Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager

Lead people. Strengthen engineering. Drive technical excellence.

About Expansion Capital Group (ECG)

ECG provides financing solutions that help small businesses access the capital they need to grow. Our team specializes in efficient, non-traditional lending, balancing speed with strong credit discipline and a commitment to doing things the right way.

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to support our Information Technology team.

This role is ideal for an experienced engineering leader who enjoys developing people, improving engineering practices, and helping teams deliver high-quality software solutions.

In this role, you'll lead software engineers, provide technical guidance, support architecture discussions, and help build scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions that support ECG's continued growth.

What You'll Do:

• Lead, coach, and develop software engineers through regular feedback, mentoring, and career development activities
• Conduct one-on-one meetings, establish development plans, and support employee growth
• Support hiring, onboarding, succession planning, and performance management initiatives
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and constructive feedback
• Guide technical discussions and help engineers evaluate tradeoffs and solution options
• Provide architecture guidance related to application design, integrations, APIs, cloud technologies, scalability, security, and maintainability
• Support engineers in applying modern software engineering practices and technical decision-making frameworks
• Partner with Product, Scrum Masters, and IT leadership to improve team effectiveness and delivery outcomes
• Promote ownership, accountability, and proactive risk identification across the engineering team
• Contribute to engineering process improvements, technical standards, and organizational effectiveness
• Encourage responsible adoption of modern development tools and engineering practices
• Help ensure technology solutions align with ECG's business objectives and long-term strategy

What You'll Learn:

• How technology strategy supports business growth within a fintech organization
• Advanced leadership and talent development techniques for software engineering teams
• Cross-functional collaboration with Product, IT leadership, and business stakeholders
• Engineering governance, architecture review, and technical decision-making processes
• How to balance engineering quality, business priorities, security, and operational stability
• Opportunities to influence engineering culture, standards, and organizational effectiveness

Why Join Us:

• Leadership Impact: Help shape the future of ECG's engineering organization and culture
• Team Development: Mentor and develop software engineers while strengthening engineering capabilities
• Technical Influence: Participate in architecture discussions and guide technical decision-making
• Executive Visibility: Partner closely with Product and IT leadership on strategic initiatives
• Growth Opportunity: Join a growing fintech organization where technology plays a critical role in business success
• Team Environment: Collaborative, fast-paced, and focused on continuous improvement

Work Environment:

• In-office role based in either Sioux Falls, SD or Sandy, UT
• Professional office environment with a collaborative team atmosphere
• Occasional evening or weekend work may be required based on business needs
• Direct leadership responsibility for software engineering team members

Requirements

What We're Looking For:

• Software engineering leadership and people development
• Coaching, mentoring, and performance management
• Technical decision-making and architecture discussions
• Agile software development environments
• Building and improving engineering teams, standards, and processes
• Balancing technical quality, business priorities, and risk management

You'll Thrive in This Role If You Are:

• A strong coach and mentor
• Technically credible and respected by engineering teams
• Collaborative and relationship-focused
• Accountable and results-oriented
• A strategic thinker who understands business priorities
• Calm under pressure and comfortable navigating change
• Highly communicative and approachable
• Passionate about continuous improvement and employee development

Required Experience:

• Significant software engineering experience with the technical depth necessary to coach engineers and evaluate technical solutions
• Three or more years of experience managing, coaching, mentoring, or leading software engineering teams
• Experience conducting performance management and employee development activities
• Experience working in Agile software development environments
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to balance people development, engineering quality, business priorities, and risk management
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Organizational Leadership, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in fintech, financial services, or other regulated industries
• Experience with cloud technologies, APIs, enterprise application architecture, and modern software engineering practices
• Experience supporting architecture reviews, technical standards, or engineering governance activities
• Experience with AWS, Docker, MySQL, MSSQL,.NET, Python, Symfony, ORM frameworks, or similar technologies
• Experience scaling engineering teams and improving engineering processes
• Experience partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Equal Opportunity Employer

Expansion Capital Group is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regard to protected characteristics.