Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Symetra is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to build and scale engineering teams responsible for a new cloud-native Stop Loss platform. The role leads software delivery and engineering practices across the development lifecycle, partnering with Product, Architecture, business stakeholders, and external delivery partners.
Responsibilities
- Build, lead, and develop high-performing engineering teams for a cloud-native Stop Loss platform
- Drive engineering execution and delivery for key platform capabilities
- Partner with Product, Architecture, and business stakeholders to turn business needs into technical solutions
- Guide teams through the full software development lifecycle, from design through production support
- Influence architectural decisions and ensure teams execute against agreed technical direction
- Create clear team structures, operating rhythms, ownership models, and delivery transparency
- Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and cross-functional coordination challenges
- Use metrics and delivery insights to improve predictability, quality, and team performance
- Lead across a blended delivery model of employees, contractors, and onshore/offshore vendor teams
- Manage vendor relationships, performance, delivery outcomes, and accountability
- Partner with vendors on staffing, onboarding, planning, and execution while maintaining ownership of engineering decisions
- Help scale the organization through recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and team growth
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and sustainable delivery
Skills
- An experienced engineering leader with a track record of building and scaling successful software engineering teams
- Skilled at leading complex, distributed teams that include employees, contractors, and vendor partners
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments with ambiguity and changing priorities
- Strong in both people leadership and technical leadership
- Able to translate strategic objectives into clear, executable plans and measurable outcomes
- Experienced partnering with Product, Architecture, and business leaders to deliver customer and business value
- Knowledgeable in modern cloud-native software development practices and engineering excellence
- Data-driven, using metrics and engineering signals to improve team effectiveness and delivery outcomes
- Confident challenging assumptions, plans, and technical approaches when needed
- Strong communicator who builds alignment across teams, stakeholders, and external partners
- Passionate about coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers and future leaders
- Committed to creating an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company
Benefits
- Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
- 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
- Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
- Company matching to give back to your community, doubling your impact
- Eligibility for annual bonus program
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