Manager, Software Engineering (Remote)
Manager, Software Engineering (Remote)
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Manager, Software Engineering
Team: Software Engineering
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida, Dallas, Texas, Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, Indiana, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Raleigh, North Carolina, St. Louis, Missouri, Richmond, Virginia
Commitment: Full-Time
Workplace Type: remote
As a remote-first organization headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, Kobie values meaningful in-person connection and collaboration that strengthens our teams, supports our clients, and enhances our culture. While travel requirements vary by role, periodic travel may be required to support business objectives, team collaboration, customer engagements, training, and company events. Candidates should be able and willing to travel as needed to fulfill the responsibilities of the role.
· Lead one or more Agile development squads within the Software Engineering group, delivering scalable and high-quality platform capabilities and client solutions.
· Partner closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects and the teams to translate business requirements into well-designed technical solutions.
· Drive end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring predictable execution, high quality, and alignment with product and client implementation goals.
· Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback, helping them grow their skills and careers.
· Contribute to the design and development of modern distributed systems and microservices architectures.
· Champion strong engineering practices, including code quality, automated testing, documentation, and operational readiness.
· Work with QA and SDET teams to improve test automation coverage and quality engineering practices across Agile squads.
· Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.
· Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment that drives team momentum, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
What you need to be successful
· 8–10 years of software development experience, with 2+ years of engineering leadership or team management.
· Proven experience leading Agile development teams delivering production-grade software systems.
· Hands-on expertise in modern backend and frontend technologies (e.g., Java, Spring, Angular) and testing methodologies.
· Strong understanding of modern Java architecture including event-driven design, Kafka, pub/sub messaging patterns, and scalable microservices.
· Familiarity with event-driven design and messaging platforms such as Kafka or similar pub/sub systems.
· Experience running production workloads in cloud-based, containerized environments using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
· Demonstrated ability to define and evolve CI/CD strategies and infrastructure, enabling automated, secure, and efficient deployments.
· Knowledge of test automation strategy and frameworks, including test coverage analysis, parallel test execution, and integration into CI pipelines.
· Experience with testing tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI, or similar frameworks and test-first development approaches, preferably BDD.
· Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
· Ability to mentor engineers, drive team accountability, and maintain focus on delivering high-quality outcomes.
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