The Software Development Manager leads software engineering teams in the design, development, and delivery of scalable, secure applications and services. This role provides technical leadership, drives engineering best practices, and ensures high-quality solutions are delivered on time and aligned with business and technological standards. The Software Development Manager partners closely with cross-functional teams to support critical business systems while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
Essential Functions
Lead and mentor software development teams in the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of applications, APIs, and backend services supporting critical business processes.
Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to engineers building high-performance, scalable, and secure services.
Establish and maintain engineering standards, coding best practices, and architectural patterns, including modular design, concurrency, error handling, testing, and documentation.
Drive adoption of clean code principles, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and observability across systems.
Collaborate with Project Managers, Application Architects, Business Analysts, Security, and QA teams to plan, design, build, test, and deploy applications and microservices.
Oversee cross-project resource planning and capacity management for engineering teams to ensure successful delivery timelines.
Assist in the creation of user stories, technical estimates, sprint plans, and delivery roadmaps for development initiatives.
Participate in and lead peer reviews of solution architecture, code, and integration designs to ensure quality, maintainability, and scalability.
Proactively troubleshoot and resolve complex system, performance, and reliability issues within platforms.
Ensure solutions follow secure coding standards, regulatory requirements, and internal SDLC practices while delivering on time and within budget.
Support production environments as needed, including after-hours support for releases, system testing, upgrades, and incident resolution related to services.
Evaluate and recommend improvements to development tooling, frameworks, deployment pipelines, and SDLC processes supporting engineering productivity.
Encourage continuous learning by promoting training, certifications, and skill development in Golang, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and DevOps practices.
Hire, onboard, coach, and develop high-performing engineers and technical leads.
Manage employee performance, career development, coaching, and corrective actions in alignment with company standards.
Foster strong partnerships with technology vendors, IT Security, PMO, Legal, and Infrastructure teams to support enterprise solutions.
This role is responsible for translating organizational goals into clear, actionable team objectives; ensuring engineering efforts align with business priorities; and maintaining a big-picture view across applications, platforms, and lines of business.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or technical discipline, or commensurate work experience required
6 years of experience in Software Development with progressively elevated roles required
3 years of management experience in a Technical field required
Financial industry experience preferred
Experience with one or multiple programming languages (Go/Golang) is preferred
Experience with Redis, Docker, and React is a plus
Ability to lead in an environment of onshore and offshore resources
Experience developing in the Azure environment
Experience with relational database design and SQL Server and/or Postgres development
Experience with source control management systems and CI/CD
Experience with agile development methodologies
Attention to detail and accuracy required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
Proficient in the utilization of Microsoft Office Suite
Top Skills
What We Do
At Aqua Finance, we help families from coast-to-coast experience life to the fullest by making clean water, home renovations, and the great outdoors more affordable and accessible. With our network of over 5,000 dealers, contractors, and retailers, we deliver flexible and consumer-friendly financing programs so families can bring their dreams to life. By taking a comprehensive approach to how we assess each application, we find more ways to help dealers, contractors, and retailers approve more consumers for financing.
