Software Engineering Manager

TaxAct is hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering and supporting business-critical applications. The role combines people leadership, technical guidance, and stakeholder collaboration across modern and legacy systems, while improving development practices and supporting responsible adoption of AI-assisted tools.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment
• Provide regular coaching, feedback, professional development, and career growth opportunities for team members
• Manage team operations, resources, and priorities while overseeing the development and maintenance of business-critical software applications
• Support a mix of modern and legacy applications and help the team make practical decisions around modernization, maintenance, and technical debt
• Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to evaluate requirements, estimate level of effort, and determine technical feasibility
• Provide technical direction and help establish development standards, engineering practices, and expectations for code quality
• Participate in and guide code and design reviews while encouraging maintainable, secure, and scalable software development practices
• Identify and remove technical or operational barriers that affect team productivity and delivery
• Support the responsible adoption of AI-assisted software engineering tools and practices where they can improve developer productivity, software quality, or the customer experience

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• Approximately 8 years of software development or software engineering experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience leading or managing software engineers
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, modern software engineering practices, and Agile development methodologies
• Experience working within Microsoft-focused technology environments, including .NET and C#
• Experience with relational databases and SQL
• Experience with cloud-based applications and services, preferably within Azure and/or AWS environments
• Experience working with APIs, service-based architectures, integrations, and distributed applications
• Ability to understand and provide technical guidance across both modern applications and established legacy systems
• Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills
• Experience leading software engineering teams responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining SaaS or customer-facing applications, preferably within financial services, tax, insurance, or other regulated industries
• Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy applications, including migrating to cloud-based platforms, improving system architecture, and adopting modern development practices
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, cloud deployment, DevOps, and application observability
• Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and software architecture principles related to application security, scalability, performance, and reliability