Core Engineering Senior Manager

Job Description:

Senior Engineering Manager 

We’ve built a cloud-native, AI-first platform that powers managed services for global enterprises. The architecture and product vision are set - what we need now is a Senior Engineering Manager who can take that vision and run the engineering team week after week. 

This role is hands-on and you’ll also be the person the Chief Architect trusts to keep the team moving in the right direction without constant oversight - catching drift early, raising the right flags, be in the trenches on incidents, and making good calls in the gaps. You’ll partner closely with our Technical Project Manager on project planning, and with the Chief Architect on technical direction, the Lead Engineers on technical matters, but the day-to-day execution and team health are yours to own. 

If you’re a strong senior engineer who has grown into leading people, and you’re energized by being the dependable force that turns architectural intent into shipping software - this is your role. 

What You’ll Own 

• Translate the Chief Architect’s vision into shipped code - you’re the person who makes sure what’s on the whiteboard is what’s actually running in production 

• Lead a team of 5–10 engineers day-to-day - 1:1s, growth plans, performance conversations, hiring, and making sure people are doing their best work 

• Stay hands-on - lead the hardest reviews, pair on tough debugging sessions, surface the right issues, make sound calls in the gaps, and don’t let things drift 

• Mentor engineers at all levels - grow juniors into mids, mids into seniors, and help your seniors think like tech leads 

• Partner with the Technical Project Manager on sprint planning, capacity, estimates, and delivery tracking - you bring the technical truth, they bring the delivery discipline 

• Own technical execution quality - code review standards, architectural pattern adherence, testing rigor, observability, and operational readiness 

• Make tactical technical decisions inside established architectural guardrails -  library choices, implementation approaches, refactor timing - and know when to escalate 

• Drive platform reliability - uptime, performance, security posture, incident response, and post-mortems that actually change things 

• Build a culture of engineering craftsmanship - the kind where the team holds the bar even when no one’s watching 

What Success Looks Like 

• Architectural intent and production reality stay in sync - patterns are followed, drift is caught early, and shortcuts are deliberate, not accidental 

• Engineers understand not just what to build, but why - they make sound local decisions because they’ve internalized the vision 

• Engineers on your team are visibly growing - taking on more, getting better at their craft, and stepping into leadership themselves 

• Production is boring in the good way - incidents are rare, well-handled when they happen, and lead to real improvements 

• Velocity is predictable and sustainable - the team isn’t crunching, but they’re not coasting either 

Required Qualifications 

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years leading engineering teams in production environments 

• Strong track record executing on technical direction set by architects or senior technical leadership - comfortable making vision real, not always defining it 

• Deep working knowledge of microservices, cloud-native design patterns, and API-first development 

• Strong experience with Python, GraphQL, REST APIs, SQL, and modern development toolchains 

• Solid background in CI/CD, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), infrastructure as code, and DevSecOps practices 

• Shipped production systems on AWS or comparable cloud infrastructure - ideally multi-tenant SaaS 

• Comfortable running agile delivery - sprints, estimation, capacity planning, Jira or equivalent 

• Excellent code reviewer - you spot pattern violations, security issues, and quality gaps before they reach production 

• Strong written and verbal communication - you can give clear status to leadership and hard feedback to engineers 

• Detail-oriented - things don’t fall through the cracks on your watch 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience 

Strong Preference For 

• Experience leading small-to-mid sized engineering teams (5–10) in fast-paced environments 

• Background building enterprise SaaS platforms or developer-facing products 

• Experience with Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio or similar), and federated GraphQL 

• Exposure to AI/ML platforms, agentic workflows, or LLM-based product features 

• Experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams 

• Strong familiarity with observability, monitoring, SRE practices, and incident response 

• History of growing engineers - people who’ve worked for you have moved up because of it 

What You Bring 

• Hands-on by choice - you lead from inside the work, not from above it 

• Trusted operator instinct - you can be handed a vision and a team and reliably make the thing happen 

• Mentor by default - you genuinely enjoy growing engineers, and they’re better for having worked with you 

• Quality bar that doesn’t move when things get busy - you protect engineering craftsmanship under pressure 

• Bias for action inside guardrails - you make decisions quickly, respect architectural boundaries, and escalate the right things 

• Transparent communicator - you surface risks early, give honest reads on capacity, and don’t hide bad news 

• Partnership mindset - you work seamlessly with TPMs, architects, and product without ego 

• Sustainable pace - you push hard when it matters and protect the team when it doesn’t 

• Calm in incidents - you’re the person people want on the bridge when production is on fire 

Why Join Us? 

This is a chance to be the engineering leader who makes a real platform real - a modern, AI-first cloud platform that’s changing how enterprises consume managed services. The architectural vision is set and the product is in market; what we need now is the operator who can make sure execution matches ambition. You’ll work directly with a Chief Architect who needs a trusted partner on the ground while they get pulled into the next set of strategic problems, alongside a Technical Project Manager who owns delivery coordination so you can stay focused on engineering. If you’re ready to be the senior engineering leader a team and a platform can depend on - the one who turns vision into reality - we’d like to talk. 

Compensation at DXC is influenced by an array of factors, including but not limited to the experience, job-related knowledge, skills, competencies, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. A reasonable estimate of the current compensation range for this position is $151,700 - $281,800.

Full-time hires are eligible to participate in the DXC benefit program.  DXC offers a comprehensive, flexible, and competitive benefits program which includes, but is not limited to, health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; employee wellness; life and disability insurance; a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.

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