AI-Native Senior Engineering Manager, Full Stack

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Product Innovation

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in software and product innovation focus on developing cutting-edge software solutions and driving product innovation to meet the evolving needs of clients. These individuals combine technical experience with creative thinking to deliver innovative software products and solutions.

Those in software engineering at PwC will focus on developing innovative software solutions to drive digital transformation and enhance business performance. In this field, you will use your knowledge to design, code, and test cutting-edge applications that revolutionise industries and deliver exceptional user experiences.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
• Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
• Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
• Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

About the Role 

We are seeking an AI-Native Fullt Stack Senior Engineering Manager to lead the modernization and cloud transformation of legacy and on-premises workloads into cloud-native AWS solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep, hands-on expertise in full-stack application development on AWS with strong architectural leadership in migrating and modernizing applications. You will define the AI-native engineering strategy for your teams, establish standards for AI tool adoption across the organization, evaluate emerging AI development platforms, and drive measurable efficiency gains. AI-assisted development is not an add-on — it is how your teams operate. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead assessment, planning, and execution of full stack application migrations to AWS. 

• Analyze existing application portfolios for cloud readiness, dependencies, and modernization opportunities. 

• Architect end-to-end migration solutions including re-hosting, re-platforming, and refactoring of front-end, back-end, and data components. 

• Design AWS-native architectures using Lambda, EC2, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, Cognito, and IAM. 

• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK. 

• Implement CI/CD pipelines incorporating AI-powered code quality gates, automated security scanning, and AI-assisted deployment validation. 

• Define and drive AI-native engineering strategy across teams, establishing standards for AI tool adoption, measuring productivity gains, and reporting efficiency metrics to leadership. 

• Lead and mentor engineering teams on modern development frameworks (React, Angular, Vue.js) and backend te