Software Engineering Manager

Position: Software Engineering Manager

Salary:  $155K - $180K/yr d.o.e. plus benefits *Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level.

Disclaimer:  Identity Verification checks are in place throughout the Candidate journey to prevent candidate fraud.

In-person Interview Required

Location: Remote - hybrid if 31 miles from Tustin, CA or Austin, TX. 2 days on-site.

Position Summary:  New American Funding is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join our team. The successful Software Engineering Manager focuses on managing and evolving the development, configuration, and customization of the company’s consumer facing applications and management of ancillary systems and services that are integrated with Loan Origination & Loan Processing Applications, coaching the development team on high quality code delivery, and exploring alternative development technologies and techniques. In addition to building applications, this position provides guidance on business strategies and logic, provides effective planning to satisfy product roadmap, and provides effective development progress communication including product manager, owners, and quality assurance. Finally, the successful Software Engineering Manager assists with development efforts, leading by example, and providing mentoring to eager team members!

• Manages and guides Development teams, works closely with the team to understand user stories prior to refinement and provides high level sizing and technical insights during backlog grooming.
• Supports Agile practices and Backlog health of the team, holds responsibility for releasing products on release cadence and takes initiative in creating or adopting resources to increase team efficiency.

• Drives the adoption and ongoing education of AI tools and technologies, empowering the development team to effectively integrate AI into their day‑to‑day engineering workflows.

• Works with the Director and AVP to understand the dev team members’ growth plans and help them work towards their short and long-term goals.
• Works with product managers on roadmaps, release schedules, and delivering on the release timelines.
• Presents innovative technologies to software architect for evaluation and implementation.
• Removes impediments and blockers for team.
• Interact with internal and external partners at all levels within the organization and represent our technical platform.
• Writes effective, efficient, and well-designed code when required.
• Develop and maintain software documentation, including design diagrams and specifications, and technical documentation.
• Leads by example, providing a fun and healthy team atmosphere.
• Ensure applications operate efficiently and provide production support, data research, code analysis and web and windows development work including enhancements and hot fixes when necessary.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in software development, and continuously improve technical skills and knowledge.
• Mentor and train junior software engineers, providing guidance and support as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on developing high-quality, scalable software applications.
• Experience with Github CoPilot and other AI tools
• Strong programming skills in C#, .NET Core and Microsoft SQL.
• Experience with Azure Cloud
• Experience with Cosmos DB or other related NoSQL technologies is a plus.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in New American Funding’s offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.   

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

New American Funding offers competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave , mental health & wellness benefits, and generous PTO. New American Funding also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. New American Funding’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Work Authorization: Must be able to verify identity and employment eligibility to work in the U.S.   

Other Duties: This job profile is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and responsibilities, as one may perform additional related duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.   

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to lift to ten pounds. Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information. VISION: See in the normal visual range with or without correction. HEARING: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.   

[EOE/M/F/D/V. Drug-free workplace.]

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