Lean Tech

Senior Software Engineer – Manager

Lean Tech

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Colombia

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Azure

About the role

  • Act as the direct manager for a team of approximately 7–10 software developers
  • Drive a coaching-first philosophy while maintaining daily production deployments with strong quality discipline
  • Foster accountability and growth through regular 1:1s and career development planning
  • Own delivery execution to ensure commitments are met with predictable outcomes
  • Partner with Product and Project Managers to align engineering delivery with business priorities and drive disciplined sprint execution
  • Guide engineers on code quality standards, testing best practices, and reducing defect leakage
  • Support a daily production deployment cadence and collaborate with Architects to align development with CI/CD flows
  • Own JIRA as the system of record (ticket lifecycle, JQL, dashboards)
  • Champion CI/CD best practices using Azure DevOps
  • Drive the team toward clear success indicators: doubling development throughput by next year and reducing defect rates from ~30% to ~12%.

Requirements

  • 3+ years managing software engineers in a SaaS, product, or platform environment
  • Proven ability to lead teams through growth and change
  • Solid working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps) and experience with frequent/daily deployment environments
  • Strong understanding of Agile principles with a pragmatic approach to process adaptation
  • Near-native English communication skills for seamless collaboration with U.S.-based teams
  • A people-first leader (not a task manager) who is comfortable having tough conversations, delivery-driven, and technically confident to challenge assumptions.
  • Preferred: Background as a software engineer earlier in your career; experience in logistics or TMS platforms; experience managing remote/distributed teams.
Benefits
  • Professional development opportunities with international customers
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Career path and mentorship programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
CI/CD pipelinesAzure DevOpsAgile principlescode quality standardstesting best practicesdefect reductionsoftware developmentSaaSproduct managementteam management
Soft Skills
coachingaccountabilitycareer developmentcommunicationleadershipcollaborationadaptabilitypeople-first approachdelivery-drivenconflict resolution