Senior Manager of Software Engineering leading a product engineering team at IAA Operations. Focused on delivering reliability and operability of business-critical systems in the Azure ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of software engineers responsible for building and operating services that power IAA Operations.
Own delivery for Ops product roadmaps while improving reliability, operability, and time-to-market.
Lead modernization of legacy .NET applications to cloud-native architectures (e.g., .NET Core/.NET, containerized services) in Azure.
Drive data modernization and performance improvements, including PostgreSQL schema design, migrations, and operational best practices.
Partner with Product to define crisp problem statements, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes; ensure engineering work aligns to value.
Translate operational and product needs into prioritized engineering work with clear success metrics (outcomes, SLIs/SLOs, and cost targets).
Drive DevOps excellence across the software delivery lifecycle: CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, secure-by-default deployments, and progressive delivery (e.g., canary/blue-green).
Own operational excellence outcomes: availability, latency, throughput, reliability, cost efficiency, and reduction of toil through automation.
Set clear team goals, operating cadence, and key metrics; communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs to stakeholders and leadership.
Coach engineers and managers (as applicable) in modern engineering practices, systems thinking, and pragmatic delivery; build a culture of learning and psychological safety.
Improve security and compliance posture through DevSecOps practices: least privilege, secrets management, automated scanning, policy-as-code, and auditability.
Manage cross-team dependencies and coordinate delivery for initiatives spanning multiple systems and partners.
Requirements
10+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3+ years in a people-management role leading engineering teams
Experience modernizing enterprise .NET applications on Azure, including containerization and progressive delivery practices
Strong DevOps and SRE expertise, including on-call operations, incident management, and reliability engineering practices (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets)
Hands-on experience with cloud and cloud-native systems (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including Kubernetes/container orchestration and service networking
Proficiency with CI/CD systems and release automation (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo CD) and strong SDLC governance
Experience building and operating observability stacks (metrics/logs/traces) and using them for troubleshooting and capacity/performance management; familiarity with OpenTelemetry strongly preferred
Strong communication skills - able to write crisp narratives, drive alignment, and explain tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences
Ability to influence across teams and functions, manage dependencies, and deliver outcomes in a complex enterprise environment.
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