Key skills
C#/.NETAzureInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCI/CD pipelinesGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsTechnical roadmap ownershipArchitectural decision-makingDeveloper platformsAI-assisted developmentDistributed systemsDORA metricsObservability platformsOpenTelemetryApplication InsightsDatadogSecurity tooling integrationGitHub Advanced SecuritySonarQubeCoachingPerformance managementC#C.NETAIAgenticGitHubCI/CDLeadership
About this role
Isolved is a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions that combines modern technology with expert services and support. The Engineering Manager, Developer Platform & Developer Experience leads a high-impact team focused on building and improving internal developer platforms and tooling, blending technical contributions with people leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a small team of engineers across Developer Platform and Developer Experience
- Conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning to support team growth
- Hire, onboard, and build a high-performing, collaborative engineering team
- Set clear expectations, provide direct feedback, and address performance issues effectively
- Own and prioritize the roadmap across platform and developer experience initiatives (IDP, IaC, CI/CD, observability, AI tooling)
- Translate organizational goals into actionable deliverables and measurable outcomes for the team
- Partner with architecture, engineering, and product leaders to align platform strategy with business priorities
- Communicate roadmap progress, risks, and tradeoffs to leadership and stakeholders
- Contribute hands-on through coding, architecture design, PR reviews, and technical guidance
- Maintain technical depth to support sound decision-making and step into complex technical challenges when needed
- Drive delivery of internal developer platform capabilities, shared tooling, and CI/CD solutions
- Promote adoption of AI development tools and establish metrics (e.g., DORA, DX) to improve developer productivity and experience
- Collaborate cross-functionally with architecture, security, and engineering teams to ensure platform effectiveness
- Lead enablement efforts such as demos, office hours, and knowledge sharing to increase adoption and impact
Requirements:
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years of direct people management or equivalent technical leadership with coaching responsibilities
- Proven ability to lead while remaining hands-on as an individual contributor
- Experience owning and delivering against a technical roadmap
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to independently address complex challenges
- Proficiency in C#/.NET, Azure, and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
- Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
- Strong architectural and technical decision-making experience at the team or platform level
- Demonstrated people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, and hiring
- Experience with modern engineering practices and tools, including developer platforms, AI-assisted development, distributed systems, and productivity frameworks (e.g., DORA)
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) and agentic developer workflows
- Observability platforms (OpenTelemetry, Application Insights, Datadog, or similar)
- Security tooling integration (GitHub Advanced Security, SonarQube, or similar)
- Leading a transition from one CI/CD platform to another (Azure DevOps to GitHub, or similar)
- Public speaking, internal evangelism, or external technical thought leadership
- Contributing to or maintaining open-source platform tooling