Senior Manager, Software Engineering

What is special about Lighthouse?

Lighthouse is built on a foundation of unique, compassionate, highly driven individuals. We elevate the strengths and talents of those around us while leveraging opportunities for growth. We offer the experience of solving complex problems while continuing to grow multiple facets of your career. Lighthouse is where innovation meets support and where collaboration is the key ingredient to success. We grow together and are stronger together. 

What’s unique about this role?

We are seeking a hands-on, high-impact Senior Engineering Manager to lead a globally distributed team of talented engineers. This role combines strong technical leadership with a strategic mindset to drive delivery, process maturity, and team development. You will be responsible for managing engineering execution, mentoring engineers at all levels, and advocating for continuous improvement and efficiency—leveraging modern tools including AI where appropriate.

What will this person do?

• Technical Ownership: Drive the architecture, design, and operations of scalable and reliable software applications.
• Process Leadership: Define and evolve engineering practices that scale with the business, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency.
• Project Delivery: Own planning, estimation, and delivery of engineering projects. Be accountable for outcomes and timelines.
• Team Development: Attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent. Support career development through mentoring, regular feedback, and growth opportunities.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for improvement in code quality, tooling, process, and collaboration, and champion necessary changes. 
• Efficiency & Innovation: Promote engineering productivity improvements through automation, tooling, and emerging technologies—especially AI-powered solutions.

Bring your passion and together we will shine. It would also be great if you had the following:

• B.S. in Science/Engineering or equivalent experience/certification.
• 10+ years professional software development with a strong track record of delivering production-grade systems and services.
• 3+ years in a hands-on engineering management role, leading distributed teams 
• Experience in the eDiscovery industry and Relativity is highly desirable.
• AI-Enhanced Development: Hands-on experience with AI-powered engineering tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, WindSurf, and similar platforms.
• Technical Stack Expertise: C#, .NET Frameworks, RESTful APIs, Angular, Microsoft SQL Server including large-scale data handling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Cloud and Infrastructure: Experience with Microsoft Azure services (e.g., App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Functions, etc.), Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Duties are performed in a typical office environment while at a desk or computer table.
• Duties require the ability to use a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material, in a quiet and professional setting.
• Duties may require being on call periodically and working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends).

Lighthouse celebrates and thrives on diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire, train, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We welcome any talents and contributions you can bring to the team and are deeply committed to growing an environment where everyone can feel safe, is respected, and can show up as themselves. Come as you are!

As required by applicable pay transparency laws, Lighthouse complies with compensation disclosure requirements for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location, or other relevant factors. The salary range for this position may be tailored to be lower or higher in different talent markets.

Lighthouse offers a comprehensive quality benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and a 401k with company match. Company paid benefits also include Life & AD&D, short and long-term disability, telemedicine, and other wellness plans. We offer a generous Flexible PTO program and paid