Sr Manager, Engineering

Requisition

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

We are hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead, grow, and inspire high‑performing engineering teams delivering mission‑critical platforms in the automotive retail and commercial finance domain.

This is a people‑first leadership role with deep technical accountability. You will be responsible not only for what we build, but how teams work, grow, and succeed. You will shape engineering culture, develop leaders, and ensure consistent execution while guiding teams through modern architectures, cloud platforms, and AI‑enabled solutions.

If you are passionate about building strong teams, coaching engineers into leaders, and scaling technology in a regulated financial domain, this role is for you.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

Lead and manage multiple engineering teams, including senior engineers, tech leads, and potentially other engineering managers

Build a culture of trust, inclusion, accountability, and continuous learning

Coach engineers at all levels through:
Regular 1:1s, career planning, and performance feedback;
Technical and behavioral mentoring;
Clear growth paths for ICs and future leaders

Own hiring, onboarding, and team composition:
Partner with Talent Acquisition to attract top engineering talent;
Make strong hiring decisions aligned with long‑term team health

Drive performance management:
Set clear expectations and goals;
Conduct performance reviews and compensation input ;
Proactively address performance issues with empathy and clarity

Identify, develop, and retain next‑generation technical and people leaders

Ensure predictable, high‑quality delivery across multiple initiatives and teams

Balance delivery timelines, technical debt, and long‑term platform health

Remove organizational and technical blockers to keep teams focused and productive

Establish and evolve engineering operating rhythms (planning, retrospectives, metrics)

Provide hands‑on technical leadership and guidance (without micromanaging)

Drive system design and architectural consistency across:
Service‑Oriented Architecture (SOA) ; API‑first and event‑driven systems (Kafka, Rabbit

MQ)

Ensure adoption of cloud‑native design principles, design patterns, and best practices

Review and guide solutions involving: C, C#, Java, SQL and data modeling, Distributed and scalable systems

Lead teams building and operating solutions on Azure and GCP

Champion Dev Ops and platform engineering practices: CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code , Automated testing and observability

Foster a strong ownership mindset around reliability, security, and compliance

AI, Innovation & Developer Productivity

Encourage responsible adoption of AI solutions and concepts across platforms

Drive developer productivity through tools such as Git Hub Copilot

Partner with architecture and innovation teams to evaluate emerging technologies

Act as a trusted technology partner to Product, Finance, Compliance, and Operations

Translate automotive finance business needs into scalable technical solutions

Communicate clearly with senior leadership on:
Team health and capacity ;
Delivery risks and trade‑offs ;
Technology investments and outcomes

Skills
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

10+ years of overall software engineering experience

Experience delivering large‑scale systems in regulated or financial domains

Automotive finance, fintech, or financial services experience strongly preferred

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience (Master’s degree preferred)

Languages:

C, C#, Java

Cloud Platforms:
Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Architecture:
Service‑Oriented Architecture, RESTful APIs , Event‑driven systems (Kafka, Rabbit

MQ)

Data: SQL and relational databases

Engineering Practices:
Cloud‑native development ;
Design patterns and clean architecture , Dev Ops and CI/CD

AI & Tooling:
Git Hub Copilot , Foundational AI concepts and applied solutions

Domain

Experience:

Automotive finance (retail and commercial lending/leasing)

5+ years of experience as a people…