Software Engineering Manager

At Mitratech, we are a team of technocrats focused on building world-class products that simplify operations in the Legal, Risk, Compliance, and HR functions. We are a close-knit, globally dispersed team that thrives in an ecosystem that supports individual excellence and takes pride in its diverse and inclusive work culture centered around great people practices, learning opportunities, and having fun! Our culture is the ideal blend of entrepreneurial spirit and enterprise investment, enabling the chance to move at a rapid pace with some of the most complex, leading-edge technologies available.

For over 35 years, the experts at Mitratech have been focused on solving the complex needs. Today, we serve 20,000 client companies of all sizes globally, representing 30% of the Fortune 500 and over 500,000 users in over 160 countries.

As we continue to grow, we’re always looking for resourceful, enthusiastic, and fresh perspective. Join our global team and see what makes Mitratech a truly exceptional place to work!

Software Engineering Manager

We are seeking a highly experienced and innovative Software Engineering Manager to lead and energize two core development teams. This Player-Coach role is designed for a leader who excels at driving technical strategy, challenging inefficient norms, and actively contributing code to set the highest possible standard.

You will be the primary advocate for technical excellence, responsible for translating vision into code and process improvements while nurturing the career growth and operational effectiveness of your six direct reports.

What You'll Do

Strategic Leadership and Technical Advocacy

• Process Disruption: Proactively identify organizational, technical, and process inefficiencies. You are expected to challenge the status quo and successfully champion changes to tooling, workflow, and deployment strategies.
• Set and Enforce the Technical Bar: Define, document, and defend engineering best practices (testing standards, secure design patterns) across your teams and the wider department. Your direct code contribution (30-40% of time) serves to establish this high technical standard.
• Decision Ownership: Translate high-level product objectives into clear, prioritized technical roadmaps, making timely and well-justified decisions on technical direction and resource allocation.
• Influence Across Teams: Work effectively with Product, DevOps, and other Engineering Leads, pushing for alignment and advocating for architectural solutions that benefit the entire platform.

People Management and Delivery

• Line Management & Growth: Provide direct line management for two sprint teams (6 developers total), focusing on structured weekly 1:1s, defining clear career development paths, and leveraging your technical insights during performance evaluations.
• Team Development: Actively mentor all team members, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement, and providing direct, constructive feedback that drives growth.
• Operational Health: Drive the operational efficiency of both teams, identifying and removing organizational blockers and ensuring sprint commitments are met consistently.

Required Skills and Experience

• Engineering Foundation: 8+ years of professional experience in software development, including significant architectural contributions.
• Technical Depth & Currency: Demonstrated ability to remain a highly effective developer while taking on managerial tasks. You must be able to contribute code and review PRs credibly within a full-stack environment.
• Core Stack Proficiency: Strong understanding of backend (PHP/Laravel) and frontend (Angular/Typescript) technologies used to build scalable web applications and well-structured REST APIs.
• Assertive Leadership: Proven track record of successfully guiding teams, challenging senior stakeholders, and driving process improvements through influence and well-reasoned technical arguments.
• Process Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, capacity planning, and risk management.

Nice to Have

• Formal Line Management Experience: Prior formal experience managing performance, career trajectory, and conducting annual reviews for direct reports.
• Experience working on large scale, data driven, SAAS web applications.

Who You Are

• A Principled Advocate: You have strong, well-justified technical opinions and are willing to defend them to achieve the best outcome for the product, even when it involves challenging the norm.
• A Player-Coach: You derive satisfaction from both delivering high-quality code and enabling others to do the same.
• Technically Credible: You possess the depth required to command the respect of your engineers and proactively steer complex technical decisions.

We are an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.