It’s about process, progress, and people.
Are you someone that loves to create new systems? Do you have a knack for moving things forward? Do you like collaborating with people to accomplish big projects? If so, the Software Engineering Manager position could be your calling.
At Frost, it’s about more than a job. It’s about having a flourishing career where you can thrive, both in and out of work. At Frost, we’re committed to fostering an environment that reflects our values and encourages team members to be the best they can be. In joining our adaptable, integrity-driven team, you’ll become part of Frost’s over 150-year legacy of providing unparalleled banking services.
Who you are:
As a Software Engineering Manager, you are our leader, ensuring your team has the necessary support and guidance to deliver top quality systems. In this role, you will be responsible for supervising the entire development lifecycle for a team of software engineers. You will use your effective communication skills and analytical mindset to provide necessary expertise and direction to ensure all systems meet development standards. More than that, this role is about developing people and doing it with integrity, caring and excellence in mind.
What you’ll do:
- Manage the entire development lifecycle for a team of software engineers with assigned programs and systems
- Review coding for a group of software engineers to ensure alignment with business needs, change control procedures, and Frost development standards
- Collaborate with and provide technical advice to Product Owners, Business Analysts, Software Engineers, and lines of business to estimate level-of-effort, timing, and feasibility, to design new systems based on business requirements, and to optimize system and program functionality
- Exercise the usual authority of a manager
- Provide strategic insights to IT management
- Always take action using Integrity, Caring, and Excellence to achieve all-win outcomes
What you’ll need:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, in a related field, or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading a team
- Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor teams using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, AI code review, LLM-powered assistants)
- Deep understanding of web, mobile, and API security best practices
- Experience designing and operating highly available distributed systems at scale
- Experience with cloud environments (OpenShift/AWS/Azure/GCP) or hybrid infrastructure
- Demonstrated experience independently identifying issues and designing solutions for the biggest and most complex programs and systems at the bank
- Demonstrated experience synthesizing and directing coding efforts for a group of Software Engineers
- Strong track record in driving architectural decisions and trade-offs
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders
- Proven experience hiring, mentoring, and growing engineering teams
- Current knowledge of emerging market trends, development methodologies, and development frameworks that improve application security
Additional Preferred Skills:
- Hands-on experience with identity, authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, OAuth/OIDC, session management, or fraud detection systems
- Familiarity with zero-trust, tokenization, and risk-based authentication
- Experience with rule engines, real-time event processing, fraud scoring pipelines
- Experience with identity providers, directory / IAM systems, or customer identity and access management (CIAM)
- Experience in platform engineering, internal APIs, microservices governance, DevSecOps, and developer enablement
- Experience defining standards, principles, and technical direction from a platform lens
- Familiarity with AI observability, data lineage, and governance practices
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g. KYC, AML, PSD2)
- Prior experience in financial services or regulated environment
Our Benefits:
At Frost, we care about your health, your family, and your future and strive to have our benefits reflect that. This includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Generous holiday and paid time off schedule
- Tuition reimbursement
- Extensive health and wellness programs, including our Employee Assistance Program
- Referral bonus program + more!
Since 1868, Frost has dedicated their expertise to provide exceptional banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses and individuals throughout Texas. Frost is one of the 50 largest U.S. banks by asset size and is a leader in banking customer satisfaction. At Frost, it’s about being part of something bigger. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply and see what’s possible at Frost.
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What We Do
At Frost, everything we do is aimed at making customers’ lives better. We do it by creating and delivering great experiences to them every time they interact with us. Through teamwork, collaboration and a commitment from everyone involved, we’ve succeeded in that goal time and time again. And we’re incredibly proud of the results—technology that helps us serve our customers, industry-leading security that inspires confidence and a quick and agile workforce that serves our customers in ways no other bank can.
Frost provides banking, investments and insurance services to businesses and individuals throughout Texas. Founded in 1868, Frost is one of the 50 largest U.S. banks by asset size.
