Sr Manager, Solution Engineering

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Your New Role**:
They will be guiding technical strategy, improving delivery outcomes, and mentoring engineers. This role requires a combination of architectural vision, operational rigor, and a passion for innovation through modern technologies such as AI, cloud, and automation.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Delivery & Operational Leadership**
- Lead solution design and delivery efforts in collaboration with product owners, project managers, and business analysts.
- Oversee technical decision-making related to systems integration, data architecture, custom development, and security.
- Own end-to-end execution of build and enhancement cycles, including backlog grooming, code reviews, and delivery planning.
- Define and maintain architecture standards, development best practices, and documentation protocols.
- Evaluate and implement new tools, frameworks, and design patterns in collaboration with technical leadership.
- Partner with infrastructure, data, and InfoSec teams to ensure platform scalability, performance, and compliance.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex technical or delivery issues and proactively resolve blockers.
- Lead efforts to modernize legacy systems, identifying technical debt and developing phased remediation plans aligned with broader enterprise architecture goals
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to ensure systems meet enterprise controls, audit requirements, and evolving regulatory standards.
- Continuously stay abreast of emerging technology trends — including AI, automation, and low-code tools — and infuse the team with actionable insights to improve efficiency, scalability, and quality.

**Team & Talent Development**
- Stay abreast of technological innovations and infu
- Manage and grow a team of software developers, architects, and technical specialists.
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous learning - especially in modern technology concepts
- Set clear goals and expectations, provide regular coaching and feedback, and guide team members through career growth.
- Conduct performance reviews, support promotions and recognition efforts, and take corrective actions when necessary.
- Coordinate resource planning and ensure appropriate workload distribution across team members.
- Promote inclusive, transparent communication and alignment across distributed team members and time zones.
- Establish onboarding frameworks and technical knowledge-sharing practices to accelerate ramp-up and cross-training across roles.
- Champion inclusive engineering practices that promote psychological safety, peer mentorship, and diverse perspectives in solution design.

**Qualifications &**Expertise**

**Required**:

- 8+ years of experience in enterprise software development, including at least 2-3 years in a formal people leadership role.
- Deep understanding of enterprise architecture principles, systems design, and software engineering practices.
- Proven ability to lead technical strategy, collaborate cross-functionally, and deliver scalable solutions.
- Experience with development lifecycle tools (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins) and methodologies (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD).
- Fluent in English and Spanish, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

**Preferred**:

- Experience working across global engineering teams.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
- Demonstrated experience identifying opportunities to streamline or modernize systems using AI or related technologies — and successfully navigating enterprise governance or risk reviews during implementation

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