Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. H&R Block is evolving its technology organization and is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers in delivering modern, scalable solutions. The role involves building a high-performing engineering team, establishing technical direction, and promoting engineering excellence to drive impactful business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers through mentorship, feedback, performance management, and career development
- Create an inclusive, collaborative environment that empowers engineers to deliver high-quality solutions and continuously improve
- Partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, Architects, and other engineering leaders to deliver business outcomes
- Establish engineering best practices for software development, testing, security, observability, and operational excellence
- Guide technical design discussions and help teams navigate complex architectural and implementation decisions
- Drive delivery execution by identifying risks, resolving blockers, and ensuring teams are focused on the highest-value work
- Support modernization efforts that improve scalability, reliability, maintainability, and developer productivity
- Promote effective use of AI-assisted and automated engineering practices to improve development velocity, code quality, testing, and documentation
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, experimentation, and continuous learning
- Partner with engineers to identify and reduce technical debt while balancing business priorities and delivery timelines
- Monitor team health, delivery metrics, and operational performance to drive continuous improvement
- Collaborate across teams to align priorities, dependencies, and shared technology initiatives
- Participate in hiring, onboarding, and workforce planning efforts to build a strong and diverse engineering organization
- Ensure solutions are designed and delivered with security, compliance, reliability, and customer experience in mind
- Champion engineering excellence through technical reviews, knowledge sharing, and consistent development practices
- Encourage ambitious thinking and continuous innovation while maintaining a pragmatic focus on customer value and delivery outcomes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or the equivalent through a combination of education and related work experience
- 8 years minimum related work experience
- Experience leading and delivering customer-facing or business-critical software solutions
- Experience developing engineering talent through coaching, mentoring, and performance management
- Experience working in Agile software development environments
- Experience with cloud-native architectures, modern software development practices, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience leading modernization, platform evolution, digital transformation, or AI-enabled engineering initiatives
Benefits
- Qualifying associates can enroll themselves and/or their eligible dependents in medical and prescription drug coverage
- Can participate in the H&R Block Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) Plan)
- The Employee Assistance Program
- (virtual) fitness center programs
- The associate discount program
- Are automatically enrolled in Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Receive Associate Tax Prep benefit
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