Software Development Manager

Aqua Finance, Inc.

Software Development Manager leading and mentoring engineering teams at Aqua Finance. Focused on developing scalable applications and driving continuous improvement in software delivery processes.

Posted 4/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoMicroservicesPostgresReactRedisSDLCSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor software development teams in the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of applications, APIs, and backend services supporting critical business processes.
Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to engineers building high-performance, scalable, and secure services.
Establish and maintain engineering standards, coding best practices, and architectural patterns, including modular design, concurrency, error handling, testing, and documentation.
Drive adoption of clean code principles, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and observability across systems.
Collaborate with Project Managers, Application Architects, Business Analysts, Security, and QA teams to plan, design, build, test, and deploy applications and microservices.
Oversee cross-project resource planning and capacity management for engineering teams to ensure successful delivery timelines.
Assist in the creation of user stories, technical estimates, sprint plans, and delivery roadmaps for development initiatives.
Participate in and lead peer reviews of solution architecture, code, and integration designs to ensure quality, maintainability, and scalability.
Proactively troubleshoot and resolve complex system, performance, and reliability issues within platforms.
Ensure solutions follow secure coding standards, regulatory requirements, and internal SDLC practices while delivering on time and within budget.
Support production environments as needed, including after-hours support for releases, system testing, upgrades, and incident resolution related to services.
Evaluate and recommend improvements to development tooling, frameworks, deployment pipelines, and SDLC processes supporting engineering productivity.
Encourage continuous learning by promoting training, certifications, and skill development in Golang, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and DevOps practices.
Hire, onboard, coach, and develop high-performing engineers and technical leads.
Manage employee performance, career development, coaching, and corrective actions in alignment with company standards.
Foster strong partnerships with technology vendors, IT Security, PMO, Legal, and Infrastructure teams to support enterprise solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or technical discipline, or commensurate work experience required
6 years of experience in Software Development with progressively elevated roles required
3 years of management experience in a Technical field required
Financial industry experience preferred
Experience with Go/Golang is preferred
Experience with Redis, Docker, and React is a plus
Ability to lead in an environment of onshore and offshore resources
Experience developing in the Azure environment
Experience with relational database design and SQL Server and/or Postgres development
Experience with source control management systems and CI/CD
Experience with agile development methodologies
Attention to detail and accuracy required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
Proficient in the utilization of Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

GolangRedisDockerReactSQL ServerPostgresCI/CDagile development methodologiesrelational database designcloud-native architecture

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipcommunicationattention to detailcoachingcollaborationproblem-solvingperformance managementcapacity managementcontinuous learning