Description
We are looking for a skilled and experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a dynamic team in Los Angeles, California. This role requires a balance of hands-on development and leadership, with a focus on modernizing a legacy monolithic application into a scalable, service-oriented architecture. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for mentoring engineers while driving platform evolution.
Responsibilities:
Lead a team of engineers, dedicating 60-70% of your time to hands-on development and 30-40% to mentoring and guiding team members.
Develop and refactor services using .NET technologies, ensuring alignment with service-oriented architecture principles.
Break down tightly integrated application functionalities into reusable and well-defined services.
Manage the delivery of new features and improvements while balancing platform modernization efforts.
Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to define service boundaries, integration patterns, and standards.
Design and implement APIs, service interfaces, and integration patterns that enhance scalability and extensibility.
Review and approve code contributions to ensure they meet quality, performance, and security standards.
Build and maintain shared components, utilities, and frameworks to accelerate development and promote reuse.
Ensure adherence to best practices in CI/CD, DevOps, and operational readiness across the team.
Requirements
A minimum of 12 years of experience in software engineering, technical leadership, and architecture.
Advanced expertise in .NET technologies, including C#, VB.NET, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Proven experience modernizing legacy systems into service-oriented architectures.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, and familiarity with cloud-agnostic environments.
Strong knowledge of APIs, messaging systems, event-driven designs, and distributed systems.
Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.
Experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering and architecture teams.
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- Dice Id: rhalfint
- Position Id: 00320-0013414493
- Posted 1 day ago
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