., deal tracking, contingent compensation, or booking systems)
• Experience with serverless architecture and Function‑as‑a‑Service (FaaS) patterns
• Understanding of multi‑party payments, invoicing workflows, and tax handling (e.g., 1099s, VAT)
• Exposure to platform compliance tools (e.g., Datadog compliance checks, AWS Config, Prisma, or Wiz)
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