Software Development Manager

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead and oversee integrated software and hardware development efforts for a data-driven healthcare platform – specifically the development of a user interface to translate complex data into actionable insights that combat Fraud, Waste and Abuse.  In this role, you will:

• Serve as the primary development leadership authority, managing a team of direct employees and subcontractors while coordinating closely with the Operations Manager, DevOps Lead and Release Manager to ensure seamless, high-quality delivery across all development workstreams.
• Directly manage 5–10 full-time employees and provide day-to-day oversight and direction for 5–10 subcontractor personnel across integrated development workstreams.
• Handle staffing decisions, onboarding, mentoring, and performance evaluations for direct reports.
• Coordinate closely with the Release Manager, Operations Manager and DevOps Lead to align development priorities, resolve cross-team dependencies, and ensure cohesive delivery.
• Maintain active, working knowledge of each team member's current assignments, progress, and blockers
• Partner with other team managers and technical leads to drive cross-functional collaboration across DevSecOps, data engineering, analytics, and platform modernization efforts.
• Lead development activities across a complex, cloud-hosted system integrating software and hardware components, including AWS infrastructure, COTS products, data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins).
• Own and enforce technical quality standards, code review processes, and Definition of Done (DoD) compliance across all development teams.
• Actively participate in and support SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Scrum of Scrums, and retrospectives.
• Identify, track, and mitigate development risks; escalate blockers and cross-team dependencies to the Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Program Manager as appropriate.
• Support platform modernization initiatives including Snowflake/Databricks migration, AngularJS-to-Angular UI upgrades, containerization (Docker/AWS ECS), and CI/CD pipeline enhancements.
• Ensure development deliverables meet required performance standards and defined SLAs.
• Drive architecture discussions, design choices, and coding standards to ensure the team is building the right product the right way.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience, may have supervisory or lead experience
• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree or PhD required.
• Proven experience managing software and/or systems development teams, including direct oversight of both employees and subcontractor personnel.
• Demonstrated experience working within a SAFe Agile environment, including participation in PI Planning, sprint execution, and cross-team coordination.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud environments, including infrastructure management, containerization (Docker, AWS ECS), and cloud-hosted application development.
• Experience with Snowflake and Databricks as data platforms, including understanding of data pipelines, ETL workflows, and analytics integration.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tools, particularly Jenkins and GitHub, with the ability to support development teams in writing pipeline-ready code, integrating automated testing, and ensuring development branches meet the standards required for handoff to the release process. Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases in a development context.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and integrate COTS products within a larger system architecture.
• Proven ability to coordinate across multiple teams and functional leads (e.g., DevOps, Operations, UI development, release management) to drive integrated delivery.
• Excellent communication skills — written and verbal — with the ability to translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong risk management skills with the ability to proactively identify issues, assess impacts, and drive resolution.
• Experience with Splunk for application monitoring, observability, and audit trail management.
• Hands-on experience with Angular (or AngularJS-to-Angular migration) and modern front-end development practices.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance
• US Citizenship or Green Card holder and must have been in US for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Preferred Requirements:

• SAFe certification (e.g., SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), or SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)).
• Experience s