Software Engineering Manager (HYBRID--Richmond, VA)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day activity of mid-level to senior-level developers and engineers
• Evaluate personnel and perform annual reviews for direct reports
• Schedule and maintain regular meetings with direct reports, providing guidance, career support, goals, and technical expertise
• Lead the design, development, and testing of small to large projects from inception to ongoing support
• Manage the development and creation of new/evolving best practices for end-to-end delivery
• Make sound recommendations for toolsets and best practices
• Lead and assist with adherence to software development guidelines and best practices
• Write application and database code based on business requirements or user stories, architectural requirements, and established coding standards
• Lead the review of business epics and stories
• Validate code against business and architectural requirements
• Foster the creation and testing of prototypes
• Manage application unit testing
• Manage peer code and test reviews performed by mid-to-senior level engineers
• Troubleshoot applications and resolve defects
• Thrive within an agile framework
• Prioritize and execute tasks for yourself and your team
• Communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Update and maintain product documentation
• Escalate issues and impediments in a timely manner
• Work within established framework and processes
• Provide constructive feedback to team members at all levels
• Develop, contribute to, and adhere to standards and procedural practices
• Proactively communicate innovative ideas, solutions, and capabilities
• Effectively communicate status, workloads, and offers to assist other areas
• Collaborate with a team and work independently to develop high-performing business solutions
• Manage and coordinate unit and system integration testing
• Lead design review sessions ensuring solutions align with architectural specifications
• Ensure data quality throughout the development process, including audits and feedback loops

Requirements

• People leader with ability to manage others
• Creative and critical problem solver with excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills
• Hands-on approach to development and leadership by example
• Business acumen, knowledge, and professionalism
• Proactive and collaborative working style with strong attention to detail
• Understanding of software design concepts and best practices
• Experience creating and consuming REST APIs
• Background in OOP (Python/C# preferred)
• Experience with React, Node, JQuery
• Experience leading within an Agile framework
• CI/CD management and implementation experience
• Full stack development skills including Microsoft and Linux OS development, relational database development, web server configuration, and client/server programming
• Methodical and structured approach to design and development
• Delivery-focused with the ability to prioritize activities independently
• Flexible team leadership within a small, multi-disciplinary team

Nice to Have

• AWS/Azure deployment and development experience (Certification preferred)
• Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies - Waterfall and Agile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technology area of study, preferably in Computer Science, MIS, or Analytics
• 10+ years of equivalent work experience in Information Technology
• 7+ years supporting software implementations, preferably in financial services
• 5+ years developing enterprise-grade applications using object-oriented or procedural programming languages
• 3+ years AWS/Azure deployment and development experience (Certification preferred)
• 3+ years of people management experience in an IT setting
• 3+ years creating and consuming APIs
• 2+ years in an agile project delivery environment
• Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies including Waterfall and Agile

Benefits & Perks

• Salary based on education, work experience, certifications, etc.
• Participation in incentive compensation plans or discretionary profit sharing bonus programs
• Comprehensive benefits package (details available at https://www.atlanticunionbank.com/about/careers/benefits)