SOFTWARE ENGINEER MANAGER
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a SOFTWARE ENGINEER MANAGER to join the team of a leader in the Retail & Consumer Goods space.
In this role, you will lead a team responsible for building secure, scalable software solutions that support modern retail operations. You will partner closely with product teams and strategic vendors to improve tooling, strengthen engineering practices, and deliver reliable systems. This is a hands-on leadership opportunity focused on mentoring engineers, driving consistency across development efforts, and supporting innovation through modern software design.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $140,000 – $240,000 annually
Responsibilities
Collaborate with product teams to develop secure, scalable software solutions
Write code to automate infrastructure and testing procedures
Work with vendors for tooling implementation
Create dashboards and monitoring solutions for proactive issue management
Lead and mentor a team of software engineers
Conduct performance reviews and support professional development
Foster a culture of modern software practices and continuous learning
Qualifications
5-7 years of relevant work experience in software engineering
Mastery of an object-oriented programming language, preferably Java
Experience with large projects and managing vendor relationships
Proficiency in modern web application frameworks like Spring MVC or Ruby on Rails
Familiarity with SQL queries in relational databases and modern development processes
Experience in mentoring and guiding junior engineers
Capable of translating high-level strategies into actionable plans
Benefits
Opportunity to mentor and develop the next generation of engineering talent
Engagement with strategic vendors to enhance tool availability
Leadership role with chance to shape a world-class engineering team
Collaboration across product teams to drive consistency and innovation
Involvement in learning activities with modern software design practices
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product teams to develop secure, scalable software solutions
- Write code to automate infrastructure and testing procedures
- Work with vendors for tooling implementation
- Create dashboards and monitoring solutions for proactive issue management
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers
- Conduct performance reviews and support professional development
- Foster a culture of modern software practices and continuous learning
Qualifications
- 5-7 years of relevant work experience in software engineering
- Mastery of an object-oriented programming language, preferably Java
- Experience with large projects and managing vendor relationships
- Proficiency in modern web application frameworks like Spring MVC or Ruby on Rails
- Familiarity with SQL queries in relational databases and modern development processes
- Experience in mentoring and guiding junior engineers
- Capable of translating high-level strategies into actionable plans
Benefits
- Opportunity to mentor and develop the next generation of engineering talent
- Engagement with strategic vendors to enhance tool availability
- Leadership role with chance to shape a world-class engineering team
- Collaboration across product teams to drive consistency and innovation
- Involvement in learning activities with modern software design practices
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
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