Senior Manager- Software Engineering

The role

You will be a hands-on technical leader who architects scalable backend systems in AWS and leads complex projects. You will write code, mentor engineers, and partner with product and data science teams to deliver product outcomes.

What you will do

• Architect and design scalable, resilient, high-performance backend systems and platforms in AWS
• Contribute hands-on to design reviews, prototyping, coding, performance tuning, and debugging
• Lead cross-team technical initiatives and drive design forums
• Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Platform teams to define project scope
• Own design of APIs and microservices
• Advance operational excellence by defining SLOs and improving observability
• Solve complex distributed system challenges
• Document architectural decisions, service ownership, and operational runbooks
• Foster team growth through mentorship and hiring

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of large-scale backend systems in production
• 3+ years of hands-on technical leadership (as Tech Lead or Manager)
• 5+ years of experience with Java
• Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, concurrency, distributed systems)
• Deep understanding of AWS cloud-native architectures and services (e.g., ECS/EKS, Lambda, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, RDS, S3) and resilience patterns
• Proficiency with microservices, API design, and event-driven systems
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Expert in observability, monitoring, incident response, performance engineering, and adherence to security best practices
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and modern DevOps workflows
• Comfortable with Git-based trunk/branch strategies
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills

Nice to have

• 5+ years of experience with Golang

Before you apply

• Permanent right to work in the UK is required
• Socure does not provide visa sponsorship for this role

About the company

Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy. They verify identities in real time to stop fraud.