Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead software engineering teams building, enhancing, and supporting critical business applications while providing technical direction, overseeing delivery, and aligning technology solutions with business priorities. The role combines people leadership, software architecture, cloud and API expertise, hands-on technical guidance, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and technical direction to the engineering team
- Guide the adoption of modern technologies and drive system-wide improvements
- Lead delivery across multiple projects, aligning resources with business priorities
- Improve development processes, tools, and team scalability
- Attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent through coaching and career planning
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture
- Partner with business leaders to align technology solutions with strategic goals
- Ensure clear communication, manage expectations, and deliver high-quality outcomes
- Combine strategic thinking with hands-on technical expertise
- Mentor future leaders and promote continuous learning and innovation
Skills
- • High School Diploma is required
- • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field required
- • 3+ years of industry experience, including 2+ years managing technical teams
- • Proven experience managing teams of 7+ software engineers, Quality Assurance, and Technical Program Managers (TPMs)
- • Polyglot programmer with hands-on experience in C#/.NET, Java/Kotlin, TypeScript, and/or Python
- • Deep familiarity with cloud services—especially serverless functions, event handlers, and containerized services—with
- • Experience integrating APIs with external SaaS platforms, particularly in the insurance domain
- • Practical experience developing and managing APIs throughout their lifecycle—including design, documentation, deployment, security, monitoring, and scaling—using API management platforms such as Apigee or equivalents
- • Strong data management skills, including SQL and NoSQL databases, operational data store deployment, and GraphQL APIs
- • Solid understanding of software architecture and application lifecycle management, with experience in modern microservices-based patterns such as Event-Driven Architecture
- • Experience establishing and leading Agile development teams, collaborating with multi-functional product stakeholders to deliver high-quality software via CI/CD pipelines like Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
- • Exposure to AI/ML integration in software development, with familiarity using Generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and embedding AI-driven automation into modern digital solutions
- • Some minimal annual travel required (for people manager roles only)
- 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
- • Minimum Internet Speed:100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, in alignment with the FCC's definition of "broadband."
- • Internet Type:Fiber, Cable (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum), or DSL
- • Not Permissible:Satellite (e.g., Starlink), cellular broadband (hotspot or otherwise), any other wireless technology, or wired dial-up
- Master's degree or equivalent experience preferred
- Strong preference for AWS (GCP or Azure also acceptable)
- Exposure to Vitech's V3locity platform APIs is a significant plus
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 double employees' community contributions
- Eligibility for the company annual bonus program
- Comprehensive leadership development program for newly hired people leaders with direct reports, including virtual and in-person training
- Symetra covers all travel and accommodation expenses for the in-person leadership development sessions
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