Engineering Manager - Platforms

Reston, VA, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 5 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
USD $200,000.00 - 220,000.00 per year
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Skills

  • Analytics
  • Data Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Team Leadership
  • Customer Facing
  • Microsoft SSIS
  • High Availability
  • IT Management
  • Frontend Development
  • API
  • Workflow
  • Coaching
  • Accountability
  • Recruiting
  • Roadmaps
  • Apache Velocity
  • Scalability
  • Management
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Java
  • Spring Framework
  • JavaScript Frameworks
  • React.js
  • Cost Reduction
  • Incident Management
  • Business-to-business
  • SaaS
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Leadership
  • MEAN Stack
  • Customer Service
  • Training And Development
  • SAP BASIS

Summary

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Engineering Manager-Full Stack for a FULL TIME assignment with one of our premier Data and Analytics client in their D.C office. This is a remote opportunity for candidates on the East Coast, preferably close to the DC Metro area.
Our client is seeking an Engineering Manager - Full Stack to lead a high-impact platform engineering team. This is a priority leadership hire and a critical role within the organization. This position is not a data engineering leadership role. It is focused on full stack product and application engineering - leading teams building scalable, high-performance SaaS platform capabilities that power customer-facing and integration services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who has grown from senior engineer into engineering manager and still maintains strong architectural depth.

Role Overview

You will lead a team of full stack engineers responsible for building and modernizing a multi-tenant SaaS platform operating in a high-scale, high-availability AWS environment. The platform connects advanced AI-driven intelligence with external ecosystem integrations and activation services.This role requires both people leadership and technical credibility. You will partner closely with Product and senior technical leadership to drive modernization, platform reliability, AI-native architecture adoption, and measurable business impact.

Technical Leadership
Lead architectural evolution of a large-scale SaaS platform (AWS-based, multi-tenant)
Drive modernization efforts to improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency (targeting measurable impact)
Oversee backend services (Java/Spring Boot or similar modern frameworks) handling high transaction volumes and sub-second latency requirements
Guide frontend development using modern frameworks (React preferred)
Ensure API design, integration reliability, and ecosystem connectivity
Champion AI-native tooling and intelligent development workflows
Maintain hands-on involvement in critical technical decisions

People Leadership
Lead and develop a team of full stack engineers (front-end and back-end)
Conduct performance reviews, coaching, career planning, and growth path development
Build a high-accountability, low-ego engineering culture
Drive hiring and team composition to meet evolving business needs
Remove roadblocks and protect the team from unnecessary distractions
Encourage adoption of modern engineering practices and automation

Delivery & Strategy
Partner with Product to shape roadmap and execution plans
Improve predictability, velocity, and delivery health
Own incident response processes and post-mortem culture
Align engineering execution to business outcomes
Monitor platform reliability, scalability, and cost performance

Required Experience

7+ years building production software with significant hands-on engineering background
5+ years managing engineering teams (ideally 8-12+ engineers)
Experience building or scaling multi-tenant SaaS platforms in AWS
Strong backend expertise in Java/Spring Boot (or similar) at scale
Frontend experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React strongly preferred)
Experience delivering measurable platform improvements (cost reduction, performance gains, uptime improvements)
Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and incident management at scale
Strong architectural judgment and ability to balance long-term design with pragmatic execution

Preferred Experience

Experience in adtech, martech, or data-intensive B2B SaaS environments
Experience integrating with external ecosystem platforms (DSPs, CDPs, activation systems, APIs)
Exposure to AI/ML systems, LLM integrations, RAG architectures, or agent frameworks
Experience leading modernization initiatives within growing technology organizations

Leadership Profile

Strong technical credibility with executive-level visibility
Clear communicator who can translate technical complexity into business value
Comfortable operating in fast-moving, evolving environments
Bias toward action; not bureaucratic
Confident decision-maker with low ego and high ownership mindset

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: sgainc
  • Position Id: 26-00543
  • Posted 30+ days ago

Company Info

About Software Guidance & Assistance

Founded in 1981, SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider with a national footprint and headquartered in the shadow of Wall Street. We’re a certified women-owned business. We provide contingent staffing, direct placement, and professional and managed services to transform businesses and evolve careers. We’re small enough to tailor our services to each client and big enough to deliver for some of the world’s largest employers. Our professionals are experts in areas such as IT, finance, accounting, risk, and clinical.

SGA provides contingent staffing, direct placement, and professional and managed services nationwide for Fortune 500 companies, mid-size businesses and select startups.

Our core skillsets include all areas of technology – business & data analysis, cyber & network security, database administration, development & architecture, infrastructure, program & project management, quality assurance & testing. We also deliver talent across professional business functions such as finance, accounting, risk, and clinical.

Our Professional & Managed Services team delivers IT projects through onshore, offshore and hybrid delivery models. We develop software products, modernize applications, add features, and integrate and maintain systems. Our scope covers, among others, complex application suites, data management and visualizations, machine learning and mobile applications.

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