Software Development Senior Manager

The Software Development Senior Manager is a senior technical leader responsible for architecting, building, and operating the firm's cloud-native automation platform. This role requires deep expertise in Azure cloud architecture, distributed systems, and software engineering. This is a technical leadership role first, people management second. This role has a strong background in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or full-stack development background with Dev Ops expertise.

• Design and evolve the distributed system architecture for the cloud-native automation platform, including Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Blob Storage
• Design event-driven architectures using Azure Service Bus for high-volume asynchronous processing
• Optimize platform performance, cost, and operational complexity through architectural improvements
• Lead .NET backend development including ASP.NET Core APIs, CQRS pattern with MediatR, Entity Framework Core, and Fluent Validation
• Conduct code reviews ensuring adherence to SOLID principles, async programming best practices, and distributed systems patterns
• Own and evolve multi-stage Azure Dev Ops YAML pipelines including multi-phase infrastructure deployment, container image builds, and environment-specific deployments
• Manage and mentor software engineers, focusing on cloud engineering skill development

• Required:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field; or equivalent professional experience with demonstrable cloud architecture expertise.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, application development, information technology, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 6 years of hands‑on software engineering experience, including experience developing cloud‑based applications and solutions.
• Minimum of 3 years of direct people management experience, including experience leading and developing software engineering teams.
• Strong technical foundation with the ability to provide technical guidance, mentor engineers, and effectively delegate while empowering team members to own execution.
• Experience leading and delivering greenfield/net‑new development of enterprise‑grade applications and solutions, or comparable large‑scale software development initiatives.
• Experience with modern application development technologies and cloud platforms, including .NET, React, Microsoft Azure, or comparable technologies.
• Proven ability to mentor software engineers on cloud‑native development patterns, distributed systems concepts, and cloud architecture.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts, strategies, and recommendations to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

• A minimum of 6 years of hands‑on software engineering experience building cloud‑native applications on Azure.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience with Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS), or equivalent container orchestration platforms.
• A minimum of 2 years of people management experience leading software engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering distributed systems in production using microservices architecture and event‑driven patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Service Bus, Azure database services including Azure SQL Database with Elastic Pools, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, managed identity authentication, connection pooling, and private endpoint configuration.
• Deep understanding of microservices communication patterns including synchronous HTTP, asynchronous messaging, event‑driven architecture, and service discovery.
• Proficiency in C# and .NET (minimum .NET 6, preferably .NET 8+)…