Product Software Engineering Manager

Manager , Product Software Engineering(github/copliot, java, springboot, angular, kubernetes, docker, unit test)

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

In this role, you are responsible for planning, delivery, agile process, culture, mentorship, and career progression. You must align with Technical Leads, Architects, and product experts to ensure high-quality functional enhancements, and well-designed solutions to technical and functional issues are delivered on time. You act to impact the achievement of product and company objectives positively.

· Own, prioritize, and drive the team’s backlog in collaboration with product owners and architects.

· Managing, coaching and mentoring software development teams, composed of software engineers & Quality Assurance Engineers

· Follow and advocate for industry-standard agile software development best practices to deliver high quality software, on time.

· Assess any application and process improvement opportunities and prepare documentation to share with team members and stakeholders.

· Ensure user requirements, estimates, and work plans are generated by members of your team, and that at least two sprints of work are shovel-ready at all times. Working closely with Team Leads, Product Managers and Product Owners on defining product and team objectives

· Responsible for performance evaluations of team members and the compensation process

· Taking ownership and leading the implementation of various software development-related improvement initiatives

· Contributing to technology design and enterprise decisions across multiple applications and business systems

OTHER DUTIES

· Performs other duties as requested by Leadership

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities / Education

· Working knowledge of object-oriented software languages, primarily Java stack.

· Ability to listen, discern critical information, provide appropriate empathy, form judgments and

recommend solutions based on existing available data

· Team oriented, cooperative and flexible

· Demonstrated ability to collaboratively work with a wide range of people at all levels of the

organization

Experience

· Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science

· Evidence of live software products developed and released under his/her supervision in the past

two years

· 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with leadership responsibilities

· Strong people management skills and experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative

environment

· 8+ years of experience managing a team, preferably consisting of Software Developers in an Agile

setting

· Driving a culture of trust, cooperation, honest feedback and focus on value for the

market/customer

· Understanding of all phases of the product development life cycle and how to apply the appropriate

methodologies and processes to the situation at hand

· Competent in presenting technical and business information to a range of audiences including

senior leadership and non-technical audiences

· Experience with working in a very dynamic and entrepreneurial environment

· Creative, dependable and trustworthy, with a can-do attitude

· Excellent written and oral communication skills

· Ability to make the right decisions with sometimes limited information, in a fast-paced environment

· Agile ScrumMaster training a plus

· Experience with Continuous Delivery to the Cloud and best practices around developer experience,

continuous deployment, and feature flag management

· Tech stack: GitHub, Azure DevOps/JIRA, Java, Spring boot, Angular 17+, Oracle, MySQL, Docker,

Unit testing, Kubernetes, Micro service Design patterns, Troubleshooting, Performance Tuning.

· Hands-on experience and knowledge of the standard tools for continuous integration and delivery.

· GitHub copilot or similar AI tooling experience is a plus.

· The ability to understand Agentic Architecture and leveraging to solve complex challenges is a

plus.

· App Modernization experience is a plus.

Minimal travel is required. Occasional travel may be required to regional offices.

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Experience Level

Mid Level