Manager, Software Engineering

Were looking for an attitude and a great sense of humor to join our growing team. This is a hands-on engineering management role leading development for ClearGovs product suitedriving technical direction mentoring engineers and actively contributing to architecture and delivery.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong ownership technical depth and creative problem-solving consistently delivering high-quality results. Responsibilities span the full software development lifecycle including architecture and design implementation testing performance optimization and ongoing support while collaborating cross-functionally to deliver reliable and maintainable software.

• Lead the delivery of the Platform Services group and oversee engineering execution of platform capabilities.
• Own the development and delivery of platform features supporting planning budgeting reporting and financial data management.
• Drive architectural consistency for shared financial data models across the platform.
• Lead platform migration initiatives using safe deployment strategies including parallel schemas feature flags and phased cutovers.
• Manage mentor coach and develop software engineers to foster technical growth and high performance.
• Lead engineering planning prioritization and execution to ensure predictable and timely delivery.
• Support continuous improvement of team processes incident response procedures and release readiness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable reliable and maintainable platform solutions.

What Youll Bring

• A bachelors or masters degree in computer science business administration commerce or engineering is usually required.
• Minimum 8 years of professional software engineering experience including demonstrated success leading engineering teams in a SaaS environment.
• Strong experience with SQL and relational databases particularly in financial reporting or ERP systems.
• Experience designing and developing APIs and integration solutions.
• Knowledge of data import/export processes and integration patterns.
• Experience with background processing and event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of observability monitoring and production support practices.
• Experience building and supporting multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Knowledge of configurable data models and metadata-driven architectures.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments and delivery practices.

ClearGov is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind and make employment decisions without regard to race color ancestry ethnicity nationality or national origin citizenship sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion or creed age disability genetic information pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions marital or family status veteran or military status Indigenous status record of offenses (where legally protected) or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state provincial or local laws in the United States and Canada.

ClearGov is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities in accordance with applicable U.S. and Canadian laws. If you require an accommodation during any part of the hiring process please let us know.

At ClearGov we value diverse perspectives and believe they strengthen our ability to achieve our mission of helping local governments work better.

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Manager