Software Engineering Manager (Sioux Falls)

Lead the engineers. Challenge the architecture. Build software that has to work. We’re hiring a Software Engineering Manager in Sioux Falls, SD for a role with real technical depth and the opportunity to shape the team, technology, and engineering culture behind complex, mission-critical systems. This is for the engineer who moved into leadership and still wants to understand how the system works. Who asks sharp questions in a design review, spots risk early, and gives technical leads the trust and space to own their decisions. Your impact: Build a strong engineering team : Hire, coach, develop technical leaders, and create an environment where people do their best work. Stay close to the technology: Engage in architecture discussions, challenge assumptions, and help teams navigate tradeoffs around reliability, performance, delivery, and maintainability Raise the engineering standard : Advance automation, testing, CI/CD, tooling, and software and build a community of practice that makes the whole organization stronger. Make ambitious work achievable : Turn priorities into realistic plans, align resources, surface risks, and remove obstacles. Connect technical decisions to the bigger picture : Partner with engineering, product, and operations leaders to move complex projects forward. What you bring: 8+ years developing complex software systems and 2+ years leading engineers or technical teams. Technical depth across architecture, development, integration, debugging, and testing. Strong planning and communication skills, with the judgment to balance immediate delivery and long-term engineering health. A relevant technical bachelor’s degree. Curiosity, humility, accountability and the confidence to change your mind when the evidence calls for it. Experience with embedded, distributed, networked, or mission-critical software is especially relevant. Linux, C/C++, Python, web applications, and containers are all valuable parts of the toolkit. Lv Enterprises