Software Engineering Manager – Digital Payment Development

PNC

Software Engineering Manager at PNC leading software engineers to deliver high availability digital payment capabilities. Manage SDLC, engineer talent, and foster an inclusive workplace culture.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeJacksonville • Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65,000 - $171,925 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaMySQLOracleSDLCSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage a group of software engineers (and/or managers) across one or more Digital Payment product lines; ensure predictable delivery and operational excellence.
Own execution of the SDLC end-to-end (requirements alignment, design, build, test, release, and support), balancing delivery speed with quality and risk controls.
Establish and continuously improve engineering practices that raise code quality, reduce defects, and increase reliability (e.g., peer review, automated testing, CI/CD health).
Lead solution architecture and design discussions for Java/Spring Boot services and integrations; ensure designs meet scalability, resiliency, and maintainability needs.
Champion clean coding standards and SOLID principles; drive pragmatic patterns that enable team autonomy and long-term maintainability.
Promote 12-factor development principles for service configuration, observability, and deployability; partner with platform/ops to ensure operational readiness.
Ensure healthy CI/CD pipelines and effective git branching strategies; align team workflows to reduce merge risk and improve deployment confidence.
Drive production readiness: monitoring, alerting, runbooks, and incident response improvements; ensure teams can troubleshoot effectively and safely.
Model and reinforce adherence to access controls and environment governance; ensure practices respect production safeguards and entitlements.
Own talent management: recruiting, mentoring, coaching, and enabling a culture of learning with a focus on engineering craftsmanship.
Build and sustain high-performing teams through clear goals, effective delegation, accountability, and supportive development plans.
Foster technological innovation and adoption of current trends and practices while maintaining disciplined risk management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of industry-relevant experience
At least 3 years of prior management experience
Java expertise, including modern language features and best practices for building maintainable enterprise services
Strong experience with Spring Boot (service development, RESTful APIs, dependency injection, security patterns, and testing practices)
Solid database engineering knowledge across MySQL and Oracle (data modeling, performance tuning fundamentals, SQL fluency)
Demonstrated mastery of SDLC disciplines and quality practices (design reviews, code reviews, automated testing, release readiness)
Hands-on understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices; ability to guide teams on build/deploy reliability and repeatable delivery
Proficiency with git workflows and branching strategies; ability to set standards that support team scale and production safety
Proven ability to lead solution architecture and design decisions and communicate tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
dental and vision options
employee and spouse/child life insurance
short and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
pension and stock purchase plans
dependent care reimbursement account
back-up child/elder care
adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
a robust wellness program with financial incentives
maternity and/or parental leave
up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpring BootRESTful APIsdatabase engineeringMySQLOracleCI/CDautomated testinggit workflowsSDLC

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcoachingcommunicationdelegationaccountabilityteam buildingproblem-solvinginnovationadaptability