Software Engineering Manager (Data)

Software Engineering Manager Charlotte, NC Metro Area | Reports to CTO Lead Engineering at Scale — Where AI Meets Enterprise Impact Our client, a leading enterprise technology company managing a high-volume, 24x7 data platform for Fortune 500 clients across North America, is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to guide a development organization. This is a rare player-coach role: you'll mentor engineers through design reviews, drive AI-assisted engineering adoption, and shape technical strategy alongside the CTO — all while unifying onshore, nearshore, and offshore teams into one high-performing organization. Manage engineers (employees + consultants) across mobile, web, and back-end teams — hiring, coaching, and performance management * Partner with Project/Product leadership on resource planning, capacity, and delivery alignment * Champion AI-assisted development (agentic coding, AI code review, AI-generated tests) with clear guardrails * Own engineering standards: code quality, PR review, test coverage, and CI/CD gates * Guide architecture toward cloud-native services (Azure Kubernetes Service) * 10+ years in software development, 3+ years leading 10+ engineers * NET/C# plus progressive Front End and Mobile * Experience leading teams on high-availability, high-throughput, real-time platforms * Track record integrating onshore/nearshore/offshore teams * Strong Agile/Scrum and CI/CD experience (Azure DevOps or similar) * Practical use of AI coding tools with team-level governance * Strong SQL Server skills at scale Background in IoT or data-intensive B2B SaaS * Event streaming/caching (Kafka, Redis, Service Bus) * If you thrive at the intersection of technical depth, people leadership, and AI-driven innovation, we want to hear from you. Apply now to help shape the future of a mission-critical enterprise platform.